British Airways Strike

Sideways



Joined: 21/01/2009
Posts: 529

Message Posted:
14/12/2009 21:03

BA cabin crew are going on strike over the Xmas and New Year period for 12 days.

That's ruined my childrens/grandchildrens holiday out here.

flightholiday


Joined: 19/07/2007
Posts: 3217

Message Posted:
15/12/2009 12:36

Peter -sorry to hear it - if they get the cancellation refunded there are still seats available from Stansted to Ercan and back - if we can help at all let me know.



Tom

info@flightholiday.co.uk

Texas


Joined: 22/09/2009
Posts: 634

Message Posted:
15/12/2009 16:34

BA will allow you to re-book any BA flights whilst you are waiting to see if your flight is affected. So if you know you are visiting again, it's something to consider.



This then enables you to buy alernative seats now and not wait.



It's not perfect, but it may be better to take advantage of this now, before the aternative flights become too expensive/not available, or you just do not want to wait.



http://www.flypgs.com has a flight leaving 22/12 STN to ECN, returning 1/1 for £341.10 (inc taxes, etc). Let's see if this price rises!

flightholiday


Joined: 19/07/2007
Posts: 3217

Message Posted:
15/12/2009 16:39

Hi Texas - We have already had one client who has decided to ask us to hold an option and we were able to get her an effectivley better deal than that even including our booking fee (it can be luck).

Texas


Joined: 22/09/2009
Posts: 634

Message Posted:
15/12/2009 16:42

Tom.



How long can you hold an "option" for?



Thanks

smithy


Joined: 17/07/2008
Posts: 5301

Message Posted:
15/12/2009 16:45

Good luck Peter

I hope you get to see the family and the flight gets sorted soon

flightholiday


Joined: 19/07/2007
Posts: 3217

Message Posted:
15/12/2009 17:54

Hi Steve, Msg 5



It dpends from 24 hours to 7 days; with other airlines sometimes longer

mint1955



Joined: 30/05/2007
Posts: 988

Message Posted:
15/12/2009 19:19

I just looked at Pegasus and they want £1000 for the dates we need!!!

dublinderm


Joined: 26/09/2009
Posts: 538

Message Posted:
15/12/2009 19:22

Folks,



Do not forget that Turkish Airways fly via Istanbul to Ercan six days a week from DUBLIN. You can easily acess Dublin from most parts of the UK via Ryanair (yeah I know!) or Aer Lingus at a reasonable (usually) cost.



The price of TK tickets DUB-IST-ECN is a steady €334 most of the year with occasional special offers. The lay over in IST can be a bit of a pain and expense, but the flights are well timed for connections.



Unfortunately you cannot book these flights via the internet due to the dreaded embago.



At least it gives people another option.



Good luck everyone!