BA getting desperate at London Hellrow – pulling Monday short-haul Avios seats?!
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A friend from the USA and I are planning a trip to Berlin in May. I’ve been checking Avios seat availability twice a day for our dates (outbound Monday 23). There’s been wide-open availability with no Avios seats taken the past week.
Suddenly nearly all LHR flights have disappeared from the Avios availability for the morning/lunchtime of 23rd May. Checking further it looks like they are pulling Avios seats every Monday morning to Berlin and presumably other places also. There’s still free seats from LGW and LCY.
BA are still selling the flights for cash (not cheap), so they haven’t cancelled them (yet).
Before anyone asks – we hadn’t booked yet as we weren’t sure which day we would be returning from Berlin.If that’s the only day you can travel, you’re probably best booking a LGW or LCY departure and then keep checking for LHR. You can cancel the other seats for a full refund if necessary. Obviously any or all of them could still get cancelled – the airlines have pretty much said don’t count on anything for at least the next 2 months!
@NorthernLass
My American friend already has his BA cash tickets for Berlin. Yes, obviously LGW/LCY are options and actually more convenient for me personally. We can just meet-up at Berlin Brandenburg. Cancel with a full refund – we all know how easy that is at the moment!
I’d be interested to know if anyone else has seen their wide-open Avios seat availability suddenly disappear.
Today’s BA departure list is another sea of red at Hellrow.I`m at LHR and do not recognise that description.
@SteveCroydon – all you have to do to cancel an avios ticket at the moment is to apply for a FTV and this is being converted to a full refund by BA.
* I did this 2 days ago with a PRG flight I now can’t take over Easter weekend.
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As per ba.com Flight Departures by Airport.
Certainly up to 10-ish this morning, lots of flights 30-60 minutes late. Very little showing as “estimated late” ATM. However, we all know how airlines and railways don’t tell you it’s going to be late until after it has become late! Then it’s a drip, drip, drip feed – 5, then 10, then 20 minutes … oh dear, it’s 2 hours late! Oh no, we’re so sorry it’s cancelled. We hope this doesn’t inconvenience you in any way!!!- This reply was modified 55 years, 4 months ago by .
Thanks @NorthernLass
I had seen on HfP that was what happens with Avios bookings –
* Online request refund (just like the old days – remember those?)
* Offers an FTV
* Back room process converts it to full Avios and cash refund.Am I correct that there is currently NO £35 cancellation fee?
How long does the processing take?
I’m surprised that BA can actually do this consistently – some get the refund, others have to battle for months to get it.The confirmation email I got said up to 4 weeks for everything to credit IIRC. For short haul I’m not in that much of a rush to have the avios and RFS fee back.
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