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Partially cancelled trip to Philipines and Australia Travel Company pushing to Insurance
My Son booked a two part trip: 24th February 2020 – 6th March 2020
Philippines Island Hop (Partner: Wanderlands) 9th March – 13th April 2020 Australia
East Coast Experience (Partner: Ultimate Travel) In addition, Flights were arranged by Real Flights with the
carrier being Etihad. (These are in the process of getting…
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Van Insurance late default charge unreasonable???
My partner has not been able to work during pandemic lockdown, he’s a self employed electrician. Although he’s claimed available benefits it’s been financially tough. His last DD for van insurance bounced (3rd July) and he has received a letter from Premium Creditsaying they will try the DD again on the 15th July which…
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Check if employer had claimed furlough payments.
Is there any way to check if my employer has been claiming furlough payments on my behalf? I reckon they been telling lies and not giving me the full story and I was want to know if it’s possible for me to check if they has been claiming. I would ask them but they would just say no and deny it. Thanks
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Watchdog warns more than 100 package holiday firms over refund delays - MSE News
The competition watchdog has written to 100 of the most complained-about package holiday providers, warning they could face enforcement action if they don't start complying with consumer law... Read the full story: 'Watchdog warns more than 100 package holiday firms over refund delays' Click reply below to discuss. If you…
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Expedia hotel cancellation but not flights
We booked flights and hotels through Expedia for a trip to Tenerife
on the 22nd of July. We have been contacted and told that the hotel
has been cancelled as it is closed until the 11th of August. However,
the flights which are with EasyJet have not been cancelled. Expedia have
explained that they have no contact with…
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Schengan Visa - From UK to France
My Husband is a South African with indinfinite leave to remain in the UK. We have had a holiday booked in France for the last year. He needs a Schengan visa to get into france but the consulate are not accept short stay tourist visa applications at them moment due to coronavirus restrictions (in normal circumstances you…
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Earning wage while on furlough
Hi Was on webinar today and asked the following Audience Question: Q: Can a full time employed furloughed employee take on
another fulltime job and receive that full time wage in addition to the
government paying them 80% of their previous wage - meaning they are receiving
much more money than prior to furlough? A: If…
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Working from home tax relief
Hi, Because of Covid19 I've been working from home since 2 weeks before the lockdown, as we can work from home my company decided that we could do so. They provided us with a laptop (which we already had before) so we can do so. My question is what can I use to increase the tax relief I can ask. I've used one of the 3…
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Travel disruption with jet2
Hi, we have a holiday booked to Antalya with jet2 due to depart 23/07/20 but I have found out that the hotel is shut until 31/07/20 at the earliest but have had no communication with jet2 regarding this. I managed to speak to someone from jet2 a couple of days ago but they would not clarify this was the case but did say we…
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Furlough Loophole...
Hi, My Girlfriend was previously self employed and started a new full time job the week lockdown began. As such the company shut down operations and although they weren't able to furlough her, due to being after the deadline, did very kindly pay 40% of her salary to help keep her going. Now she is back at work but still…
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Made to work during Furlough. Company can't afford me anymore, shouldn't I be made redundant?
OK so I work for a small company who from the off furloughed me and others, but made it clear that if we wanted the company to survive while it wasn't bringing money in, and for us to have jobs at the end of it, we needed to still be available to WFH, so we were pretty much guilt tripped into carrying on as normal(ish -…
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Hen Party House refusing refund
Hi all, Grateful for any advice you can offer. I booked a large house for a hen party (18 people from different households) for mid-July. I confirmed the booking in February before lockdown, paying a 50% deposit. The remaining 50% was due shortly after lockdown began, at which point I asked if it was possible to delay…
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Insurance, easyJet and AMEX Declined
I was due to fly with easyJet on the 18 March. However, the UK government imposed travel restrictions due to COVID-19. Therefore I could not fly out on this date. However, easyJet continued to fly the flight regardless. I obviously did not turn up. My insurance company (Axa through my AMEX Platinum) are refusing to pay out…
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Furlough after notice handed in
I worked as an events coordinator for a big UK retailer. I handed my notice in and left in late March to go travelling. I noticed on the show you can still claim furlough - can I still do this now & can I back claim furlough and if so how would I go about doing this? Thanks, hannah
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Nationwide travel insurance question
Hi there, quick question regarding travel insurance cover. I booked a hotel abroad but was unable to go due to FCO advice. I booked the hotel and paid for it myself but for 1 adult 1 child. I'm the policy holder with nationwide, the child is not covered. Nationwide will only refund me half the cost of hotel as the child is…
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SEISS and new job
Hello all, I am a self employed personal trainer. I am employed for only 12 hours a week by my gym to do group classes etc (furloughed for that) the salary for this is usually (pre lockdown) paid back as rent to the gym. Obviously due to covid I’ve gone from doing approximately 15-20 hours of PT a week to 2 hours a week…
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Can my employer force me to self isolate when returning to work
I am currently due to go on holiday to Cyprus is August which has been giving the OK to travel to by the UK government but my employer has not stated that I have to self isolate for 2 weeks on return and they won't pay me and I loose all my bonus due to this will be treated as self inflicted time off as I won't cancel my…
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Holiday to Spain in August
We are going to Majorca in August and have booked with on the beach . We are having second thoughts about going now as they have bought in the wearing masks when out walking so we feel this will ruin the enjoyment of our holiday , does anybody no if we can cancel and if so what do we lose , the holiday has one more payment…
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Sunshine holidays package turkey August
Hello there is a party of 20 of us due to fly to Turkey on 10th August. We have tried to contact the hotel to see what restrictions are in place as we booked an all inclusive and have not been able to get through for over a week or any response to emails. There are lots of people saying they have contacted hotels booked…
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Refund on flights that WEREN'T cancelled...
Hi I'm new here... My Ryanair flights with to Poland went ahead, I didn't go for many reasons (FCO government advice at the time, travel insurance would've been invalidated etc). My travel insurer (AXA, booked in November) is initially refusing to refund the cost because they say according to CMA Government guidelines…
