Travel question: Now my flight is delayed, can I still catch the show?

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Q This is not a major problem in the scheme of things but important to me. My niece has been invited to perform at the Edinburgh Festival at 1.15pm on 15 August and was desperate that I should be there. I run a B&B in Devon so August is manic but I worked out a way I could get there and back with minimum disruption. Flight up, see the show, overnight coach back. In November I booked Flybe flight 210 Exeter-Edinburgh, due to arrive at 11.45am – perfect. In March the arrival time was changed to 11.55am. I could still make it.

Now the flight time has changed again to a 12.40pm arrival. Obviously I won’t be able to make the show. Flybe has offered to change the flight without charge to another on same route within seven days either way of the original. But this is totally no use to me. Flybe says it can’t offer anything else, in terms of a refund or credit voucher or flight in July or September as the time change was less than two hours. I appreciate that isn’t much but it’s made my trip pointless. Do I just have to grin and bear the loss or is there anyone else at Flybe who could overrule what the computer says I’m allowed?

June H