I have nothing to add here other than fuck New York.
Semper Gumby, Always Flexible
British Airways gave my daughter and her friend a real hard time at JFK 3 years ago. Both were traveling to Oxford University, flying out on Icelandic Air and BA was running the gate. The girls received instructions from Oxford to purchase a One Way ticket. When their studies were over they could travel Europe and use their housing as home base for almost a month then fly home.
My daughter and her friend were denied boarding by the BA gate agents and locked in a room. The problem was their One Way tickets. The BA gate agents said that without proof that they were leaving the UK they would be denied entry in Heathrow, turned around and immediately sent back. They each purchased train ticket to Paris to satisfy the gate agents. Online ticket purchase confirmation in hand they were freed from their confinement and allowed to board.
I got "bloody" pissed over the whole incident. I called the State Dept., TSA, British Embassy and British Airways. In the end I forced British Airways to pay for the train tickets because the girls should never have been treated like they were. They had all the appropriate Visa papers and documentation that they were Oxford exchange students following the University's instructions.
Last edited by JohnO; 08-24-2016 at 04:49 PM.