British Airways cancelling flights to Northern Italy due to coronavirus

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• BSI1978 says:

  9 Mar9 March 18:17

  Flights to Naples, and then train to Rome booked for this weekend.

  Presently neither destination captured by the no fly/travel rules however the rugby (reason we were going) has been cancelled.

  Chances of insurance covering the costs of the same?

  Realist in me would suggest slim to none…..

  • BJ says:

    9 Mar9 March 18:52

    Agreed, just be happy Scotland beat France.

• Shoestring says:

  9 Mar9 March 18:59

  O/T Piper-Heidsieck Brut champagne down from £31 to £8 at Morrisons – they’re de-listing it and this is a national price, so even if you see a shelf label saying the old price, worth checking for yourself ie take a bottle to the self-scan till and check price. Gold and red packaging.

  Even better if you get another 20% off courtesy Amex/ Virgin/ More 🙂

• Shoestring says:

  9 Mar9 March 19:17

  in other news, my MIL’s home country is now generally banning hospital visits from relatives for a precautionary Covid-19 period (I think if they’re on death row you get an exemption/ allowed to visit)

  so my wife is now torn between not spending enough time with her mum in hospital (in another country), paranoid about getting Covid-19 on the plane, but maybe getting there on the weekend then being denied access

  • Cat says:

    9 Mar9 March 22:06

    How badly ill is MIL? I know it’s far from ideal, but is video calling an option?
    I’m sorry Shoestring (and Mrs Shoestring).

    • Shoestring says:

      10 Mar10 March 14:03

      thanks Cat – she’s over the immediate bad bits after her stroke (which was her 4th) as luckily it happened in public and they quickly got her to a hospital and she had a stent fitted – but whilst the immediate stuff has retreated (couldn’t move one side of her body/ couldn’t speak clearly) & she can move again, she seems to have gone quite loopy, maybe partly the stroke & probably the drugs are playing a big part – so she thinks she’s been put in in a care home against her will (it’s a hospital) and that people are trying to kill her etc, she must escape etc

      she’s 87 and has had a good life, but this is all obvs very worrying to my wife & could go on for months (or longer) yet

  • JRC says:

    9 Mar9 March 22:09

    Does it matter if you do Morrison’s transaction are regular checkout or self service? I’ve noted that some of the comments here refer to self service…

    • mark2 says:

      9 Mar9 March 22:15

      I have done them on self service and got statement credit and Virgin points show as pending.

    • TGLoyalty says:

      9 Mar9 March 23:47

      No difference in getting discounts or miles it’s just no odd looks or made up “rules” from person at a till.

  • Lady London says:

    10 Mar10 March 17:27

    Can she not just go and stay there and reduce the risk?

• Clive says:

  9 Mar9 March 19:43

  Vietnam have cancelled entry to UK Citizens. Mandatory 14 quarantine on arrival https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Coronavirus/Vietnam-halts-Europe-visa-waivers-as-nation-s-virus-cases-double

  • Bill says:

    9 Mar9 March 20:50

    All Italy on lockdown now

• Tim says:

  9 Mar9 March 23:03

  The wording of of the lounge snag is somewhat misleading. You can bring multiple guests in but you have to pay £20 per person. You don’t necessarily need your spouse to have a supplementary card especially if he/she is not using the lounge more than 3 times a year.

• ADS says:

  10 Mar10 March 01:01

  “The airline industry does not reveal how often fume events happen, but according to some estimates they occur every day on airlines worldwide”

  all you have to do is look at Avherald and anybody can see just how scarily often fume events happen !

• Bob says:

  10 Mar10 March 16:52

  My BA flight to Turin has been cancelled.
  Am I entitled to compensation under EU law?

  • Lady London says:

    10 Mar10 March 17:34

    If flight is in less than two weeks, possibly, technically, currently.

    Personally I would not claim compo, since it’s clear it was out of the airline’s control due to wider events. I do not think claims will ultimately succeed for compo in these circumstances and anyway I think it would be in poor taste to claim as it’s clearly not their fault.

    On duty of care I personally would only claim if stuck somewhere and unable to find myself for the length of the delay.

    • Lady London says:

      10 Mar10 March 17:35

      find->fund

      • Shoestring says:

        10 Mar10 March 17:39

        I doubt if the compo claim would succeed – FCO advice not to travel – extraordinary circumstances

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