cancelled flight
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Do you have travel insurance? If so, does it cover for cancelled flights? Could possibly go through insurance and then book another flight if easier?
Or just go to airline directly and state your unhappiness with double the travel time and see if you can get a refund and book with another carrier?
Or just go to airline directly and state your unhappiness with double the travel time and see if you can get a refund and book with another carrier?
Look in to the airline's compensation policy.
There's sometimes a hidden-away clause saying something like - if we rearrange your flight and it arrives later than the one you booked, we'll pay you some cash.
I just scored £500 compensation from BA for them cancelling a flight, putting my family and I on a later one which arrived about 8 hours later.
There's sometimes a hidden-away clause saying something like - if we rearrange your flight and it arrives later than the one you booked, we'll pay you some cash.
I just scored £500 compensation from BA for them cancelling a flight, putting my family and I on a later one which arrived about 8 hours later.
thepawbroon said:
Look in to the airline's compensation policy.
There's sometimes a hidden-away clause saying something like - if we rearrange your flight and it arrives later than the one you booked, we'll pay you some cash.
I just scored £500 compensation from BA for them cancelling a flight, putting my family and I on a later one which arrived about 8 hours later.
But with a bargain basement charter flight company? There's sometimes a hidden-away clause saying something like - if we rearrange your flight and it arrives later than the one you booked, we'll pay you some cash.
I just scored £500 compensation from BA for them cancelling a flight, putting my family and I on a later one which arrived about 8 hours later.
Other than anything set out in flight regulations, I highly doubt it.
Buster73 said:
Buy another book.
Pace yourself. Get a book (as above) or three, take something to eat (assuming its a charter flight, so cheap and no food) but make sure its not a stimulant. Stay away from coffee. Wait until they close the curtains etc, pop a couple of sleeping tablets (off the shelf stuff should be fine, but make sure they are good strength) and driff off for 4-5 hours. Wake up again, read some more and watch the decent into LHR.6 hours is nothing. 13 hours needs a bit more planning and management. Assume there is no inflight entertainment too - but if there is, a movie is a good relaxer before you snooze.
Personally, I like a few magazines from the local place to read on the plane on the way home. So if its the US, some of their motoring mags are great to read cover to cover on the way home!
off_again said:
6 hours is nothing. 13 hours needs a bit more planning and management.
Not least the need to get off the plane at some point 
I'm working on the basis that Halifax to Heathrow, instead of being one flight, is now a two part flight, so popping a sleeping or two could cause a bit of fun and games when the crew have to wheel him off the plane in a comatose state
McHaggis said:
Really? Rare for a scheduled flight by aflag carrier to be cancelled so far in advance... More likely a charter...?
I've just had a flag carrier do this for a few flights 6 weeks from now.An issue grounding one aircraft has a massive impact.
Some airlines are reluctant to lease something to cover the immediate shortfall, some are happy to.
The allegedly low-cost Irish carrier sent me a text on the morning we were due to fly home to say that our flight was cancelled and to contct themm for a refund.
And that is ALL we got from them, after having to book replacement flights with other airlines (one charter to Birmingham, then a scheduled flight to Edinburgh) and 3 extra nights in hotels.
And that is ALL we got from them, after having to book replacement flights with other airlines (one charter to Birmingham, then a scheduled flight to Edinburgh) and 3 extra nights in hotels.
As it's direct, then we're talking AC860, the daily flight at midnight, and sadly the only one. I fly it 4 or 5 times a year.
I assume this is a technical issue or they are tweaking the schedule, as the flight is daily in summer, the then drops a few days in autumn for the winter timetable.
You will have to either change dates or fly via Toronto or Montreal. It sucks to double back but there's not much else to do. Maybe fly through New York, get the early flight into the city and the evening flight to London, with a full shopping day in between.....
I assume this is a technical issue or they are tweaking the schedule, as the flight is daily in summer, the then drops a few days in autumn for the winter timetable.
You will have to either change dates or fly via Toronto or Montreal. It sucks to double back but there's not much else to do. Maybe fly through New York, get the early flight into the city and the evening flight to London, with a full shopping day in between.....
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