Should I book a package holiday for November?

Thrugelmir

GarciaLorca said:

minimad1970 said:

GarciaLorca said:

minimad1970 said:

GarciaLorca said:

minimad1970 said:

I've just checked on Manage my booking and our flights to Cancun have now been cancelled. There's still flights showing 6/11(ours was 18/11) but I expect they'll be cancelled soon. The joy of another phonecall to BA tomorrow  :'(

This is so strange. My flight on 20th November is still going ahead but they cancelled the return flight on 27th and moved me onto one on the 28th. It looks like they are reducing the weekly flights from three to two. Aren’t you sure they aren’t moving you onto the alternatives flights?

The first email was to inform me that my return flight had been changed by one day which I was fine with. I then checked on Manage my booking and found the outbound flight had been cancelled, I don't know what use they thought just having a return flight was. I looked again later and the whole package had been cancelled. I phoned this morning to sort it out and have rebooked for may. The person I spoke to was pretty upfront and said if it was him he wouldn't book for this year and he thinks most if not all the november flights to Cancun will be cancelled. You can still buy flights for some fridays in november, including the 6th, some of the prices for WT+ have doubled and I'm not willing to pay that much more.

Oh wow. That’s the complete opposite of what I got told - was told that they had amended the schedule but that it was pretty final and very unlikely anything else would change... I’m mentally bracing myself to not be going. Do you think I could just book somewhere else with BA for end of November short notice? I’ve only got that week off. Sorry you’ve rebooked for May. I’m economy only ie WT not WT+

All of november flights to Cancun have now been cancelled.

Where did you read this? I can’t see anything like that but my flight is still scheduled to go ahead according to manage my booking. 

Until they "officially" cancel your booking and perform the necessary administration it will remain live on the system.  No doubt the flights will be dealt with in date order. 

epm-84

MalMonroe said:

Mrsn said:

It really depends on how risk adverse you are. If you’ve done your research on restrictions, travel entry requirements, policies on masks etc and still feel
you want to then that’s totally your choice. Many others have done so over the last few months and appear to have enjoyed the respite.

Westin has given some excellent advice, use a reputable travel provider and booking as a package is key.... therefore you won’t get stung if the hotel suddenly closes but the flight is still going ahead or vice versus.... lots of threads over the last few months where this has happened. 

*risk averse not adverse.

Current UK government advice is to avoid all non-essential international travel.
It would be crazy to book something which is just going to be cancelled anyway.

Incorrect.  It's to avoid non-essential travel to countries/islands where there is no travel corridor in place.  You can currently travel to any of the below for non-essential travel without it being against UK government advice.  As the number of countries you can travel to is less than half the countries in the world it's easier for the UK government to advise against all non-essential travel except to countries where a travel corridor is in place, than the other way around.  Grant Shapps usually provides an update of the list of countries/islands on the government's travel corridor at 5pm on Thursdays.

Europe

• Canary Islands (not including mainland Spain, and the Balearic Islands)
• Cyprus
• Denmark
• Estonia
• Faroe Islands and Greenland
• Finland
• Germany
• Gibraltar
• Greece
• Ireland
• Latvia
• Lithuania
• Madeira and the Azores (not including mainland Portugal)
• Norway
• Sweden

Americas

• Anguilla
• Antigua & Barbuda
• Barbados
• Bermuda
• British Virgin Islands
• Canada
• Cayman Islands
• Cuba
• Dominica
• Falkland Islands
• Grenada
• Montserrat
• South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands
• St Barthélemy
• St Kitts and Nevis
• St Lucia
• St Pierre and Miquelon
• St Vincent and The Grenadines

Asia-Pacific

• Australia
• British Indian Ocean Territory
• Brunei
• Cambodia
• Cook Islands
• Fiji
• Hong Kong
• Japan
• Laos
• Macao
• Malaysia
• Maldives
• New Caledonia
• New Zealand
• Samoa
• Singapore
• South Korea
• Sri Lanka
• Taiwan
• Thailand
• Vietnam
• Wallis and Futuna

Africa

• Mauritius
• Seychelles
• St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha

Antarctica

• British Antarctic Territory

minimad1970

GarciaLorca said:

So my flights still scheduled to go ahead 20 November but then when I go on the BA website to search for the same flights for sale, it says there are no flights available?! They’re either full (doubt it) or about to be cancelled. 

There's no availabilty in any of the three classes for any date in november, it's highly unlikely that they're all sold out.
I expect you'll receive an email from them soon.

GarciaLorca

Received a cancellation. So gutted could I just go to Mexico City as they are still flying there and take an internal flight to Cancun?

silvercar

GarciaLorca said:

Received a cancellation. So gutted could I just go to Mexico City as they are still flying there and take an internal flight to Cancun?

Or ask BA to route you via Mexico city?
You'll have to find out if Mexico has any restrictions on people going in and out.

Thrugelmir

GarciaLorca said:

Received a cancellation. So gutted could I just go to Mexico City as they are still flying there and take an internal flight to Cancun?

Why not simply choose a less risky destination? 

GarciaLorca

Thrugelmir said:

GarciaLorca said:

Received a cancellation. So gutted could I just go to Mexico City as they are still flying there and take an internal flight to Cancun?

Why not simply choose a less risky destination? 

I love Mexico it’s  so fun and I don’t want to go to some crap UK or Europe destination. 

GarciaLorca

silvercar said:

GarciaLorca said:

Received a cancellation. So gutted could I just go to Mexico City as they are still flying there and take an internal flight to Cancun?

Or ask BA to route you via Mexico city?
You'll have to find out if Mexico has any restrictions on people going in and out.

Is Mexico City safe to transit through 

Thrugelmir

GarciaLorca said:

Thrugelmir said:

GarciaLorca said:

Received a cancellation. So gutted could I just go to Mexico City as they are still flying there and take an internal flight to Cancun?

Why not simply choose a less risky destination? 

I love Mexico it’s  so fun and I don’t want to go to some crap UK or Europe destination. 

You do realise that the impact of Covid is being felt everywhere. 

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GarciaLorca said:

Received a cancellation. So gutted could I just go to Mexico City as they are still flying there and take an internal flight to Cancun?

What?   Why even bother?   Sometimes you just got to accept defeat!  It is a HOLIDAY not a life saving expedition but if you are still determined to make it to Cancun why ask on here?  Just check the flights from Mexico City to Cancun and book on it!   How can anybody in the UK tell you it is an option?