New York JFK is British Airways’ largest long haul station, and the airline operates flights to there from London Heathrow, London Gatwick, and London City.
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Me and my wife had booked a Return flight LGW to JFK (for 20/12/19 Return 04/01/20) flight in BA sales in January for a good price. Then the email arrived regarding the change.we always fly BA as my wife is a nervous flyer.Until we received the email we have never heard of Evelop airlines and checked various reviews and there were quite a few negative ones so we decided to call BA to change the flight to a LHR flight.We had paid for our seats in January two together 53B & 53C (Wife being nervous flyer)so it was panic stations to make sure we acquired the same seats on the LHR service.we had also paid parking at LGW in January but looks like we won’t be able to claim that back and now have just paid 3 times the amount to park at LHR because of the short notice,Glad we booked economy and not premium economy.
Ps the LHR BA option we have opted for has 3 rows of twin seats Either side at the very rear of the plane making a 2-4-2 configuration. Plus the return flight out of JFK is 2 hours earlier than the original flight from LGW which helps.
Also LHR - CAI route will be operated by a Titan Airways a321 which only features economy & premium class from Nov 7th to Jan 12th because Air Belgium does not have available aircrafts afterwards since LOT extends the lease to Dec 26th.
The schedule on that Gatwick flight isn't very nice to begin with, by the time you clear immigration and get downtown New York it's going to be deep into the evening, having to pay for an extra nights accommodation. Going to London isn't much better either.
It's a shame as I'd choose Gatwick over Heathrow if everything else was even
Gatwick always has the crappier BA planes.
The Gatwick 777-200's are old and don't have First, for example.