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Hello All, I was due to fly out to New York the Saturday before flights were being cancelled to the US in March 2020 and because my friend has Asthma and had been in hospital we decided to cancel our booking on health grounds. After finally getting through to BA they were very good and awarded us a full voucher against our…

Hi, I am hoping someone can give me advice. I had registered to do a charity cycling event last summer (registration fee fully paid), which was re-scheduled for this July because of Covid. I had also suggested a couple of friends join me this year. We had made travel arrangements, and I had even made my family change their…

I am due to go to the Balearic islands on the 3rd June for 10 days which is currently classed as amber along with the rest of Spain. However it looks increasing likely that the Balearics will be treated separately from the mainland and classed as green from the 7th June. It is likely that this announcement will be made…

Nothing like a deadline to focus the mind! my dilemma is that income is very much seasonal from April to October. I didn’t claim SEISS 3 as I have negligible business turnover from 1st November to 31st January. For the SEISS 4 period, 1st February to 30th April, I calculate that I have lost 12% of my annual turnover based…

Hi everyone, can someone help explain how the furlough pay is calculated please. i was working part time 18 hours a week during the first lockdown, so when we went on lockdown I received about 14.4 hours a week pay which by my calculations is around 80%. fast forward to when we came back from the first lockdown in July, my…

Hi Guys, So i run a small business from an industrial estate and have received the 10k last year, then further amounts in December and again in February... So the local council know i am on the system and that i am eligible for the restart grant... However 320 other business never received an email that apparently they…

How early can you buy these tests before you have to go away? can I buy a week or two in advance? do they fit through the door's letterbox ? How do you return these tests if you are in quarantine and you live alone? I understand they can be dropped at a priority mail box, taken to their labs, etc.. but you have to leave…

You can't use an NHS test to prove you have no virus when entering back into Britain, why is this?

On the 14th May BA cancelled my return flight from London Gatwick to Orlando. I chose to take a voucher so I could immediately rebook the flight as it is fairly urgent that I get to the UK. The website informed me that the voucher would be emailed to me with 48 hours. After 4 days I contacted BA who said they were sorry…

I am wondering if anyone else has had problems with SEISS 4 eligibility as a working parent. I am newly self-employed (July 2019) so thought I would be eligible for SEISS 4. But because of being on maternity leave from January - September 2019, this apparently means I am not. The mat leave skewed my tax return. I have…

Hi, I have just returned from working in the Netherlands and am now isolating for 10 days at home, my question is, apart from claiming for my 2nd and 8th day PCR tests, is there anything else I claim for? Thanks, Jason

Hi, I apologise if this has been asked before, i couldn't find anything. We had our original holiday booked last year 2020 but obviously had to cancel, however due to the fact it was a great deal and we had everything we wanted we decided to transfer to this year in the hope we would have the same deal, and, with a little…

Good morning, A family member booked flights with Emirates in late 2019, for travel in October 2020. Unfortunately she made a major mistake in using a third party booking agent (Budget Air). The total value was approx £1,300. The payment was made to Budget Air using a credit card. Needless to say the flights were cancelled…

Can anyone help lastminute.com have said that since last year because we rebooked with them with vouchers we can not get our money back now and our flights have been cancelled again and they have sent me a email to say I would get it back but they say its the computer that won't let them do it can anyone help with this…

evening, father in law book some flights to india which have been cancelled with Southall travell, they initially promised £600 back of the £1100 but obviously nothing and now they wont respond, a quick google and there seems to be alot of people in the same situation. Father paid with debit card. anything we can help him…

Hi all. We were due to go to Corfu on the 3rd June but we cancelled the holiday last week as unable to fly as they are on the Amber list and we both work on the frontline within the NHS and cannot afford 10 days of isolation after the holiday. If we didn’t cancel we would of also lost the accommodation money as they say we…

Hey everyone, we booked to ride in a hot air balloon back in 2019 which was cancelled - they extended the booking which was great but only till Oct this year, it’s a shared balloon ride with up to 16 other people, are be not been vaccinated yet and probably won’t have both till the end of August which only gives us an 8…

The new NHS app is supposed to show your Covid vaccination status. I've had both jabs now but the app has still not updated. It's only recording my first vaccination and it's been a week since my 2nd jab. My partner had their jab at the same time and their status was updated the next day. Is anyone else using the NHS app…

Hi everyone! i am looking for some advice on a company refusing me a refund. Myself and my collegue booked to do a diving course we booked back in march for June and paid in full, last week we asked what time we needed to be there on the day in june and the owner has replied to say that she needed to change the date as she…

hi. Easy Jet has said that flights can be changed this summer but the on line system isnt working and the phone numbers dont work ad the chat bot doesnt exist--anyone got any idea how to speak to them? am deeply regretting trusting them