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• fivebobbill says:

  14 Jun14 June 20:46

  Or to put it another way… They’ve effectively paid themselves a 7% mark up!

• Pttt says:

  14 Jun14 June 22:21

  Help please!!

  Mighty long shot given the time, but we’ve just been denied boarding by Vueling to NCN because they oversold the flight.

  They gave us 250eur x2, hotel night near LGW and rebooked us on a 1pm flight tomorrow with them (not the earliest btw but the one with availability).

  Can we book the 6am one with BA tomorrow and claim it? Theyve told us they cant guarantee reimbursment but we are missing numerous appointments by arriving so late! Any help appreciated.

  Thanks

  P

  • Pttt says:

    14 Jun14 June 22:34

    Also worth noting we I’m almost certain we booked using Amex Plat…which we still have. Not sure yet, but it was definitely booked with Amex.

    Would this cover an earlier BA flight?

  • Lady London says:

    14 Jun14 June 23:05

    I would book the 6am BA flight if I was prepared to lose the cost of the BA flight. Why not book it on Avios if you’ve got enough? you can do it online. might only be 4,500 or so plus not much money each. I do not think EU261 itself, gives you cost of your preferred alternate flight if you book it yourself (although it does give you duty of care (see below) and compensation which I thought was about 280 euros for a landing time of over 3 hours for your distance, on short haul.

    Rob did a recent article, in fact very recently, listing which travel expenses MUST be spent on the relevant Amex card, to be covered under the travel insurance. If Amex have a helpline for travel I’d call them now and ask, rather than try to find the answer at this time of night. Hopefully someone else who’s up late, will see your question and advise. However if you have other travel insurance than Amex, have a read of the t’c and c’s for that or call your other insurance’s 24 hour helpline if there is one. Good chance if you have urgent reasons, cost of rebooking the earlier BA flight might be covered by any other insurance you’ve got even if not sure about Amex yet..

    Remember you don’t just get hotel costs you also get from Vueling transport to and from the hotel (even to another flight), food and drink (not alcohol) within reason appropriate to meal times during your delay, and communications cost to let people know you are late – covered, such as, by your paying for internet at the hotel if necessary. If Vueling hasn’t given you that money keep the receipts and make sure you claim these under “duty of care” provisions of EU261 from Vueling for reimbursement. this is as well as the compensation due under EU261 for delayed flight.

  • Bill says:

    15 Jun15 June 00:08

    Easyjet at 7am

    • Bill says:

      15 Jun15 June 00:12

      Shows on website nor mobile app. 154 gbp

  • Crafty says:

    15 Jun15 June 08:31

    What does your travel insurance say? This is who you’ll be claiming from.

  • Shoestring says:

    15 Jun15 June 08:56

    Worth noting that the EUR250pp you got already does not replace your compo rights under EC261 – it is *in addition* to your compo entitlement (if any). If you took the suggested alternative Vueling flight, you’d definitely get the EC261 delayed flight compo. If you re-route yourself on BA or EasyJet, you should be looking to get that ticket cost refunded by Vueling but you won’t be entitled to delayed flight compo. But in this case, you should have refused the re-ticketing option offered by Vueling (1pm). should have asked them to re-ticket you on BA or EasyJet because of your meetings, then if they refused, should have told them you would be re-ticketing yourself and claiming the cost back from Vueling.

    How did you leave the situation with Vueling? If you accepted re-ticketing on the 1pm Vueling flight, but re-ticketed yourself on the BA or EasyJet flight, you’re stuffed. You won’t get a refund of your re-ticketing cost. You won’t be entitled to EC261 compo because you are now a no-show.

    • Shoestring says:

      15 Jun15 June 08:59

      You still have time – if you went on the BA or EasyJet flight – to contact Vueling, explain that your meetings made the 1pm Vueling flight a bad option, so you re-ticketed yourself. And ask for a refund on the original Vueling ticket cost.

• Zayn says:

  16 Jun16 June 19:39

  Thank you for the Infomation on TAP to NYC, just booked a Business trip Via LCY to NY (Single) and another Return at the End of August to begin of September , Like the convenience of flying from LCY and short stop over in Lisbon and Porto , Saved over 2k compared to Virgin and BA

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