British Airways cancelling flights to Northern Italy due to coronavirus

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• Algor says:

  9 Mar9 March 06:30

  My flight on Tuesday is also cancelled, I’m unable to access MMB.

  Last flight to Milan from LCY is still showing as available to book but there is an error while fare is calculated so all 11/11 flights are cancelled Monday and Tuesday.

  Need to find alternative for Lake Como, any suggestions for BA & HH combo?

  • Cat says:

    9 Mar9 March 07:47

    Lake Como is within the quarantine zone. Unless you have a reason deemed valid, you won’t be allowed in…

    • Anna says:

      9 Mar9 March 08:58

      I think Algor means an alternative destination! Switzerland?

      • Algor says:

        9 Mar9 March 09:07

        Direct train from Zurich to Como is only 3h, stil tempting but considering possible faff getting out I’ll pass.

        I need to be back in London on Saturday night so atm considering Rome, Algarve and Dubrovnik for a quick 4 nights.

        • sarah says:

          9 Mar9 March 09:33

          You will need to self isolate for 14 days when you return if you travel within the quarantine zone – I’d avoid

        • Cat says:

          9 Mar9 March 19:39

          Ah, sorry, I misunderstood, and thought you meant an alternative route. Clearly I need more tea in the morning.
          Personally I recommend Dubrovnik – it’s gorgeous, and the exec lounge has stunning views over the old city walls and out to sea, if you have access. Do a couple of trips out to the islands too!
          The Algarve is stunning too, but I think the best bits are Pine Cliffs and the area around Lagos!

• Anna says:

  9 Mar9 March 07:19

  Just in case we need to change travel plans in the next 4 weeks – does the BA First phone line deal with changes to bookings or just things like spa treatments?!

  • Spursdebs says:

    9 Mar9 March 07:37

    I’ve always used them to change my 1st bookings.

    • Anna says:

      9 Mar9 March 09:00

      Thanks Debs, that’s good to know, just in case! MIA apparently expecting an outbreak of Coronavirus as the Spring Break revellers descend, though they haven’t cancelled any of it!!

      • Funnnnnnn says:

        9 Mar9 March 11:56

        Do you have any idea how much ‘fun’ Spring Break is?!?!?!?!?

        • Anna says:

          9 Mar9 March 12:11

          We don’t go till Easter so hopefully will miss the worst excesses!

• Bob says:

  9 Mar9 March 07:24

  Regarding toxic cabin air: Searching in http://avherald.com/ for ‘fume’ ‘smell’ and ‘odour’ there are plenty of incidents to be found. Apparently due to lubricants in jet engines leaking into the cabin. I had this on two occassions (A320 intra-Europe and a transatlantic B767) and the smell is a combination of dirty socks with melting or burning plastic. Both events resulted in a sore throat and coughing but the incidents in these articles are more disturbing.

• Alex says:

  9 Mar9 March 07:45

  We were on the BA103 from London to Calgary diverted for an emergency landing to Iqaluit. Fumes in the cockpit so pilots were on oxygen. A scary experience.

  • BJ says:

    9 Mar9 March 09:09

    I bet the air became even more toxic after the emergency landing was announced.

• Speedbird676 says:

  9 Mar9 March 07:45

  Fake news on headforpoints.com

  • chaz says:

    9 Mar9 March 11:24

    oh do shut up!

• Boi says:

  9 Mar9 March 08:04

  OT: where’s best place to buy oil shares? Prices are down with corona….or will they go down even further?
  Still waiting for Harry to tell us what to buy and when. Lol.

  • Shoestring says:

    9 Mar9 March 08:21

    you don’t need to look further than BP and Royal Dutch Shell, as they are properly run/ regulated companies

    nobody is going to get the timing perfect except through luck, so one strategy is to drip-feed your investment in over time – you won’t buy at the overall best time (cheapest), but otoh your average buying price will be OK

    • Shoestring says:

      9 Mar9 March 09:11

      but could be smarter to go for an energy ETF rather than stick your pin into 1 or 2 companies

      no knowledge but you could start your research here
      https://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/080715/top-6-energy-etfs.asp

  • Genghis says:

    9 Mar9 March 09:45

    Or just buy all of market to diversify? I’m hoping markets are depressed for us sticking another 2 x £20k into ISAs from 6 April

    • BJ says:

      9 Mar9 March 10:20

      If current trends in China and SK continue over the next two weeks that’ll probably be enough to at least steady the markets despite riing cases elsewhere.

  • Spaghetti Town says:

    9 Mar9 March 11:00

    I wouldn’t buy anything for a few more days. I think there’s time to plummet further.

    Safer bets would be legal & general or aviva

    • Reg says:

      9 Mar9 March 11:58

      except, hasn’t AV. has been a dog for a decade?

      • Spaghetti Town says:

        9 Mar9 March 12:40

        Well depends what you want, great if you’re looking for dividends like myself. BP’s been on a downward trend for years anyway.

• Simon says:

  9 Mar9 March 08:25

  OT. Amex BAPP 241. If my partner and I were to both have earned a ba amex 241 voucher each and we become a household account, can we both book 2 x 241 using my avios stash?

  She has hardly any, I have loads. Ideally we’d book us and both kids on a nice 2 x 241.

  • Anna says:

    9 Mar9 March 09:03

    You would have to make 2 separate bookings as the vouchers would be in 2 different account, BUT with a HHA yes you can use anybody’s Avios (they will be taken pro-rata from each account). Put one parent and one child in each booking – the kids will need to have accounts as well.

    • Simon says:

      9 Mar9 March 14:05

      Thanks!

• Manu says:

  9 Mar9 March 08:47

  We booked the Bogota flash sale out of Italy Friday. As Milan is closed and we are flying, should we email Iberia already saying we will not fly the first leg according to Italian law or wait till last day to announce it?

  I am afraid Iberia will cancel the tickets.

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