Flight delay and cancellation compensation, Tui/Thomson ONLY

merlinsmum0

Romanby1 thanks for your response. I have kept a close eye on this particular thread since its creation and you will see from my post that I am already in the court process (the defence I have received from Thomson is in response to my MCOL claim).

I note that post 2002 is actually relates to a successful claim - congratulations spaceaarvark!

I'd still be really grateful for opinions in relation to the ash cloud defence from Thomson -

Thanks

blondmark

User4815 wrote: »

Unfortunately, I do not speak a word of Spanish and I do not think I could put my trust into Google translate that much

Oh dear ... well try this in Google Translate:

no ganar ninguna cuota

blondmark

spaceaarvark wrote: »

My feeling is that all claims get the 2 year limit and/or extraordinary circumstances defence, but these evaporate as you get close to a court date.

... unless your name is blondmark - perhaps I annoyed them by calling their defence a pack of lies :rotfl:

Pierre_De_Grenoble

Hello, I have been following this Thread since February and can see that Thomsons will always dig their heels in untill the finnish, and so decided to use Bott & Co, who in fact pass everything straight to EUclaim.

THe flight was a First Choice Airlines FCA044 on Sat 08/02/08 which left 6 + hours late. (details are on Flight Stats)

EUclaim said no claim as Firstchoice went bankrupt (which was a surprise to me) so I queried this and recieved the following email:-

After further investigation into First Choice Airways I have found out that they ceased trading on 1st November 2008. In March 2008 TUI AG merged with First Choice Holidays PLC forming TUI Travel and both Thomsonfly and First Choice Airways were merged as Thomson Airways.
Thomsonfly Limited changed its name to Thomson Airways Limited in November 2008 and both Thomsonfly and First Choice Airways ceased trading and were both rebranded to Thomson Airways.
Therefore First Choice Airways no longer exists, however, First Choice still operates on the high street and overseas.

Has anybody had any experience of claims against these now "defunct" airlines, as to my mind, a merged/taken over airline is not the same as a failed/bankrupt one, or is that just wishful thinking.

Steve

jenn1ewest1

Pierre_De_Grenoble wrote: »

Hello, I have been following this Thread since February and can see that Thomsons will always dig their heels in untill the finnish, and so decided to use Bott & Co, who in fact pass everything straight to EUclaim.

THe flight was a First Choice Airlines FCA044 on Sat 08/02/08 which left 6 + hours late. (details are on Flight Stats)

EUclaim said no claim as Firstchoice went bankrupt (which was a surprise to me) so I queried this and recieved the following email:-

After further investigation into First Choice Airways I have found out that they ceased trading on 1st November 2008. In March 2008 TUI AG merged with First Choice Holidays PLC forming TUI Travel and both Thomsonfly and First Choice Airways were merged as Thomson Airways.
Thomsonfly Limited changed its name to Thomson Airways Limited in November 2008 and both Thomsonfly and First Choice Airways ceased trading and were both rebranded to Thomson Airways.
Therefore First Choice Airways no longer exists, however, First Choice still operates on the high street and overseas.

Has anybody had any experience of claims against these now "defunct" airlines, as to my mind, a merged/taken over airline is not the same as a failed/bankrupt one, or is that just wishful thinking.

Steve

Hi they definitely did not go bust and they still operate as thomson airlines.My claim is for October 2008 with First Choice and at no point has anyone including the defence declaring that the airline went bust
Jennie

jenn1ewest1

blondmark wrote: »

Oh dear ... well try this in Google Translate:

no ganar ninguna cuota

wonder how many of us couldnt resist translating lol
Jennie H

Cherrycherry

Hi guys. Have received letter from Country Court saying: "If the Claimant wishes to make a claim on behalf of his partner, the the Claim form must be amended to add that the person as a party to the case". Could anyone advise how can I do this, did anyone have the same issue? Thanks.

darkwarrior

So Thompson filed an Acknowledgement of Service on June 17, and the court document sent to me said they had 28 days to actually do something about it. By my calculation that ran out on Monday and I've received no further correspondence, what would be my next step? Wait a bit to see if something comes?

blondmark

Cherrycherry wrote: »

Hi guys. Have received letter from Country Court saying: "If the Claimant wishes to make a claim on behalf of his partner, the the Claim form must be amended to add that the person as a party to the case". Could anyone advise how can I do this, did anyone have the same issue? Thanks.

It's set out like this:

Claimants

(1) Christine Cherrycherry
(2) Charlie Cherrycherry

So Christine is the First Claimant and Charlie is the Second Claimant.

111KAB

Wait a bit to see if something comes? > give them another 7 days then if no reply at least tell the judge you tried.