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One of my three flights not cancelled

ceemac44
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edited 19 May at 3:51PM in Coronavirus Board
I was supposed to fly to Faro on 5 August for a week, then to Bordeaux for 5 days, and then home.
Easyjet have cancelled the inward flight to Faro and the flight home from France has also been cancelled by Aer Lingus, however, I received an email from easyJet stating the Faro to Bordeaux flight is going ahead. They are allowing a switch of flight with no change fee but no other options. Given that I cannot and will not be going to Faro, anyone hazard a guess where I would stand with this?  

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  • Caz3121
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    ceemac44 said:
    I received an email from easyJet stating the Faro to Bordeaux flight is going ahead. 
    Is this flight on the same Easyjet booking reference as your other Easyjet flight? If so, I believe they should allow you to cancel for refund
    If on a separate booking and it is operating, there is no requirement for the airline to refund you. You could check your travel insurance policy to see if this is something they may cover - although your excess may make this not worth claiming
  • bradders1983
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    edited 27 July 2020 at 6:37AM
    If you booked the 2 Easyjet flights as singles, you stand absolutely nowhere. Easyjet also won't give a stuff if a flight with a totally different airline has been cancelled.
  • ceemac44
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    The flights were booked separately. I’ll just see what my travel insurance states but as suggested, the excess might make a claim pointless. Thanks.
  • bradders1983
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    edited 27 July 2020 at 8:08AM
    When my Easyjet flights were cancelled in April it was letting me move the flight to a totally different route if I wanted to. Maybe consider that for the flight that is still listed to operate, no idea if it lets you change it fee free now.
  • benjus
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    I was in a similar position with a trip in June to Crete, then Lefkada, then back home. The 2 international flights were cancelled and refunded, but the internal flight went ahead and I had to just accept the airline's terms for cancelling (which fortunately weren't as bad as some) and lost some of the money.
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