Hi everyone,
I booked an award itinerary through AA, all on the same PNR, which consists of
LGA-YYZ on AA in J
(2 hour transit in YYZ)
YYZ-LHR on BA in F
(55min transit in LHR)
LHR-IST on BA in J
When I first made this booking back in September the connection at LHR was 75mins which I was already worried about as the MCT at LHR T5-T5 is 60mins (http://www.heathrowairport.com/heat...tional-connecting-to-terminal-5-international) so I thought that's gonna be tight, but in recent weeks or months, it seems that the LHR-IST flight was moved forward by 20mins resulting in a 55min connection. I was not notified by BA (should I have been?) and just discovered the change in schedule by chance.
So what should I do now ? Should I contact BA ? If I contact them should I request to be put onto the later flight ? At least at this stage there might be seats on that flight ? Or should I just wing it and hope to make the connection knowing that BA will definitely accomodate me if I misconnect ?
If I miss the connection and there are no award seats on the next flight (about six hours later) are BA obliged to book me into a revenue fare ? If all seats are sold out will they book me on another carrier or accommodate me overnight ?
Thanks, any thoughts and comments appreciated
I booked an award itinerary through AA, all on the same PNR, which consists of
LGA-YYZ on AA in J
(2 hour transit in YYZ)
YYZ-LHR on BA in F
(55min transit in LHR)
LHR-IST on BA in J
When I first made this booking back in September the connection at LHR was 75mins which I was already worried about as the MCT at LHR T5-T5 is 60mins (http://www.heathrowairport.com/heat...tional-connecting-to-terminal-5-international) so I thought that's gonna be tight, but in recent weeks or months, it seems that the LHR-IST flight was moved forward by 20mins resulting in a 55min connection. I was not notified by BA (should I have been?) and just discovered the change in schedule by chance.
So what should I do now ? Should I contact BA ? If I contact them should I request to be put onto the later flight ? At least at this stage there might be seats on that flight ? Or should I just wing it and hope to make the connection knowing that BA will definitely accomodate me if I misconnect ?
If I miss the connection and there are no award seats on the next flight (about six hours later) are BA obliged to book me into a revenue fare ? If all seats are sold out will they book me on another carrier or accommodate me overnight ?
Thanks, any thoughts and comments appreciated