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Unfair no help both off work with covid
Hi does not seem fair there is no help as me and my husband have covid 1st time, there is no extra help for us, yet 2 years ago anybody off work with covid got their wages covered and free tests, now government changed rules but we aren't allowed go work as i work in restaurant and husband works for NHS, we are struggling…
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Randox PCR test - is the website working?
Hi, I'm trying to order a pre-departure Covid home-test for my 5 year old using the Randox website but it's just not allowing me to do so as the country drop-down on the billing address page doesn't seem to work. I tried on my mobile, two different browsers, incognito mode, no luck. The discount code mentioned on the MSE…
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Flight cancellation
Booked a package holiday with Blue Sea Holidays - Outbound flight Wizzair cancelled after check in due to pilot being ill, no alternate flights available with Wizzair for the whole week, so made a separate booking with easy jet ( arrived 12 hours later than original time and from a different airport ) but finished holiday.…
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Flight compensation
Can anyone help,I applied for compensation for me self & my husband for a cancelled flight from Vueling,they paid mine but not my husbands,& despite sending the an email they have failed to pay out or reply
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Long Covid and Work
Just after a bit of advice really. Ended up getting covid last year. Was really poorly for quite some time. First time I had off from work in all my working life so it felt strange and a bit of guilt crept in as when others have been off, the caseload drops onto the others in the team. GP kept giving me sick notes and told…
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How long are people waiting for travel insurance claims at the moment?
I put in a Covid related claim in May and was told it would take up to 30 days for them to review everything and not to contact them as it might cause further delays. I've not heard anything since and it's been about 8 weeks now. Is it worth chasing them up yet to see if anything's wrong or is this just standard at the…
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Easyjet flight cancellations and their loopholes for getting out of paying compensation
We got our Sunday 10th April flight from Edin to Nice cancelled 2hours before check-in (we were on our way to the airport). We contacted them straight away and tried to get alternative flights that day or the following day - as we were choosing alternative flights they were also getting cancelled, the only flights they…
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Packaged holiday via Tui, flights cancelled but am I due a compensation?
We have booked a dream packaged holiday with TUI to Mauritius. It was suppose to be our honeymoon too! Exactly 7 days before we are due to fly TUI send me an email saying that one of our connection flights were cancelled and if I don't pay £2000 for the new flights then they will cancel the holiday. Flights would have been…
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Covid19 cancellation cover if friend goes down with Covid19
My daughter is planning to go on holiday for 2 weeks with a female friend to the Greek Islands this summer. I have been perusing the comparison websites to give her some guidance on how to narrow down the choice of cover to meet her needs. One issue I have noticed so far is that the insurance policies I have seen so far do…
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Ryanair Charge Back
I have a Ryanair flight booked to Spain at end of July 2022, nearly £300 return, by chance I've gone on to the booking to find an additional charge of £59 due to a charge back in March 2020 when I had to return from Spain urgently at the Covid lockdown and claimed via my bank card. Ryanair take your booking and payment and…
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Covid testing and jab advice
thanks for reading . My wife works for the NHS in a hospital . Different advice and procedures coming from different management teams and managers to different people . My wife needs to test x2 weekly . my daughter who works in another hospital and more front line x1 weekly . My other daughter another hospital is told if…
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Lux Tripper Refund
Hi Everyone - my first time posting in this forum so I'm hoping someone might be able to help / offer some advice! We got married last year, and had booked a honeymoon through luxury travel company Lux Tripper to Bali - flights and accommodation. We were in a payment plan with them, but once COVID-19 hit we paused the…
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Am I entitled to refund of Musc festival ticket as I've got covid?
This query is actually on behalf of my dh who was due to go to the festival tomorrow but has tested + today. The festival rules state that he's NOT allowed to attend with covid, and anyone they learn has covid will be removed from the festival, yet there's no refunds available unless the event is cancelled. (Ok he wouldnt…
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Claiming Money back from Easyjet flights only.
I found that since April I could not get my money back for Flight to and from Berlin.In the end my husband said just except vouchers.So we went to to claim vouchers for flights.We were given 2 options flights for later or cash.We had not previously ventured into looking into the vouchers in case they gave them to us for…
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UK trip insurer wants certified PCR for possible claim - how?
We have a large family holiday booked and our insurer AIG says it covers Covid claims but online advice suggest they’d require a certified PCR. NHS no longer performing these and I can’t see if you have symptoms Boots or other provider would want you in their premises, even if you were prepared to go. What am I missing?…
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Isolating. Do I get paid?
HI tested positive for covid yesterday so just had one day off work so far. just wondering what pay am I entitled to while I'm isolating? bearing in mind of course it was my employers idea I should isolate, not mine. also bearing in mind I work in the private sector where every penny counts. I have no union, no super duper…
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Test and Trace
I’ve just had a text message from TraceAlerts telling me I’ve been in close contact with someone who’s got Omnicrom and to get a PCR test. Is this a scam as I thought test and trace had ended? Thanks.
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Covid travel home at end of holiday?
I worry about everything, but can control this by having
plans to deal with anything that arises. However, I can’t see a practical solution to the following possible covid
holiday situation: I’m going on a cruise in 3 weeks’ time. Have insurance so no problem if covid were
to develop while on ship – isolate in cabin.…
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is the tax man right or wrong
i informed tax credits last year about receiving seiss grants and my payments stopped and was informed i have received to much about £1,500 pounds which i struggled but had to pay back. I did my self employed tax return last December including grants i received. In January this year the tax man informed me they have…
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Ukraine Guests - How to become permanent in the UK after the 3 years?
Morning all. Our guests have been here 8 weeks, have jobs, working hard, have the kid starting a great school and basically ticking all the life boxes. No dramas, no issues. But the discussion turns to 'what next'? They want to stay and are making all the right steps and noises. They are looking to rent but of course also…
