I have noticed today that, looking to book BA London to LAX in August-September, they have zeroed out all economy availability. I'm well aware of the booking trends for such a routing, and the typical curve of bookings would by no means have them fully sold out for every day 6 weeks ahead. They are now running three times a day on the route, which is up at pre-Covid levels.
For anyone with tickets who gets cancelled, nowadays this is far more of a nuisance than before, with various organisations having followed the airline trend with non-refundable charges bought in advance. Hotels are really into this, but also major USA attractions, and it's even creeping into car rental, who never used to do it. Quite what liability an airline has when cancelling their part of an overall trip like this is unclear, it's bad enough trying to get an airline to refund their own part.
Last edited by WHBM; 12th Jul 2022 at 16:29.