British Airways cancels all Gatwick short-haul flights for July and August

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• Steve R says:

  1 Jul1 July 09:41

  We’ve got RFS fro next month – It says to phone them, usual message . you may have a longer wait time than usual, then promptly hangs up.

  BA trying tp copy Ryanair

• DMW says:

  1 Jul1 July 09:58

  I’ve got BA long-haul booked from LGW in September. Not yet(?) moved to LHR.
  Do you think it’s only a matter of time before it’s moved? (assuming it’s not cancelled outright if Caribbean borders don’t open)

  • pauldb says:

    1 Jul1 July 10:47

    Not necessarily. The switch so far has been short haul only. Rob has suggested BA don’t have adequate (socially distanced) capacity at T5 to move everything.

    • DMW says:

      1 Jul1 July 11:02

      Many thanks

• Andrew (@andrewseftel) says:

  1 Jul1 July 10:27

  Solid offer from Shangri-La. I calculate that to be a 28% rebate to spend on dining if you have Jade through Amex Plat.

  • tony says:

    1 Jul1 July 15:47

    I’m not so sure the offer is that great. Am convinced they ran a treble points promo just a couple of years back, and doubles have been very much standard for many summer seasons. Given the state of the global economy I’d have hoped they would be a bit more generous than that (although with my Asia trip in tatters, I can’t see me staying in a SL before the offer expires anyway).

• D* says:

  1 Jul1 July 10:30

  Rob has reported from the beginning that Norwegian would not fly long-haul until April 2021. However they were still selling flights to US for September dates until a few weeks ago, although now they are showing flights from December. Is the April date correct, and therefore Norwegian is purposefully selling tickets for flights it will not be operating?

  • Marcw says:

    1 Jul1 July 10:37

    That’s just their plan – but it’s a flexible plan. They might bring forward this April date. On the other hand, their initial plan was to only fly Norwegian domestic flights. Today, 1st July, Norwegian restated international connections from OslO, Stockholm and Copenhagen to different European cities, including London and Barcelona.
    So it’s all very fluid and flexible.

    My two cents… I actually don’t think their will be a major long haul traffic until at least spring 2021, globally.

• Kai says:

  1 Jul1 July 11:08

  If you dine at the Shangri-la’s Ting restaurant, beware that they’ll try their best not to honour the 25% bonus when you use your points. That’s the experience of many of my friends.

  • Kevin says:

    1 Jul1 July 20:55

    How did u pursue it eventually

• Nori says:

  1 Jul1 July 12:21

  BA avios RFS flight moved from LGW to LHR – the same flight number and times. Can I cancel for a full refund or because it’s the same flight number, I’ll have to pay the £35 fee? Just would like to clarify this.

  • Neil Donoghue says:

    1 Jul1 July 12:50

    Just BA pulling a fast one! My Ibiza flights were moved and I got a full cash refund. Don’t see why you shouldn’t as well.

    • Nori says:

      1 Jul1 July 12:55

      Thanks Neil, good to know before I call them to argue my case.

    • Nori says:

      1 Jul1 July 13:09

      Thank you very much Rhys

    • Nori says:

      1 Jul1 July 13:15

      I’ve one more question. I used the Lloyds upgrade voucher. Usually it would be lost. What happens to it if I choose to take a refund in this case?

    • jc says:

      1 Jul1 July 14:14

      There’s more to it than that. Article 8 Section 3 gives you the right to be taken to the other airport… but I thought OP was asking about whether they can take a full refund instead. I’d say yes, since the old flight is considered cancelled. Rerouting to the LHR flight is only one of your 3 choices (from Article 8 1 (b)) – you can choose (a) or (c) instead.

      • Rhys says:

        1 Jul1 July 14:15

        There’s more to it but it’s a good starting point.

    • pauldb says:

      1 Jul1 July 16:27

      My affected bookings say in MMB I can have a full refund, so BA aren’t being difficult. (Actually I think there are arguments they could use to deny refunds if they wanted to.)

      • Nori says:

        1 Jul1 July 17:20

        Thank you all

• AndyGWP says:

  1 Jul1 July 13:34

  “Qatar Airways has been the most outspoken, with CEO Akbar al-Baker threatening Airbus and Boeing not to resist aircraft deferrals or the airline would “not do business with them again.””

  Forgive my lack of knowledge re: commercial aircraft, but if he refused to do business with Airbus and Boeing again, what other options would there be for Qatar?

  • Rhys says:

    1 Jul1 July 13:36

    Well quite!

  • Callum says:

    1 Jul1 July 15:22

    He wouldn’t refuse to do business with both of them. The strategy would appear to be that one of them will cave.

  • Josh says:

    1 Jul1 July 15:30

    They could take some ex-Soviet aircraft from North Korea or Cuba perhaps

  • TGLoyalty says:

    1 Jul1 July 16:25

    Stick with a fleet that isn’t actually that old.

• Matt says:

  1 Jul1 July 14:00

  “…as the coronavirus pandemic *crashes* demand for air travel.”

  Eek, unusual word choice for an air travel site! 😬

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