8 Months ahead is a bit hopeful! They could have gone bust by then! I have had my last 2 holidays, booked well in advance, totally b*gg*r*d about. The first, I had my flight time brought forward so that an 11.00 check-in changed to an 04.30 and on Thursday I am flying to Bari, not on the direct BA flight described in the brochure, but an indirect with the dreadful ALITALIA, out via Milan and back via Rome. On that basis I don't see much chance of you coming by a definitive answer to your question re your trip in May next year!