Andy_W
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They had some problems in 2018/19 (can't remember what it was that caused it), but were picking back up, then Covid hit.Could have sworn they were close to the wall before Covid hit, or am I thinking of someone else?
They had some problems in 2018/19 (can't remember what it was that caused it), but were picking back up, then Covid hit.Could have sworn they were close to the wall before Covid hit, or am I thinking of someone else?
I haven't for well over 15 years as they add extra cost. We were delayed by 5 hours on our last trip and compensation was still the same.. Jesus, Dec 2019Depends whether you want to be protected by ATOL, and also have a larger company to complain too, if anything went wrong. I do loads of trips as flights and separate booking, but major holidays always go with a big agent.
I like TUI, they're reasonable on price, make it all very easy and you can have great confidence in knowing what you're going to get. In my experience they've been way better than any other holiday company.
Straight to Benidorm is it?Never used them and never had a need to. Flights and AirBnB mean I don't need to stay with the riff raff
Never used them and never had a need to. Flights and AirBnB mean I don't need to stay with the riff raff
I generally use TUI and never had major delays I'd say you were just a touch unlucky with you experience,I'm a touch worried my holiday from Manchester next week is at risk as yesterdays' flight was cancelled to the same destination but I can see why airports are struggling to find staff for low paid seasonal jobs usually situated in remote locations.I haven't for well over 15 years as they add extra cost. We were delayed by 5 hours on our last trip and compensation was still the same.. Jesus, Dec 2019
Fair enough, each to their own. I was all for package holidays, then I went the complete other way, and now I'm back again.I haven't for well over 15 years as they add extra cost. We were delayed by 5 hours on our last trip and compensation was still the same.. Jesus, Dec 2019
I wonder if we are almost returning to an era of foreign package hols and air travel being prohibitably expensive for most families. At least all the cancellation of all these unnecessary flights is good for the planet
They won't fly with less people, as it would jack the cost up for those who can afford it (fuel/ staff/ maintenance per flying hour still needs to be paid), then more would drop out of affordability, so less would fly, so prices would go up and up.Not sure about that, the planes still need to fly (whether to avoid maintenance if they stand idle or to get to where they need to be). They'll just do it without people rather than with.
Could end up with lots of grounded planes for a year or two, at smaller/ private airfields where they don't incur massive costs, to reduce overall capacity. But the ones which did fly would end up full capacity (and with higher fares).
Aye, I'm well aware (used to be an aircraft engineer), but I think they were doing that as they saw it as more short term, and didn't want to sack all the pilots and staff, or arrange/ facilitate storage at smaller airfields so the alternative was grounding planes at the likes of Heathrow/ Manchester etc which incur massive storage costs.Airlines are reluctant to ground planes, as the maintenance checks on a previously grounded plane are much more expensive than flying an empty plane for the necessary hours and then conducting the maintenance needed on a "active" plane.
So during the height of COVID you had lots of empty planes flying about to get their hours in, rather than sitting idle. Hardly great for the environment.
As for contracts, I think force majeure also only applies if there is someone to apply it to, as in a main contractor claiming force majeure against the client.As I understood it airlines were running empty flights otherwise they'd lose the route. I'd have thought Covid-19 would be a force majeur event but apparently not.
Received an email last night informing us they have cancelled our holiday due to depart on Wednesday,getting a full refund plus £200 in vouchers each to use against a future booking with TUI,they also mentioned in a footnote we can also claim compensation due to them cancelling less than 7 days prior to departure.Have now re booked with Jet2 for the same day to a different destination but also from Manchester.I generally use TUI and never had major delays I'd say you were just a touch unlucky with you experience,I'm a touch worried my holiday from Manchester next week is at risk as yesterdays' flight was cancelled to the same destination but I can see why airports are struggling to find staff for low paid seasonal jobs usually situated in remote locations.