Globespan going, going and nearly gone

jem16

I've just heard that my son's fiancee's mum is stuck in Tenerife because of this - has had to pay £200 with Ryanair to get home on Sunday.

Sounds like she paid by credit card though so she can claim the cost of those.

juicygirl

I have a family memeber who works for them but is currently off work. He has friends (both pilots and cabin crew) who are are stuck in Saudi Arabia and have been told they need to make there own arrangements to get home! Just awful.

Caz3121

jem16 wrote: »

I've just heard that my son's fiancee's mum is stuck in Tenerife because of this - has had to pay £200 with Ryanair to get home on Sunday.

Sounds like she paid by credit card though so she can claim the cost of those.

will depend if they booked a package or flight only what assistance they get
http://www.globespan.com/
they will not get the Ryanair flights refunded through the credit card as they are using them

sindersoot

We have flights only booked for next week:eek: Booked these direct with Globespan, paid by credit card, does that mean we will not get money back?

Need to look for alternative flights now:mad:

jem16

Caz3121 wrote: »

they will not get the Ryanair flights refunded through the credit card as they are using them

Section 75 covers you for consequential loss. As the airline went bust and this forced you to pay for flights to get home you are covered for claiming back this amount. What will matter is that the return flight cost at least £100.

jem16

sindersoot wrote: »

We have flights only booked for next week:eek: Booked these direct with Globespan, paid by credit card, does that mean we will not get money back?

Need to look for alternative flights now:mad:

Yes you are covered.

stoneman

Caz3121 wrote: »

they will not get the Ryanair flights refunded through the credit card as they are using them

Wrong. They are covered under section 75, even to the extent that if they had bought first class tickets with the company that went bust they were intitled to buy F tickets with another airline and reclaim the full cost of the ticket, which is what we did when MAXjet went bust

sindersoot

jem16 wrote: »

Yes you are covered.

That's a relief.

nico26

ckerrd wrote: »

I fear you are correct.

And genuinely I am saddened by this.

Scotland has few enough travel options. But both flyglobespan and Zoom offered something - obviously not sustainable

Maybe us Scots should never go abroad........

Sad day as it only leaves Scotland with less options I liked Globespan. never had any problems.Great flight times. Only Easyjet and Ryanair to Europe now with lousy flight times.
Mr O,leary will be liking his lips at this one. Lets hope he dosn't try to divert from Prestwick to Glasgow as that would be the end of that airport as well.

splendiferous_2

I booked flight only (directly on their website) for August 2010 with a Maestro card. Does anyone have any information on whether there is any hope at all, or whether the money is gone forever? :-(