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New Buisness Start up-From Employed through lockdown
Hi all, i was furloughed in march like many others working as an agency worker via an umbrella corp? 80% NMW as a result. this ended as soon as the employers had to sustain pension contributions etc and the contract of employment Was pulled from all the contractors. even as a temp worker there was nothing i could do about…
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On The Beach - Help!
Hi there, I was supposed to go on holiday at the beginning of May but it got cancelled due to Covid-19. I was then told by On The Beach that they were waiting for the refund from the airline which they then got on 30th May but I still haven't received my refund. It was radio silence over the summer (I knew they were…
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Childcare Vouchers through salary sacrifice - unable to spend
Hi, There is another post relating to this, but I thought I should highlight in this section as well. We are in the position that our youngest child will be 15 in April 2021 and my understanding is that childcare vouchers we have through a workplace scheme (salary sacrificed so there are tax implications) need to be spent…
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Last Minute.com help
Hi I am not really sure what to do. We were due to fly to Ibiza on the 1st August only for 48 hours to visit friends. I booked through Lastminute and the flights were with Jet2 and BA. The out flight with Jet2 was cancelled. I contacted last minute who said I should contact Jet2 for a refund which i did, however Jet2…
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Bounce Back Loan - What monitoring do the banks carry out?
I'm curious. If you've been accepted for a bounce back loan to help your business, how do the banks check what those funds were used for? ie, if I intend to upgrade my company website (sorely needs doing) would the bank require evidence of this? I've seen articles of people running out to buy second hand Porsches with the…
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Refund Sightseeing Pass NYC
Hi there, Does anyone have any idea how I can obtain a refund for NYC Sightseeing Passes which I have their optional insurance for? In total costing around £400. I have had numerous emails delaying the process and just when I tried to give my IBAN for it to be processed, my final email failed to send on the thread that has…
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Flight Centre uk refund and Section 75 Dispute with AMEX
Hi My wife and myself purchased flight tickets from Flight Centre uk last August 2019 for flights Departing on the 12th Of March this year 2020. We paid in total £8445.00 split between both our American Express Cards. The flight were from London - Singapore, Singapore - Sydney, Sydney - Auckland, Christchurch - Nadi, Nadi-…
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Protecting my home from creditors
Is there a watertight legal way to protect the house I live in from creditors in the event of my property rental business failing due to Coronovirus & its impact on my tenants (students at university & wage earners)I have mortgages,though not on my home,but my income will crash in a worst-case-scenario…
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Timeshare Covid Points deferral
Diamond Resorts won’t allow 2019 points to be deferred to 2021 even though we weren’t allowed to go to Spain in June and USA this month has anyone else had this problem
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Email from Lastminute.com asking for my bank details to make a refund
I had flights to Berlin cancelled in April due to CV19. I followed the refund procedure with Lastminute.com and requested a cash refund (strange as they deducted an amount for that option but inflated the amount had I chosen vouchers!) I waited and waited and had confirmation my refund request had been accepted and would…
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Paid for holiday using a REVOULT pre paid card.
Hi, paid my holiday 1st instalment using a prepaid revoult card. Can I do a chargeback to get my holiday deposit back from Travel Republic?
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Covid 19 travel disruption - Phuket honeymoon
Hello, hopefully someone can give some helpful advice. As Phuket looks extremely unlikely to reopen to tourists before december 2020 (our honeymoon booking), I'm trying to cancel and get money refunded where possible. The problem is, there are lots of different bookings included. Itinerary below: Return flights Belfast to…
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Quarantine?
Hi I am looking at booking a last minute break to somewhere that currently do not have to quarantine from upon return with either Jet 2 or Tui. Does anyone know what the companies views are if quarantine measures are brought in before leave UK. Can u amend booking/cancel or are u left out of pocket? Tui has guidelines in…
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I'm being refused a holiday refund
Anyone know how I can get round this please. My holiday company has agreed to refund me BUT they say they can only refund to the original card. The card was cancelled by the credit card company due to fraudulent online use and I was issued with a new one which obviously has a new number. Has anyone else had this and how do…
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EasyJet Flight Vouchers
Hello everyone, I am seeking some advice after being left feeling ripped
off by EasyJet's Customer Services. Due to the Corona Virus pandemic, I have had two EasyJet flights canceled. For these flights, I was offered a flight voucher which I can use at
a later date. At the time I thought this was reasonable, and accepted…
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Should travel insurance cover urgent return flight at start of Covid
My brother was in Australia when the FCO announced that Brits should return home immediately at the beginning of April. His Emirates flight had been cancelled. Qatar airlines had set up a flight, and he duly booked it and returned home. He felt secure that his insurance would cover this 'new' flight. Cost approx £1100. As…
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Flight refunds - how long is too long? (SAS)
So I've just had the most interesting chat with an SAS agent online, as we try to figure out when on earth we might see our refund. We were due to fly to the US with SAS in August. About a month before, we got confirmation the flight was cancelled. They made the voucher offer prominent, but we managed to find a fairly…
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B A Refunds
Hi, I'm new to this forum - so hope I am doing ok in asking is anyone suffering like we are with getting a refund from BA - basically we have tickets for America - and to date the flight is still going BUT we, as Brits, are not being allowed to enter the USA - so we cannot go - yet BA say as the flight is going NO REFUND -…
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Travelodge change/voucher required
I've got a room booked in Edinburgh for 3 nights and when we were still in lock down although it was a saver booking they were allowing changes to other hotels at different dates or a voucher. At the time it wouldn't work for me (as in I couldn't get it to do it online) and because my husband and mother were shielding due…
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Local Lockdown
I am now looking for a week away abroad, in a location that i am allowed to travel to. I am aware i will be covered by my travel insurance for Covid, but i am not sure what the situation would be, if my area was put into local lockdown. The holiday would still go ahead, but i would be unable to travel. Would the company,…
