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Again, you have a complete misconception that your own experience is how it is for absolutely everyone else. It isn’t. I’m not sure how you’re not grasping this, but I’ll try to help. Tui are perhaps the leading travel agent in the country and they certainly don’t adhere to your theory. Here’s their terms and conditions. https://www.tui.co.uk/destinations/booking/tandc?ptype=PDP Thomas Cook are much the same. http://1063457201.n137365.test.prositehosting.co.uk/general-booking-terms-and-conditions/ So with them, a cancellation long in advance would have meant a total loss of deposit. I’m not going to trawl through other leading travel sites, it’s needless because it’s quite clear that the UKs two leading travel company don’t offer a no quibble refund. There’s also plenty of info out on there on sites telling customers that unless they have a “generous” refund policy (which many don’t) the advice is not to cancel as you’ll lose money. And that doesn’t even take into account the large proportion of people that DIY their trips these days. As has been pointed out, refunds on flights generally aren’t available until the airline cancels them. I really hope that clears it up and you can understand that, while you and your family did indeed get an easy and full refund, many other travellers did not have such a decent refund policy on their trip. And as such, the idea of cancelling back in March and not suffering a financial hit wasn’t as straight forward as you seem to believe.
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I’d happily not fly with Ryanair any time, but since the demise of FlyBe they’re the only way to use Southampton or Bournemouth to get to where I want to go (in this case Malaga), so needs must.
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To be honest I had the same with EasyJet and BA for flights in April and May. Wasn’t until the day of the flight that it was formally cancelled, then the refund could get processed. EasyJet do their best to hide the link to a refund on their site too, it’s all pushed towards transferring dates. I got refunds through from both within about 4 weeks. I think Ryanair may be getting better with refunds, my aunt recently had her family’s refunds processed within a few weeks. She lost the hire car money paid up front though as the company said (rightly in law, I guess) that the car was available for her and she had taken the cheaper option that didn’t have a cancellation policy. Less than a hundred quid though so no biggy.
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And before Batman pulls out his “well I cancelled mine and it was easy” card, yes, we know. But go onto any site like MoneySupermarket where they offer travel advice, and it’s quite clear that unless your holiday company or airline has what it terms a “generous” refund policy, the advice is not to cancel and wait for the holiday company/airline to cancel first.
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I think this is the point being made. Batman (wrongly) claimed that it has been easy for people who have holidays booked for later in the year to just cancel them and get a refund. It’s simply not the case. As you say, refunds do become available but only when the holiday company cancels, usually it when they get very close To the date of travel and know what the FCO and host country restrictions are. Exactly the same for most flights, you could change dates of travel but getting a refund before the airline actually cancelled the flight wasn’t possible. Refunds are happening but In most cases not, as was claimed, by choosing to Cancel back in March.
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Bit of feedback, the site is really not working for me tonight, to the point that it’s unusable. 504 error, page not loading.
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Did anyone notice Ings at the penalty award? I may be wrong but it looked to me like he offered Che the pen to get his hat trick? If true it’s a properly classy offer.
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He was excellent in breaking play up. JWP too. Redmond was always a threat and Adams got 2. Tough choice!
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Cracking timing mush. Super little finish from Adams there.
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Careful now, with talk like that you’ll have MLG demanding written evidence from every single member of the St Mary’s staff.
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What a brazen thief. Tsk.
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Great carpets too.
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Rumour going around that Lallana’s deal is 90 grand a week. Just pure rumour at this point, I should add, before MLG starts rocking and rolling.
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The United Kingdom and the Death of Boris Johnson as we know it.
The Kraken replied to CB Fry's topic in The Lounge
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Games have come thick and fast, this is our 4th game in 12 days I think. So, perhaps natural that some players aren’t at 100% or could do with a rest. In reality we’re looking at 11th as the highest we can finish anyway, 10th at a push, though it would be great to keep the superb run going of course.
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Staying with stripes year on year gets dull. Have a look at a lot of English sides that have played in stripes down the years and while they all mix it up a lot with the stripes, plenty also go for non-striped options from time to time as well. I personally like it when Saints mix it up, so long as its done well and there's some sort of nod to the past. The Cortese abominations were awful, mind, because they failed to do that. But the Rank Xerox inverse Ajax, the Hummel Denmark half and half, the 125 years sash, the recent Rank Xerox copy, and now this sash. Yep, I'm a fan, especially as they get paired with a traditional shorts and socks combo.
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We’re wining at home We’re winning at hoooooooome How shit must you be? We’re winning at home
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First half was tremendous, attacked them and gave them lots of problems. Second half obviously set up to just defend it and the back four were imperious. Really happy Che got his goal too, I think he’ll come good but he looked absolutely shattered. KWP excellent, in fact all of them did themselves proud.
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Unlikely. Snow on Christmas Day, I mean.
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I think you miss my sentiments. Personally I’m glad BoJo has done it.
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I can, yes.
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Freedom of movement is over! Except if you’re from Hong Kong; on you come, all of you. The fall out from this should be amusing.
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City looking imperious at the moment at Newcastle. 75% possession, 18 shots to 4. Though tbf Gayle missed an absolute sitter to make it 1-1.
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From what I gather RLB refused to delete her tweet (still hasn’t) which gave Starmer no choice really.