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Refusal of Section 75 claim for cancelled Oman Air flight ticket
I brought Oman Air flight tickets to travel in July 2020.
Oman Air cancelled the flight one month before the day of travel. After several
attempts to get the refund through the travel agent, I approached the credit
card company for refund under Section 75 of the Consumer Credit Act 1974. Lloyds refused the refund stating…
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Covid profiteering
Back in February, we booked our holiday to Anglesey for 4 nights at £800 and secured it with deposit. I called 8 weeks ahead of the holiday to pay the balance and was told I had to wait to pay because he hasn't got round to emailing everyone as the prices have gone up. I explained that we have secured our booking and have…
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Lateral Flow Test to fly back UK.
I have taken some Lateral flow tests with me on holiday to Portugal. I am trying to find out if it is acceptable for me to do the tests myself and put the result on the NHS register a result? Tui rep seemed to think it was ok but she didn’t seem too confident.
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Covid Testing before and after Travel
Hello, apologies if this has been asked before but I'm due to go on honeymoon on 16th June ( moved from last year) My question is my wife and I cannot afford to pay for the Covid tests before we go and when we return, so therefore where do we stand? In our original booking ( a long time ago in pre-covid 2019) there was…
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Cheapest "Fit to Fly" PCR testing (e.g. to cover Portugal entry requirement)
I think it would be good to have a thread tracking people's experiences of booking a PCR test, specifically "fit to fly" pre-departure tests to be allowed to fly to another country (e.g. Portgual). This is NOT about tests for your return to the UK (e.g day 2, 5 and 8 tests) which have different requirements.Fit to fly…
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MSE News: Martin Lewis says the Government has misexplained its own travel rules
MoneySavingExpert.com founder Martin Lewis has criticised the Government for failing to properly explain its own Covid travel rules, amid mounting confusion over where Brits can holiday overseas... Read the full story: 'Martin Lewis says the Government has misexplained its own travel rules - the traffic light system…
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Airbnb conundrum - gettng a partial refund
Hi We booked a villa in Mallorca for summer 2020, moved the booking to 2021 without a problem and now moving it to 2022 as we can't go and wanted to avoid making the second payment with was due May 19 this year. The host agreed to move the date and hold the payment. However, Airbnb took the £2k payment from my PayPal…
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72 hours PCR testing requirement and Late Monday flight, weeeknd delivery of test.
Anybody any experience with the following: I have a flight booked to Porto leaving Liverpool at 1810 on Monday the 21 June. Portuguese requirements are a PCR test must be taken no more than 72 hours before flight to enable entry. This means the earliest I can take it is 1810 Friday the 18 June. However my only option is a…
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Hotel cancellation policy check
Hi, I'm looking to reserve a hotel in a (currently) amber listed country in the hope that by August it will have moved onto the green list. The hotel i'm interested in is part of a reputable chain and offers a 'free of charge cancellation right up until 2 days prior to travel' policy. Having read a lot of advice online…
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Refusal of Refund of booking from LuxCamp
I booked a 7 day week holiday in France through a website called LuxCamp. I now am advised that I can no longer get money back. Due to the restrictions in place both in the UK and in France we are unable to go.I originally had the cabin booked for 7 nights for June 2020 but was unable to go and was told I can only rebook…
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Football holiday
Hi,my football team booked a holiday with a ltd company,was to go to a tournament in Barcelona for a week play tournament and train in barca training ground ect,price included hotel and transfers and half board,was supposed to go Easter holidays April 2020 was cancelled due to coronavirus,we asked for refund he denied…
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Hotel.Com/Clubcard---Expiry Date?
I had some Clubcard vouchers due to expire this month. On the Clubcard site, under spending vouchers, there is a main heading saying that, due to the situation, Reward Partner codes would now expire 12 months from order date. I've just ordered a Hotel.Com code for all my Clubcard vouchers and the code has turned up showing…
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Mytrip Refund
I like a lot of people had my family holiday cancelled due to Covid 19.. I had booked with Mytrip flights to Singapore with AirSingapore.....I was able to eventually contact Mytrip to request a refund.. that was over a month and a half ago... I now receive a email from Mytrip every two weeks or so telling me the refund is…
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Screen4 my experience
Absolutely abysmal experience. I required a ‘Test to Fly’ Covid test and Tui advised using Screen4 at a discount. I paid my £70 and decided to give them as much time as possible by taking the test 72 hours before flying (the maximum allowed). They guarantee to have your result within a maximum of 48 hours. I followed…
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Day 2 and 8 testing for UK arrivals
Anyone had any experience with any of the providers of the day 2 and 8 testing service for amber list arrivals to the UK? I have a relative arriving back in the UK from Spain and need to book the tests. I had a look on the government website and there is a long list of companies I have never heard of and no way to tell if…
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TUI / Turkey advice
Hi, A bit annoyed with TUI to put it mildly! Any advice would be appreciated. We are due to fly to Turkey in August and our balance (£5k) is due next week. We booked in confidence back in January because of the TUI promise (where they wouldn't take us anywhere we have to quarantine on return...) but they have sneakily…
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MSE News: 19 need-to-knows to cut costs and protect your pocket in the UK and abroad
The rules on holidaying are changing radically. Until this week, in England, only stays away in self-contained accommodation were allowed, but since Monday hotel stays and sleepovers at friends' are back... Read the full story: 'Covid uncertainty means holiday bookings are a risk - 19 need-to-knows to cut costs and protect…
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BST Hyde Park 2021July 2021
Not exactly travel but Covid related! Bought tickets for this festival & it was only by chance did we found out that it had been cancelled at the end of March. The notice on the website states that emails have were sent out informing people of this & that the tickets have been transferred to next year or, if you can't…
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Last Minute.com Vouchers
Hi All, Please can anyone help tell me what to try next. I had a flight cancelled last year which was booked through LastMinute.com, they gave me vouchers for the value of the flight, which run out at the beginning of June. I have since tried to use the voucher but the voucher code is not accepted, I can't log into my…
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Booked a holiday but don't want to go
I booked a holiday back in 2019. It's our first major family holiday which is expensive to us. Due to covid we had to pay to move our holiday to 2021 which was about 600. Now with traveling abroad now opening and our destination on the amber list me and especially my wife do not feel comfortable traveling because of the…
