Cancelling a flight..

nalibz

Hey everyone,

I was just wondering..I have a flight booked for this sunday and there is a possibility that i wont be able to go so i may need to cancel it. If i do cancel it i realise i will lose my money but is there any possible way of saving any of it?!

I imagine everyone is going to tell me that i've lost all the money but if theres any help anyone can offer it would be greatly appreciated..

nalibz

bootman

I am on here for the same reason!! needed to bring a Virgin flight return leg forward, they want £400 to do it. The ticket only cost £250!!

nalibz

bootman wrote:

I am on here for the same reason!! needed to bring a Virgin flight return leg forward, they want £400 to do it. The ticket only cost £250!!

I need mine completely cancelled! stand to lose up to £1,200 if i cant think of something!

Murphy_The_Cat

nalibz wrote:

I need mine completely cancelled! stand to lose up to £1,200 if i cant think of something!

Is there a LEGITIMATE, insurance backed reason that you could give?

MTC

pin

See the fare rules. If it says non refundable, then its non refundable. However you should be able to claim the taxes back.

dixie_dean_2

Thats a controversial flag to be flying. Basically, as pin says. Most places were will try to deny knowledge of claiming back taxes and charge a fee as its a pain. If you have insurance you could create a reason and make a dodgy claim. Easy to do, but, of course, illegal.

Murphy_The_Cat

controversial ??? How ???

MTC

nalibz

Murphy_The_Cat wrote:

Is there a LEGITIMATE, insurance backed reason that you could give?

MTC

There is a legitimate reason but not one that insurance will cover unfortunately..

I notice a couple of you talk about claiming taxes back? How is this possible and does it really work?

All your replies are really appreciated (except MTCs);)

nalibz

dixie_dean wrote:

Thats a controversial flag to be flying. Basically, as pin says. Most places were will try to deny knowledge of claiming back taxes and charge a fee as its a pain. If you have insurance you could create a reason and make a dodgy claim. Easy to do, but, of course, illegal.

Even if i wanted to make a dodgy claim i'm sure they would investigate any claim i made thoroughly and i'd be caught out!

MTC - you starting to think we should move the middle east debate over here, some people may not find it!;)

and i love controversy!

Thanks for your help dixie

dixie_dean_2

Taxes - get in touch with travel agent

Controversy - I love it too. And eating babies.

Insurance - do you have a friend who is a doctor? Check the policy - there are loads of things you can easily claim on and not get caught. Again, I know MSE is against illegal things and all that so of course, don't do any of this.

nalibz

dixie_dean wrote:

Taxes - get in touch with travel agent

Controversy - I love it too. And eating babies.

Insurance - do you have a friend who is a doctor? Check the policy - there are loads of things you can easily claim on and not get caught. Again, I know MSE is against illegal things and all that so of course, don't do any of this.

haha thanks!

Eating babies?!!!
:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

Unfortunately i don't have any doctor friends but what if the person i was supposed to staying with was in another country? would i have to get a doctors report sent from that country or just merely state the problem? what if due to unforseen circumstances that person was unable to accomodate us anymore?

thanks