Coronavirus: India suspends all tourist visas, including issued ones, from 13th March

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• MT says:

  11 Mar11 March 20:04

  Another 50% Avios sale from BA until 22nd March. Since there is actually availability to some cool places, might be worth a top-up, but then again cash tickets are soooo cheap right now.

  • Anna says:

    11 Mar11 March 20:09

    If you’re planning to travel in the next few weeks , be aware peak Avios pricing is just around the corner for Easter, so maybe top up your Avios stash for later and take advantage of the cheap cash prices plus Avios and tier points you’ll get.

• Shoestring says:

  11 Mar11 March 20:27

  Schools – I can’t see UK schools staying open even until the end of next week. My best idea of timing: midweek next week.

  ie add on a week before Easter hols and a week after plus a few extra days (state school timing).

  ie closed something like 18 March – 19 April.

  Let’s see how that plays out 🙂

  • Anna says:

    11 Mar11 March 20:31

    My son’s school doesn’t break up until April 9th; he would be overjoyed if it closed down next week! I’ve told him I expect lessons to be delivered via Skype.

    • Peter K says:

      11 Mar11 March 20:59

      Yes, and work sent via “Milk”.

  • Paul says:

    11 Mar11 March 21:04

    That’s the view of schools too. 4 week closure from the middle to end of next week. Doesn’t matter when the schools actually break up as 4 weeks covers them all and limits impact on GCSE and A levels

    • Anna says:

      11 Mar11 March 21:23

      Except Modern Language spoken exams which are before the Easter holidays!

    • Shoestring says:

      11 Mar11 March 21:34

      Italy latest decree: all shops – barring supermarkets, food stores and chemists – will be shut down, while companies must close all their departments that are not essential to production.

      well – that worked in China! – I guess it’s only for a couple of weeks

• Dominic says:

  11 Mar11 March 21:06

  Denmark also now quarantining a number of countries, and closing down many public services.

• Jcp says:

  11 Mar11 March 22:47

  https://www.france24.com/en/20200311-argentina-colombia-peru-to-isolate-travelers-from-virus-hit-nations

• meta says:

  11 Mar11 March 22:53

  Just got an email from BA which says the following:

  « Yours sincerely,
  Alex Cruz
  Chairman and CEO »

  • Alex Sm says:

    11 Mar11 March 23:07

    What’s wrong about it?

    • meta says:

      11 Mar11 March 23:14

      Nothing displayed apart from the signature. However, now I’ve looked closely, there is a small text with a link to the actual message. A case of bad formatting, I guess.

      In terms of the message, nothing that already hasn’t been reported here….🙄

    • Genghis says:

      12 Mar12 March 07:04

      I initially thought it was spam, “Dear Valued Customer”. But they know my name, they even put my avios balance at the bottom.

• Corona says:

  12 Mar12 March 01:13

  Donald Trump announces suspension of all travel from Europe to the US for 30 days. The travel restrictions will not apply to the United Kingdom.

• Dan Beverley says:

  12 Mar12 March 11:07

  Can anyone advise further on this. The area in question for me is the cut off time. Is this cut off time based on departure from port or arrival in India? Hope someone can help. Thanks

  • Rob says:

    12 Mar12 March 11:37

    You need to read the official press release which we link to and base your decision on that.

• Sunita. says:

  12 Mar12 March 13:38

  This has to be done to contain it.
  Everyone stays where they are , till the threat blows away.

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