Cancelled flight due to weather

DSW25

I was due to fly from Heathrow to Inverness but the flight got cancelled due to weather, they could not offer a flight the following day as it was fully booked therefore had to accept the refund as I had to get back to my work. I managed to fly from Luton later the same day with easyJet and landed in Inverness. Therefore my question is why did they not just delay the flight from Heathrow as the weather was improving? Can I request any compensation at all?

MattMattMattUK

DSW25 said:

I was due to fly from Heathrow to Inverness but the flight got cancelled due to weather, they could not offer a flight the following day as it was fully booked therefore had to accept the refund as I had to get back to my work. I managed to fly from Luton later the same day with easyJet and landed in Inverness. Therefore my question is why did they not just delay the flight from Heathrow as the weather was improving?

If every flight was delayed there would not be enough slots for all the planes, so some/many will be cancelled.

DSW25 said:

Can I request any compensation at all?

No.

eskbanker

DSW25 said:

I was due to fly from Heathrow to Inverness but the flight got cancelled due to weather, they could not offer a flight the following day as it was fully booked therefore had to accept the refund as I had to get back to my work. I managed to fly from Luton later the same day with easyJet and landed in Inverness. Therefore my question is why did they not just delay the flight from Heathrow as the weather was improving? Can I request any compensation at all?

You can request it but you won't get it!  Having said that, the original airline should have paid for the full cost of your rearranged trip, including the EasyJet flight and transportation from Heathrow to Luton, unless it worked out better for you to take the refund instead....

bagand96

Compensation isn't going to be payable due to weather.

If your costs of getting to Luton and the easyJet flight were more than the refund received from BA then you can try claiming for any difference, as your entitlement to rerouting.