I don’t know why fox got his knickers in such a twist?
Cabin fever or just a ****? The latter I reckon.
Blocked.

Made my day, I obviously pierced RCs bubble, where self-absorption and selfishness,abound.

Blocked, what a child!. starts a contentious thread without the abality to defend it. Racing Loser.

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that is nonsense, you are legally fully entitled to a refund on the holiday you paid for and you should get back the money that is yours, you're not a charity there to help an airline.


I had a flight booked to Rome on March 13th. That went without me. The flight from Rome to Barcelona on Sunday 15th was cancelled by bRyan Air and refunded. My flight from Barcelona back to Blighty also went ahead without me. No refund entitled! I have to claim from Insurance if that is possible. The Government did not say not to travel to Rome! I am more angry about that than nor getting any money back from Ryan Air. They have a business to run.

My Rugby tickets have not been refunded neither 4 theatre tickets. I paid by credit card. The credit card company told me to get the money back myself! More letters going out! Good luck getting my money back from a theatre or the Italian Rugby Federation! I will get it back from the credit card company though. Law is one thing, ability to pay is another!

Don't get me wrong I have sympathy to anybody who loses money from this on their holidays but it is not the end of the World or their life. Again the Government should step in and make sure the law is being adhered to but as I said before legally fully entitled and getting your money back are two separate things.

Don't get me wrong I have sympathy to anybody who loses money from this on their holidays but it is not the end of the World or their life.

this is not really relevant or a counter argument to anything though, whilst a company is still in operation you should get your money back before/if they do go under, if you owed them anything I assure you they'd persist you to the end of the earth to get theirs back. If they are not refunding you then they are not complying with the law and if they do survive they'd be inundated with small claim court cases and bad publicity. A couple of grand is a lot of money to people now who have suddenly lost their jobs and can only afford to go on one holiday a year. They have no good reason not to refund a customer who wasn't given the service they paid for.

Totally agree Darren
TUI posting this on their website when they know pretty much they are not going to fulfill the contract;
We appreciate that you may be feeling apprehensive about paying your balance. Unfortunately, if you don’t continue with payments your holiday will be cancelled.
So they want your money now and if they cant give you your holiday (likely) you'll have to wait for your cash back or worse lose it.

Absolutely my suggestion to all is go via the credit card company if you have paid in full.

I had an e perineal with Rugby tickets two years ago for the Rome match  funny enough and I didn’t get to that either. Via Go Go had  them delivered but a neighbour signed for them and I never saw the tickets. They told me to get in touch with the courier company. Long story but I called CC Company who confirmed my contract with Via Go Go was not Cuomo,teed and therefor I was entitled to a full refund.

By the same token get in touch with CC Card provider and they should be able to give you advice as to when you can instruct them to “ Re Claim or Re Call “ the payment.

If you have  Legal Cover on your Home Contents Insurance they can provide FREE expertise and advice. This should be an extra you should include.

Finally moneysavingsexpert.com is invaluable for advice. They got me £537 back for a delayed flight to New York.
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We are all vulnerable if not getting a refund.

I use BA about twice a year and like flying with them, decent service at a decent price but might think twice now after all this messing around with refunds/travel vouchers.

Had a return flight cancelled last year with them due to industrial action, had the option to cancel both flights on line which I did, refund arrived within a couple of weeks.

Why isn't the same procedure in place now?

I wonder if some of you people have ever run a business?

Several reasons why the refunds have not been processed yet.  Some honest and some dishonest. Big companies are at times no different than Government. Plenty of Managers or Ministers too afraid to make decisions or more pertinently to do the right thing for fear of incurring the wrath on The Boss.

Plenty of Companies also robbing Peter to pay Paul. They have huge cash flow problems too. It is a mess and as usual the Government and it’s Ministries are of no use and bankrupt of Leadership.

I got a deposit refund for my April May trip from BA without asking. I thought they were excellent but again if others are struggling with them now for refunds it is because they were short in foresight like most big companies and Governments not just ours.

unless they go out of business why go to your credit card company

Don't try booking anything to the Med countries for the rest of this year. They are specifically excluding UK citizens from a list of those who might be allowed in to Italy, Spain, Greece and Cyprus if the ban on hotel openings is lifted for their own citizens.

The Pubic Triangle in Soho may be a safer bet

Is golden triangle a takeaway

I wasn’t talking about The Taj Mahal in Chatham. That is long gawn!