Those with original tickets are invited to a free lunch at noon on Monday at the restaurant.

Although our original tickets were standby, they told us we were confirmed.

The refund is made in the way the original ticket was paid for.

Under the Federal law, passengers who are denied boarding are entitled to a later flight and twice the value of the original ticket.

Yet when the Olympics finally opened, 3 million of the original 11 million tickets were still available, at their original prices.

The passenger will have one year from the date the original ticket was issued to apply the value of the ticket to the new flight.

The band rescheduled the date for 23 October, with original tickets still valid.

In any case, you always keep your original ticket to use on a later flight or for a refund.

They can also use or refund their original ticket.

BA offered us seats on the next flight for an extra £200 each (similar to the cost of our original tickets).