BA Strike threats

GibbsRule_No3

I want to book a flight to Dallas. Booking via BA, but them using an American airlines flight with the One World Alliance tag, is the cheapest option direct. My question is, because I will book with BA, nearly £163 cheaper than booking direct with AA, if BA do strike would my place on the AA plane be at risk since I booked with BA? Could AA booked passengers not able to fly with BA planes be bumped onto my plane in my place.

Murphy_The_Cat

I'd be curious about this one as well - because later on this yera I've done the exact opposite. I've booked AA flights, which re being operated as a Codeshare by BA.

bagand96

The way I see it:

If you have booked a flight with BA that is operated by American Airlines aircraft, then you have no problems. A BA strike will not affect AA flights - the AA flight will go, and you will go on it - it doesn't matter that your ticket has a BA flight number on it.

If you have booked a flight with AA that is operated by BA then your flight could be at risk. If BA cabin crew go on strike, and the flight is cancelled, then you will be without a flight. However, it may benefit you having booked with AA and having an AA flight number. This means you will be contacting AA to sort out alternative travel plans, and AA will have far less disrupted passengers, meaning re-routeing will probably be quicker for you. Also, AA will want to sort out their own customers (those with AA tickets) before helping BA customers. And as I said, with less disrupted passengers than BA, their customer services will probably be easier to contact.

GibbsRule_No3

Thank you for the answer and I'm glad the question was bugging someone else as well.

malkie76

As said above you have nothing to worry about. Moreover, in the event if any strikes BA will operate 100% of long haul, so even if you had a BA flight on BA metal you'd still be going!

Murphy_The_Cat

malkie76 wrote: »

As said above you have nothing to worry about. Moreover, in the event if any strikes BA will operate 100% of long haul, so even if you had a BA flight on BA metal you'd still be going!

The worst case scenario is having to drag myself down to LHR, the best case scenario would be AA rerouting me via Man & ORD/NYC, if the (insert suitable terms to describe striking BA cabin crew here) decide to withdraw their labour.

bagand96

As malkie said, the disruption may well be minimal for long haul. Long haul will be the flights BA operate as priority in the event of any strike. Also, BA got very good at keeping the operation going last time, and the support for strikes more than likely be even less this time round than it was last time.

lovebargainshatewaste

Without saying too much and potentially getting myself in a spot of bother with the boss, here's what I think will happen:

Ballot closes 28th March. The result will probably be in support of strike action - HOWEVER - this doesn't mean there will actually be a strike. The current ballot has issues from last year, which means any strike would be unprotected, which means any strikers can be sacked instantly. Whence, I doubt very much that there'll be another strike.

If (and it's a big if) there was to be a strike, we have plans to operate 100% of Long Haul routes from LHR. All LCY and LGW flights will operate as per normal. Most of Short Haul from LHR will operate. We have contingency plans that have not been announced yet (and before you ask, I'm not allowed to tell, sorry).

Hope this helps anyone who's worried.

dmg24

lovebargainshatewaste wrote: »

Without saying too much and potentially getting myself in a spot of bother with the boss, here's what I think will happen:

Ballot closes 28th March. The result will probably be in support of strike action - HOWEVER - this doesn't mean there will actually be a strike. The current ballot has issues from last year, which means any strike would be unprotected, which means any strikers can be sacked instantly. Whence, I doubt very much that there'll be another strike.

If (and it's a big if) there was to be a strike, we have plans to operate 100% of Long Haul routes from LHR. All LCY and LGW flights will operate as per normal. Most of Short Haul from LHR will operate. We have contingency plans that have not been announced yet (and before you ask, I'm not allowed to tell, sorry).

Hope this helps anyone who's worried.

They are hardly a secret!

Murphy_The_Cat

dmg24 wrote: »

They are hardly a secret!

Please show and tell :beer: