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We use the Samsonite S'Cure Spinner range for many of the reasons you mentioned (hard shell, TSA approved, no zips, lightweight). They have an 81cm ~130 litre option that might work for you. It's amazingly strong and less than 5kg empty.

The jostling is the biggest issue. Sliding medicine into whatever spots are available has triggered all sorts of charges over the years. And some hotels jam so much in, you can't use the fridge at all yourself. They may as well not advertise the fridge as being a feature of the room. Recently...

Mini bar fridges that automatically charge when you touch something. You don't have to drink it - just touching it is enough.

As your friend has a few months up their sleeve, it might be worth writing to BA via the online complaint platform on their website. This is what I did as per this thread and it was all resolved. It's not the exact same scenario, but somewhat similar. Without going into too much detail, they...

And the biases of the people who code the AI tool/platform to start with. Add the information and its inherent biases on top, with a sprinkling of assertive arrogance (i.e. the results are presented as though they are fact), and many won't realise the output is wrong until they're affected...

I've done this several times and accepted the change via the MMB link in the email from Finnair. They then issue a new (Qantas) ticket - i.e the ticket number starts with 081. Sometimes I get an updated ticket/notification from Qantas too, sometimes I don't. I think it depends on the itinerary.

An update to close the loop on this one. After getting nowhere on the phone and through chat, I submitted a complaint on the BA website using the phrasing suggested by @MEL_Traveller. It's done the trick, and I've just received new tickets on the original flight. The BA support person was...

That's good to hear @docjames, thank you. This booking is directly with BA, though it does have my QF WP status noted. Still waiting for a response to my email (aside from the "dear smiliemonster" email asking me to confirm my name and email address :rolleyes:😂).

That's probably what will happen to me too!

No I used to, but let it lapse in favour of other programs. I do still have an BAEC account where I collect Avios. The logic (or lack thereof) behind the whole scenario is totally baffling.

Agreed, late arrivals are annoying, but in your case there's not much choice. I've certainly had my share of these flights too. My irritation is the flight I booked is still running with no change to it whatsoever except the flight number. BA have simply used the number change to shuffle us...

Glad to hear it worked out for you. It really does feel like a bait and switch situation which I assume is just as illegal in the UK as it is here in Australia. As in your case, if the flight was really cancelled, that's one thing, but if it's still running and they want more for the privilege...

As I noted above, I didn't have any luck with this approach on the phone so I've written, outlining the issue (again) as you suggested. Thank you; we'll see how it goes!

This is my view too, but they wouldn't entertain the idea of doing anything due to this unpublished 2 hour rule. I've reviewed the conditions of carriage and fare rules and couldn't find it referenced anywhere either. Perhaps it's there and I'm just looking in the wrong place? I'm totally...

We have been advised our BA flight from LHR to ATH has changed time and will now depart 1h 20min later. Unfortunately that means we will now arrive in the early hours of the morning. Of course we will get to our destination, so it's not the end of the world, but.... The problem I have is that...

We spent a week in Lanzarote last year and did a couple of day trips to other islands using Binter airlines. Our favourite by far was La Palma where we hired a taxi for the day. I have a thing for volcanoes so the sights were incredible. Lanzarote wasn't really that exciting IMO, but it was good...

Yes, we had two instances of this in Europe this month. One plane arrived 1hr 56mins late and the other 1hr 57mins late. Compensation kicks in at the 2hr mark. Both were on BA.

You need a BP for the Qantas internal bus from Gate 15. There's a free T1 bus that runs from the front of the terminal across to the international terminal (T1). No boarding pass required.

We were booked on an A220 flight from CBR to MEL last week that was shifted back over an hour. Thankfully we were notified the day before. I had to reschedule as it would have caused a misconnection. We did end up flying on the A220 at 6am instead. I asked the crew about the time change for the...

What you need to look for is a single trip policy. In most cases you can put in dates up to 1 year. If you search on the internet for "long term travel insurance" you'll get quite a few options. You don't want a multi-trip policy, because as you say, these are designed for people doing multiple...