Easyjet to shut East Midlands base

Chester85

Mike-H wrote: »

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I believe Easy Jet has made their decision and that customers simply have to wait for the official email ‘unlucky chump’ email informing us of our limited options. This prevents us from taking any real action to find alternative flights.

Does anyone know what the legal standing is on this? Could we get a full refund now? Could I ask my credit card company to reverse the transaction? I somehow doubt it as the flights may (cat in hells chance) still go ahead.

You can't know for certain what Easy's decision is.

Easyjet simply can't stop selling seats on planes during the consultation period and it can't tell every customer 'by the way we might cancel your flight' which is most likely covered in the T&C's anyway and there's no way a chargeback on your card would go through as there's no laws nor rules broken here

If they cancel the flights you'll get your money back or be offered a flight from an alternative or to an alternative destination

Alas, just because they close the base doesn't mean they won't fly from EMA anymore as kingston_toon pointed out.

Ryanair and Easyjet fly from several bases in which they don't base aircraft at

Four of us have a flight booked from Geneva to EMA on the 30th January 2010. I was wondering if we took out travel insurance now, how and to what extent would this cover us as a norm?

I mean, if Easyjet cancel our flights and the only flights which are available with another company are astronomical, would the insurance company pay out for those tickets?

Tough one. Most travel insurance policies will make you tick a box stating you aren't aware of any issues that may prevent or curtail your arrangements. Which technically you are but also technically you...erm...aren't

Might be worth ringing them and asking but they might shove a premium on

You never know, those folks might all lose their jobs but the routes keep on flying, Silver linings and all