Confirmed I will be getting a refund for my flight to Ibiza for the 6th of September, seems there’s more reductions in the schedule to come.
I do think they’re being very fly with hiking all their flight prices for next year and only offering a refund or voucher with you having to make up the difference for next year. Unlike easyJet and Ryanair who let you move your flight for free.
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Jet2 sufficiently care about their brand reputation, and the backlash unexpected charges would cause in the British media would be ferocious, such that I wouldn't personally envision them going that route.
Unless your contract with them or their T&C explicitly say they can amend the price then the price is fixed. If the T&C has language like 'subject to exchange rate fluctuation' or 'additional fees in the event of additional government taxes/charges' or 'additional local taxes or fees may apply' then there is always a risk you could be charged more. The 'additional' local fees' item is a common one on booking.com and hotels.com, and although I've never personally been hit by it other than paying certain local taxes I expected, it can happen.
So whilst I wouldn't expect Jet2 to overtly do it, some of the upstream (hotel) partners might for example start to implement COVID cleaning fees to offset their incremental costs, under the premise that increased cleaning requirements are being mandated by local/national governments and therefore unforeseen at the time of booking. You might also get some unusual things happening with phoenix companies taking over their own hotels and rendering existing contracts void or only valid with additional payment which could be assessed at check-in or check-out.
In a nutshell, check some of the fine print in the T&C, and have a copy ready when you travel. And always pay by credit card (not debit card) to give yourself some additional protection later on. Section 75 claims are your lifeline.
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https://www.travelweekly.co.uk/articles ... of-cautionClive wrote: ↑Wed Jun 24, 2020 4:04 pmJet2 plan to be all systems go next summer. I wouldn’t doubt it for a moment.atuk wrote: ↑Wed Jun 24, 2020 2:48 pm This will have a massive impact and knock on effect for next year. I reckon you can disregard any previously published advance programmes as all tour operators begin to review and redraft their business plans.
This impacts hotel accommodation, cruise ships, exclusively branded accommodation and the all inclusive model. Economy of scale will be the catalyst with niche destinations and anything less than that 95% all summer load factor tossed aside.
Routes, bases, fleet sizes, number of cruise ships and commercial ties with third party suppliers will all be under review: it may even be that the Max will not be required. Add to this a massive reduction in ad Hoc, summer only flying by Enter Air, Travel Service Europe, Smartlynx and Avion Express, Europe will have a completely different look next summer.
Speaking about the reduction in capacity and the resulting impact on staff numbers, Heapy said: “We have downsized. We’ll be operating fewer aircraft in summer 2021 than we’d anticipated for summer 2020. We’ll have close to 20 fewer aircraft, so there is a requirement unfortunately, for less people to operate that programme. But if things settle down, I would hope that one day in the future, we’ll be back in growth mode.”
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Due to fly out with Jet2 Holidays to Cyprus on 2nd September for 10days. With 2 days before the full balance was to be paid took the decision to postpone the holiday to May ‘21. A long wait to get through but when I did their rep working from home couldn’t have been more helpful. The holiday reorganised with no hassles...the included hire care now cheaper. It didn’t bother me that it was £50 x 2 to make the changes.
I was concerned that the Jet2 schedule would not be back to normal by the start of September.
I was concerned that the Jet2 schedule would not be back to normal by the start of September.
