The new HFP chat thread – Tuesday 26th May

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• xcalx says:

  26 May26 May 14:12

  Does anyone know what economy class Virgin booked award tickets on European KLM flights book into Light (no checked bag ) or Standard ( 1 x 23kg checked bag)

  Thanks.

• Anon says:

  26 May26 May 14:37

  Is an article on LATAM bankruptcy coming?

  • Rhys says:

    26 May26 May 14:49

    Unlikely. No longer a oneworld member and also not a European airline to which IAG can be compared!

• IndiaCharlie says:

  26 May26 May 14:54

  Any insight as whether BA will extend 241 beyond 6 months? My exp was April now October but have a Feb holiday to Thailand planned and would be a much better use than CE.

  • Rhys says:

    26 May26 May 14:55

    Your guess is as good as ours

  • Save East Coast Rewards says:

    26 May26 May 15:24

    Why not book a flight with your 2 for 1 voucher and then in a few weeks time request a future travel voucher which will then lock in your 2 for 1 until 2022

• Colin MacKinnon says:

  26 May26 May 15:08

  Is there a sneaky way?

  I want to go to the US West Coast – LAX or San Diego – to see family at New Year. My 241 also expires in October.

  If I book the earliest possible – July? – flights to LAX, San Diego, SJC or SFO, and then BA cancels, can I then use the voucher to fly at New Year with the 241?

  And am I limited to flights with avios availablity for rebooking? Or am I allowed to choose any?

  And am I ,limited to the original airports – say SJC and SFO – and able to swap to LAX and San Diego?

  Thanks

  • memesweeper says:

    26 May26 May 15:19

    I think if your flight is cancelled, and you take a voucher, you will get some flex about destinations. You will need Avios availability for your new flights though. You can book at your leisure over a wide selection of dates.

    If you insist on rebooking instead of a voucher you do not need Avios availability but you get no flex in destinations and have a more limited window in which to rebook.

    That’s my understanding , although I’ve yet to press ahead with BA customer service and insist on either outcome for my bookings.

    • Colin MacKinnon says:

      26 May26 May 19:32

      And then the rebooked flight is always cancelable up to 24 before departure?

• bill says:

  26 May26 May 15:22

  what is the forward window for the rolling cancellations on easyjet network ?

  • Rhys says:

    26 May26 May 15:29

    They want to resume flying in some capacity from 15th June

    • bill says:

      26 May26 May 15:43

      what about those flights which dont resume on the 15th?

      • Rhys says:

        26 May26 May 15:45

        No idea. They’ve been grounded for over a month so it’s not clear.

        • bill says:

          26 May26 May 15:46

          ok i just asked simon calder – he reckons 8 – 10 days at present which matches my experience last month as well

• Wally1976 says:

  26 May26 May 15:43

  (Hopefully) quick question – if a booked flight (Avios redemption on BA) was moved from Gatwick to Heathrow would that mean you could cancel without losing any Avios or cash? (ie you wouldn’t have to pay the £35 each each way?)

  • J says:

    26 May26 May 16:13

    For rerouting I think London airports are treated as one, so no.

  • Lady London says:

    26 May26 May 16:42

    BA may consider tbose ‘one’ but I doubt you necessarily have to.

    if airport moved then so did flight time to use that to exert your EC261 rights and cancel or move. If flight time didnt move then obviously the new departure point might be harder to reach at that time.

• Waddle says:

  26 May26 May 16:23

  Could someone remind me again if Virgin + Curve payment to Treasury ERNI comes through as a purchase?

  Thanks

  • Grant says:

    26 May26 May 19:41

    yes

• Aston100 says:

  26 May26 May 16:40

  I booked a return to JNB for Christmas/New Year this year.
  DUB > CAI > JNB
  Egyptair.
  It’s a new route for the airline, which commences (allegedly) from June.

  If for some reason the airline decides not to bother with this route, or else cancels the flights, am I right in presuming they would likely re-route me from London (if the route is dropped by Egyptair) as this is probably the nearest departure point to DUB (I think) or else put me on a star alliance partner airline out of DUB (If Egyptair cancel the flights).

  Would I be able to request a reroute via a UK airport such as BHX, on a star alliance partner (preferably Swiss)? Even better, could I ask for the return flight to be from CPT?

  Just trying to understand my options in case (hopefully) there are problems with this route.
  Thanks.

  • Andrew says:

    26 May26 May 19:31

    I would imagine they will put you on a flight from
    Dublin to London to connect with Egyptair. Your chances of being put on another airline out of BHX are approaching zero.

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