NYC. Other than myself, it was going to be the first time for my family.
I’m relaxed about this, if cancelled, we’ll just go when everything’s back to normal. Luckily, I hadn’t spent on other parts of the itinerary, except the hotel which is cancellable at no cost.
Hopefully for you the government will look at financial support for businesses in your sector including your employer. The collapse of almost every airline and tour operator would benefit barely anyone.
You can easily go after your CC bank, under Section 75 of the CCA74. They are equally liable for breach of contract on any issue, for example the goods or service don’t fit the description or the tour operator goes bust. They’d have to repay you in full should your claim be valid and they tend...
Martin Lewis always says if the FCO office hasn’t advised against travel to a country and the flight’s still on, you wouldn’t have a leg to stand on in chasing compensation for you cancelling.
What about waiting until BA cancel, shirley they will as this deepens?
I’m playing the same waiting...
Debit card chargeback is a scheme subscribed to by some banks, which may give full compensation.
https://www.which.co.uk/consumer-rights/advice/how-do-i-use-chargeback
Luckily for us, only flights booked for NYC in the summer. I came to the conclusion a while back they’ll be cancelled by Norwegian at some stage. The hotel is easily cancellable with the credit card ‘deposit’ scrubbed.
I expect we’ll travel more in the 12 months once it’s all over (including the ending of restrictions at destinations), with the money saved by not holidaying in the next 6 months or so.
BBC just mentioned that £100b may be lost by the global travel industry including airlines.
Then there are the credit card banks.
I would imagine that various governments will bailout these businesses, using quantitive easing, as this progresses.
It would serve no one if the likes of BA...