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Post by artisans on Mar 17, 2009 10:15:25 GMT 2
Thinking about northboy's experience of being switched by Olympic from East Midlands to Birmingham, it would seem that if this happens, and the new airport is not suitable, you are entitled to a full refund. I understand that the world's airlines are having a tough time and 10 million travel related jobs are predicted to be lost around the world. We must expect a few changes and be ready to compromise if we really want our holidays this year. What concerns me is that if people like Olympic keep our deposits for several weeks before refunding them, they can invest huge sums of money on overnight deposits and pick up a lot of interest. I wonder if they knew they would be switching northboy even before he booked?
Steve
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Post by kathwebber on Mar 17, 2009 12:29:51 GMT 2
We too have been switched from Newcastle to Manchester - the reason being that Olympic flights were to be operated by XL (enough said) and no-one took over the slot that XL previously operated.
So we now have the added expense of travelling to Manchester, overnight accommodation and 14 nights car parking to factor in to our costs!
C'est la vie! Kath.
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Post by artisans on Mar 17, 2009 13:26:01 GMT 2
So we now have the added expense of travelling to Manchester, overnight accommodation and 14 nights car parking to factor in to our costs! C'est la vie! Kath. Hi Kath - if you have not booked hotel and car parking yet, have a look at the Holiday links page for parking price comparisions and also at Roda Reports for "Holiday Extras" which does overnight hotel stays with parking. Hopefully you might get a good package. Julie
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2009 14:41:23 GMT 2
Sometimes airport switching is down to the fact that a Tour Operator runs from both airports, using the same airline, or in most cases a different airline. One is filled, which may result in others being trasnferred to the alternative airport. I suppose in short it is thankful to have two airports close together.
Yeiamas, Chris
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Post by moffatcookie on Mar 17, 2009 14:51:05 GMT 2
Hi Cath We have booked airport parking for £36 for 2 weeks at Manchester in oct the site is airport-parking-search.co.uk . 7mins transfer.Hope this helps. Elaine
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Post by artisans on Mar 17, 2009 16:32:55 GMT 2
Sometimes airport switching is down to the fact that a Tour Operator runs from both airports, using the same airline, or in most cases a different airline. One is filled, which may result in others being trasnferred to the alternative airport. I suppose in short it is thankful to have two airports close together. Yeiamas, Chris The downside is that not all the airport "alternatives" are close by, ie Newcastle to Manchester - I know of one person who had to cancel their original booking with Olympic and change tour operator because the cost of travelling to Manchester was prohibitive. So now, instead of returning to the place where they have been for many years, they are going to somewhere different - thankfully for them, they were able to stay in Roda.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2009 17:11:40 GMT 2
Sometimes airport switching is down to the fact that a Tour Operator runs from both airports, using the same airline, or in most cases a different airline. One is filled, which may result in others being trasnferred to the alternative airport. I suppose in short it is thankful to have two airports close together. Yeiamas, Chris The downside is that not all the airport "alternatives" are close by, ie Newcastle to Manchester - I know of one person who had to cancel their original booking with Olympic and change tour operator because the cost of travelling to Manchester was prohibitive. So now, instead of returning to the place where they have been for many years, they are going to somewhere different - thankfully for them, they were able to stay in Roda. We have had a similar problem in the past. All booked to fly from Bournemouth, but flight was taken off due to lack of bookings, so we were given the option of flying from Gatwick or Bristol, both some 80 miles from where we lived. We only live 2 miles from Bournemouth Airport. Admittedly the Tour Operator offered us parking fees if needed. In the end we chose a different holiday, transferred from our previous, and flew out from Bournemouth. Yeiamas, Chris
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Post by Ian on Mar 17, 2009 19:04:21 GMT 2
Well A few e-mails and a couple of phone calls.This is what I ve found out. Original booking was to fly from East Midlands to Corfu with Olympic using First Choice aircraft .I am told First Choice are not flying to Corfu this year. All First Choice holiday flights are now being covered by Thomson fly. Thomson have canceled there morning flight and only flying on Monday afternoons. the only other flight is Thomas Cook and this is a morning flight.
So It would appear that there is a 50% cut in flights from East Midlands this year. Just wonder how what other airports Will be effected
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Post by kathwebber on Mar 18, 2009 11:54:42 GMT 2
Thanks for all the helpful info - we have booked a car park and hotel now, we just need 15th June to come around quickly.
Regards, Kath.
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Post by davelinda on Mar 18, 2009 17:41:15 GMT 2
Kath,I take it that you had paid in full for your holiday.
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Post by artisans on Mar 18, 2009 19:17:18 GMT 2
Well A few e-mails and a couple of phone calls.This is what I ve found out. Original booking was to fly from East Midlands to Corfu with Olympic using First Choice aircraft .I am told First Choice are not flying to Corfu this year. All First Choice holiday flights are now being covered by Thomson fly. Thomson have canceled there morning flight and only flying on Monday afternoons. the only other flight is Thomas Cook and this is a morning flight. So It would appear that there is a 50% cut in flights from East Midlands this year. Just wonder how what other airports Will be effected Just a thought about tour operators and airlines - we know that: - there is a lot of free accommodation in Roda which needs filling
- there are a lot of visitors trying to get to Roda but can't
- there are airlines switching airports due to lack of support
Well, we know that the first two are true, but it does rather bring into question the motives for the third. There are holidays for sale and people ready and willing to buy them but the operators are claiming lack of support. There is an old sales saying that 'the first objection is not the real one' - it would be interesting to understand the real reason for airport switching. Any ideas? Steve
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Post by davelinda on Mar 18, 2009 20:30:01 GMT 2
Steve,Easyjet as much as told me that they do not fly from N/cle to Corfu because of the increasing landing fees,could be a problem with other airports
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Post by artisans on Mar 18, 2009 20:50:59 GMT 2
Hi Dave - there is a lot of talk at the moment, right across Europe, about reducing landing fees at regional airports. Left-wing party PASOK have pledged to do so anyway (if they are elected) and let us hope that action is taken. There is much debate in Corfu Town about tourism in general and radical changes are needed. Corfu is competing with every other destination for a fair share of a declining market. Let's hope that common sense prevails.
Steve
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