20 June BA206 MIA – LHR Cancelled

In regards to your wife’s email: does she use travel tracking websites like Kayak or similar? This is where your contact details may have been shared with a 3rd party.

You should be able to make a single claim for expenses and compensation, depending on the reason for the cancellation. Do you know why the flight was cancelled?

You might be able to claim a downgrade reimbursement, but that would be for a small amount if anything.

Matt wrote:

You should be able to make a single claim for expenses and compensation, depending on the reason for the cancellation. Do you know why the flight was cancelled?

You might be able to claim a downgrade reimbursement, but that would be for a small amount if anything.

The aircraft G-XLEH was re-allocated to operate to DFW instead of MIA on the 20th. My guess is A380 tech problems.

Alex G wrote:

BA are certainly having problems with some of their A380s.

BA207 landed back at LHR 6 hours after take off yesterday. Most of that time was spent circling south of Ireland to burn fuel.

Does anyone of teccy knowledge know why BA are having so many tech problems with thier A380,s?

During the last 14 flights LHR-MIA almost everyday a significant delay. 2 cancellations and yesterday’s return to LHR after 5 hours in the air.

I would do this as separate claims – one for compo and one for duty of care.

They get put into separate work flows and duty of care seems to get paid much quicker than actual compensation.

As to the text email the BA data protection office about it. The more contacts they get might help them identify who is passing the details on to this company.

dougzz99 wrote:

QwertyKnowsBest wrote:

Alex G wrote:

BA are certainly having problems with some of their A380s.

BA207 landed back at LHR 6 hours after take off yesterday. Most of that time was spent circling south of Ireland to burn fuel.

Does anyone of teccy knowledge know why BA are having so many tech problems with thier A380,s?

During the last 14 flights LHR-MIA almost everyday a significant delay. 2 cancellations and yesterday’s return to LHR after 5 hours in the air.

It’s been asked and answered a lot on FT if not here. Essentially the A380s did not like the pandemic storage and have been plagued with small issues. Many of these involve supply chain issues on replacement parts. BA schedule the A380 arguably with unrealistic expectation of availability for the fleet size they operate.

With B777/A350/B787 there more wriggle room to sub in a different plane, but the A380 capacity means less opportunity to replace, and more likely to need to replace.

It all comes down to the same thing as many current BA issues, a timetable they don’t have the resources to operate.

Thank you. Certainly seems BA’s operation cycles of A380 is unrealistic now my MIA-LHR return tomorrow is cancelled. Can anyone advise is flying AA MIA – LHR that can use any AA check in desks at MIA so I can check in early? I know with the NbA flight they only open check in, 3 hours prior to flight time, but of course AA operating multiple flights from MIA.