British Airways Strike

exel1966

Anyone caught up in this ? If so you can amend your flights now (foc) if you are booked to travel between 29 Jan - 16Feb.

See :- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6285881.stm

and,

or read this statement from BA.

Following the announcement by the Transport and General Workers Union’s (T&G) cabin crew branch that its members will take industrial action on January 29, 30 and 31; February 5, 6 and 7; and February 12, 13 and 14 we would like to assure our customers that British Airways remains committed to resolving this dispute through continued talks.

The airline will provide further flight information for customers as soon as possible. In the meantime, all British Airways flights continue to operate normally.

We understand that this is an uncertain time for our customers. We would like to reassure all our customers that we are doing everything we can to make sure that disruption is minimised in the event of any industrial action.

We understand that some of our customers who are due to travel between January 29 and February 16 may wish to change their plans now. As a result, we have, from today, introduced a policy that enables customers to rebook flights for a different date. Customers should call British Airways or their Travel Agent if they wish to change their travel plans.

For customers in the UK, call British Airways on 0800 727 800 (freephone)

For customers outside the UK click here for details of your local British Airways call centre.


More information
Commercial Policy for any British Airways customer holding a booking and ticket between Monday January 29 and Friday February 16 inclusive

In addition to entitlements under the Conditions of Carriage relating to cancellation of a British Airways operated flight, a policy has been put in place outlining the booking change options available to you if you hold a booking and ticket to travel on a British Airways mainline flight between 29 January 2007 and 16 February 2007.

This policy applies to any passenger who holds a booking and ticket on a British Airways operated flight.

You may rebook on a British Airways operated flight subject to availability as outlined below:
- From your original point of departure to your original destination

Conditions:

The change in booking must take place no later than two weeks after the original flight
Travel must be completed within ticket validity or within three months from the original flight, whichever is longer
The return flight, if applicable, can be rebooked at the same time, and no extra fare is payable
Rebooking will be in the original cabin of travel

richardw

BTW GB Airways have said that their flights with BA flight numbers will not be affected

http://www.gbairways.com/news-and-offers/latest-news/#c11125

angelfire

Yup, i've just rang BA and had this confirmed - BA Connect/GB Airways flights are not affected...

polarbearit

Hmm flying on 17th Feb, will keep an eye on this!

richardw

If you are booked on a BA partner airline flight, ie Heathrow to Barcelona on Iberia, during the strike, there may be more requests for passengers at the airport to volunteer to give up their seat and accept compensation and to fly later, especially if the flights are going to be highly over booked.

exel1966

Was having a chat with someone in the know earlier who suggested that even though ALL flights will be severely disrupted, priority would be given to operating some long-haul services rather than domestic or short-haul.
Plans are currently being made to determine which of those services will operate.