Here is the EU proposal to waive the 80% ‘use it or lose it’ airport slot rule – and IATA is not happy

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• Jcp says:

  14 Mar14 March 07:14

  It’s safe to say that pretty much everyone’s Easter holidays will be cancelled (including mine). The only thing that matters now is whether people get their money back (or a travel voucher etc)

  • Shoestring says:

    14 Mar14 March 07:19

    the kids & I are on Avios, so I think that’s just 50p to cancel (or get the travel vouchers, I guess)

    my wife’s flying out a few days later on Ryanair & they’re allowing free flight changes

    • Anna says:

      14 Mar14 March 07:49

      But award tickets have their own Ts and Cs so it would make more sense to get the Avios back as they are more flexible than the vouchers?

    • Andy says:

      14 Mar14 March 08:01

      I’m not so sure its 50p to cancel – I had to cancel some domestic connections recently and it was the standard £35. It didn’t even show me what I would get back when cancelling and the only way I found out was when the refund hit my account a few days later.

      • AlexT says:

        14 Mar14 March 08:23

        I assume those connections had been booked before BA made changes to their award booking system last year. Anything booked after -> 50p, anything before -> full taxes taken

        • Shoestring says:

          14 Mar14 March 08:29

          that’s me stuffed then 🙁

  • Crafty says:

    14 Mar14 March 07:48

    That’s actually really far down the list of things that matter right now.

    • Anna says:

      14 Mar14 March 07:50

      It is in the short term, but further ahead we are looking at huge global economic issues because of the impact on travel. And those issues will affect all sorts of things like health provision and education.

      • Anna says:

        14 Mar14 March 07:52

        Or to put it another way – our holidays = people’s livelihoods.

    • Shoestring says:

      14 Mar14 March 07:53

      you can do both: worry about senior citizens getting carried off early (the bigger concern) – *and* look after No1, ie yes I am fed up at the prospect of no Easter hols this year, particularly as my son & I planted about 2500 spring bulbs and loads of primroses LY and now won’t get to see them

    • Jcp says:

      14 Mar14 March 08:10

      “ That’s actually really far down the list of things that matter right now.”

      Of course. I meant in the context on cancelled holidays. People will just have to get over it.

      • JRC says:

        14 Mar14 March 11:13

        Forget any travel by plane for the next 2 months. It’s all about staycation and frankly didn’t all the old people (>50) vote for that anyway. Brexit just got accelerated.

        • Anna says:

          14 Mar14 March 11:54

          What an odd comment. The ability to travel, either for business or leisure, was never dependent on EU membership!

        • JRC says:

          14 Mar14 March 12:33

          I’m pretty sure keeping Johnny Foreigner out was a major reason. The borders are shut and flights are cancelled. Hey presto, your dreams have been realised.

        • Anna says:

          14 Mar14 March 13:49

          You seem to be particularly aggrieved however the UK hasn’t banned anyone from entering at this time, unlike many EU nations!

  • Lady London says:

    14 Mar14 March 21:48

    The only thing that matters now is to try to avoid vulnerable people getting it and gearing up to support those who.do

• Andy says:

  14 Mar14 March 08:00

  Rob – your headlines have been leaning towards Daily Mail clickbait recently – you would only have to capitalise the “not”, ie. “and IATA is NOT happy” to complete the job… Can we tone this down a touch 🙂

  • marcw says:

    14 Mar14 March 11:53

    It´s mutated into Head for Coronavirus.

    • Rob says:

      14 Mar14 March 12:56

      Nothing else to cover 🙂

      Actually we have a Daily Telegraph deal tomorrow.

      Page views yesterday were double a normal Friday. We don’t make any money, since all the booked ads have been pulled and Google rates have crashed to virtually nil, but hey ho ….

• Shoestring says:

  14 Mar14 March 08:30

  informed discussion on coronavirus, go to 08:10am https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live:bbc_radio_fourfm

  Neil Ferguson again (Imperial College)

  • Shoestring says:

    14 Mar14 March 08:43

    08:40am Aviation expert on casualties in the airline industry

  • Odin says:

    14 Mar14 March 11:27

    Does he call it a Pussycat virus too?

• Alex Sm says:

  14 Mar14 March 13:53

  This type of stuff is normally led by the Commission and rubber-stamped by the Parliament and the Council, everyone will be in agreement on this (if the EP sits at all…)

• Secret Squirrel says:

  14 Mar14 March 16:56

  BA TP point extension period & reduction in TP’s required:
  400 tier points need to be earned during the 18 month Extended -1000 for Gold.

  • JRich says:

    15 Mar15 March 00:22

    Source and link please?

    • Rob says:

      15 Mar15 March 08:31

      These are the Virgin numbers, not BA.

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