My flight is still scheduled as normal!

izzyb96

My flight with Ryanair is still scheduled as normal and so they are not offering refund or vouchers. I can change my flight date but only until August 2020 and I'm unsure whether things will be back to normal by then / whether I lose any rights if I agree to this. Also what if Ryanair go bust??
We have travel insurance that was booked before the pandemic was announced. This insurance had abandonment cover etc but they are now claiming that they will not cover any claims to do with Covid-19.
What can I do? It looks like we are set to lose hundreds of pounds

[Deleted User]

You'll only lose hundreds of pounds if you cancel the flight.  So just keep going as you are. 

They'll either cancel the flight (you get your money back), they go bust (you get your money back) or you get on the flight (you don't get your money back).

Browntoa

Let them cancel the flight and refund .

You are not likely to be flying anywhere 

izzyb96

Browntoa said:

Let them cancel the flight and refund .

You are not likely to be flying anywhere 

The flight is still scheduled and has not / will not be cancelled. They have been using this route weekly throughout the pandemic. My flight is in two weeks and they have announced the minutes schedule of flights that will still be operating. Mine is one of them.

Potbellypig

izzyb96 said:

Browntoa said:

Let them cancel the flight and refund .

You are not likely to be flying anywhere 

The flight is still scheduled and has not / will not be cancelled. They have been using this route weekly throughout the pandemic. My flight is in two weeks and they have announced the minutes schedule of flights that will still be operating. Mine is one of them.

Great news then. You're one of the lucky ones still able to take the flight you booked. 

izzyb96

Deleted_User said:

You'll only lose hundreds of pounds if you cancel the flight.  So just keep going as you are. 

They'll either cancel the flight (you get your money back), they go bust (you get your money back) or you get on the flight (you don't get your money back).

Flight has been confirmed still operating as scheduled. We didn't book on credit card as was booked ages ago and was a mistake on my half - will we still get money back if they go bust? We can't get on the flight because of restrictions on the country we are travelling to. Compulsory quarantine for travellers for 2 weeks (holiday is 7 days)

Browntoa

Where is the flight to ? 

We only had the scantest information to give you advice on

izzyb96

Potbellypig said:

izzyb96 said:

Browntoa said:

Let them cancel the flight and refund .

You are not likely to be flying anywhere 

The flight is still scheduled and has not / will not be cancelled. They have been using this route weekly throughout the pandemic. My flight is in two weeks and they have announced the minutes schedule of flights that will still be operating. Mine is one of them.

Great news then. You're one of the lucky ones still able to take the flight you booked. 

Country travelling to not allowing travellers without 2 weeks compulsory quarantine - we are only going for seven days and it just seems unsafe and irresponsible to fly (very soon) with the current guidelines from UK government

izzyb96

Browntoa said:

Where is the flight to ? 

We only had the scantest information to give you advice on

Budapest

bagand96

izzyb96 said:

Deleted_User said:

You'll only lose hundreds of pounds if you cancel the flight.  So just keep going as you are. 

They'll either cancel the flight (you get your money back), they go bust (you get your money back) or you get on the flight (you don't get your money back).

Flight has been confirmed still operating as scheduled. We didn't book on credit card as was booked ages ago and was a mistake on my half - will we still get money back if they go bust? We can't get on the flight because of restrictions on the country we are travelling to. Compulsory quarantine for travellers for 2 weeks (holiday is 7 days)

A credit card wouldn’t help you in this case anyway - it only helps if there is a breach of contract, which there isn’t. Ryanair won’t be going bust in the next two weeks so that’s not a factor either. 

I would be getting in touch with my Travel Insurance provider. If they didn’t exclude Covid-19 at the time you bought the policy, they can’t just decide to exclude it afterwards. Read the policy though from when you bought it, some may exclude “pandemics” which may give them a get out. 

bradders1983

izzyb96 said:

Browntoa said:

Where is the flight to ? 

We only had the scantest information to give you advice on

Budapest

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