GB Airways taken over by Easyjet

jcorbygas

We had originally booked BA/GB to Faro from Heathrow. BA advised transfer to Gatwick due to GB takeover. When Easyjets flights came out luckily for us they fly to Faro from Stansted which is easier for us, so I rang up BA and cancelled their flights and got a full refund very quickly.
I suppose this might have been because they changed our airport though.

magyar

jcorbygas wrote: »

We had originally booked BA/GB to Faro from Heathrow. BA advised transfer to Gatwick due to GB takeover. When Easyjets flights came out luckily for us they fly to Faro from Stansted which is easier for us, so I rang up BA and cancelled their flights and got a full refund very quickly.
I suppose this might have been because they changed our airport though.

My understanding is that anyone who wants a full refund of their GB Airlines flight is going to be able to get one.

dha1

Having (reluctantly) agreed to our GB Airways flight to Mykonos being taken over by Easyjet and accepting Easyjet's terms and conditions (as per an e-mail request from GB Airways), I now discover Easyjet have introduced an additional flight one day later, at over £100 cheaper! I wish I'd known about this then I could have asked for a refund and rebooked.

Incidentally I notice that for some of the ex GB routes there is not the option of speedy boarding - perhaps there will be assigned seating on these particular flights?

richardw

The deal has been done, GB Airways is now easyJet's.

http://www.easyjet.com/EN/News/completed_gb_airways_acquisition.html

http://www.britishairways.com/travel/flightops/public/en_gb?p_faqid=3121

rainee

its typical we are the last to know!!
I checked on the ba web site and our booking is now canx but nothing from easyjet at all
in this mornings mail box there is an email from ba with warm regards confirming the sale
How long should i leave it to contact easyjet?
I checked the flights on the easyjet web site its now well over £2.2k!!!!

magyar

rainee wrote: »

its typical we are the last to know!!
I checked on the ba web site and our booking is now canx but nothing from easyjet at all
in this mornings mail box there is an email from ba with warm regards confirming the sale
How long should i leave it to contact easyjet?
I checked the flights on the easyjet web site its now well over £2.2k!!!!

When you get your email from Easyjet it will tell you that due to a computer problem you will ALWAYS get a cancellation message from BA - this is normal.

However, Easy have set up a freephone number specifically for the BA transfer issues

0800 612 7279

So I would call them and just confirm you want to transfer to Easyjet.

magyar

POSSIBLY IMPORTANT INFORMATION

I got my new Easyjet ticket last night, and noticed that although my wife and I were on the ticket, my daughter (an infant) wasn't.

I thought that, since Easyjet allow infants for free - whereas BA charge - maybe they don't write the infant's details down. But thought I'd check anyway, and they said that it was a mistake and they'd issue a new ticket.

So check your ticket to make sure everyone transfers across!

rainee

just my luck no reply on the freephone number!!!!!

rainee

you eventually get through but be warned if it is not an easy question they cut you off!!
hand baggage is different
ba 56cm x 45cm x 25cm
easyjet 55cm x 40 cm x 20cm

rainee

Do we assume that we would be travelling from the south terminal at gatwick as if this is the case I need to change the car parking arrangements