Questions tagged [cancellations]
Questions regarding cancelling bookings or reservations for accommodation, transport, etc.
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“Cancel for any reason” travel insurance
Does anyone have any experience using "cancel for any reason" travel insurance (in particular in the UK)?
My girlfriend and I are looking at booking a holiday for later this year, with the catch that ...
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EC261 refund right with respect to one leg
In the case of the flight cancellation, EC261 requires airlines to give passengers the choice of:
re-routing
later rerouting at the passenger's convenience
a refund of the ticket
In case of ...
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The flight of my friends was cancelled but mine was not. Anything I can do?
I wanted to fly to Spain over the next weekend with some friends. They wanted to fly on Thursday evening and I had to fly on Friday morning, because I have to work on Thursday and can't make it. Now ...
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Can not obtain proof of ticket cancellation from Wizz Air
I have cancelled my tickets for a Wizz Air flight. The refund is not the issue as "cancellation fees were higher than ticket price" and all that, but I need to have a cancellation confirmation in ...
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Where to find flights statuses by airport for a given day?
On November 23, 2018 I had a flight from KRK (Krakow, Poland) to KBP (Kiev, Ukraine) via Ryanair, flight no. FR 6640. The flight was canceled due to bad weather conditions on KBP airport. Now, I'd ...
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Is the alliance responsible for tickets of bankrupt airline?
We are planning a long-haul flight of 5 persons on Oct. 2019 for a month.
The best offer we have right now is of Alitalia.
Since it's future is not so clear, We're afraid we will lose our flight ...
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Suddenly it's announced that my train won't go to my destination, is my Sparpreis ticket valid?
During the journey it was suddenly announced that my train won't go to my destination an I should change to another one. I had my Sparpreis ticket (first class with reservation).
Is my ticket still ...
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Flight check-in denied at the airport. Forced to buy a new a ticket. How can I ask for a refund?
I have bought plane tickets for 4 passengers from Expedia to fly from Singapore to Thailand via Thai Lion Air(subsidiary of APG Airlines). 2 Days after purchasing the tickets, I called Thai Lion Air ...
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Don't use first flight, but use return flight (both flights on same ticket) — on which airlines and under which circumstances is this possible?
I found two (Austrian) articles (in German; from a not unserious newspaper):
https://derstandard.at/1271377233456/Nach-versaeumten-Hinflug-Urteil-untersagt-Airlines-Storno-von-Rueckflug
https://...
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Where can I find out the real reason for a cancelled flight?
My flight was cancelled due to non technical reasons (allegedly air traffic congestion) so my compensation was denied. I suspect they are just trying to avoid paying the compensation by declaring a ...
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Cancelling £700 of flights with RyanAir. No refunds. Options?
Regrettably I have to cancel £700 of flights with RyanAir - a 1-way journey for five people (the outgoing journey was booked with an airline who allow refunds) to the UK.
RyanAir clearly state that ...
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My coworker's Ryanair flight has been canceled because a partner is on strike. Can he ask for a refund and/or compensation?
My coworker had a flight scheduled for this afternoon from Brussels to Dublin using Ryanair. However, Aviapartner, one of the 2 companies in charge of ground activities like baggage handling, moving ...
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Is travel insurance valid if the flight dates got rescheduled by the Airline?
AirItaly has some changes in their flight schedule and broke my itinerary which might already make me pay a lot to schedule other flights in my journey and spend money on hotels etc.
But with regard ...
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What should I do if one leg of my travel plan is cancelled by the airline? [duplicate]
I have following legs of flight travel I have to cover in December:
Delhi to Milan (MXP), Air Italy, dep. Monday 6am India time
Milan to Rome (FCO), Air Italy, dep. Monday 5pm Italy time
Rome to ...
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Compensation for a cancelled flight AND loss of connection
I am trying to find out the amount of the compensation we have the right for. This is mainly due to the fact that googling for flight cancellation and loss of connection is unclear to whether it means ...
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Can I transfer my hotel reservation?
I booked a hotel for a conference visit in Barcelona. Although I have the appropriate visa for Spain, my passport is at the UK embassy due to a visa application that is taking much longer than the ...
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Can I book a second flight on the same day with the same airline without cancelling my first flight?
I want to cancel a return flight with Ethiopian airlines. It is a two leg flight and I want to go to a different final destination. I am then going to book a new flight for the same day which has the ...
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Rights regarding airline schedule change on Air France
With reference to this question (which had clearly stated conditions), I booked a roundtrip flight from Hungary to Tunisia on Air France and the departure flight was cancelled. They automatically ...
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Are the ferries in Scottish islands reliable?
I'm heading to Jura next week, my onward plans are not yet set. I've reserved a ferry from mainland to Jura and I'd like to reserve more ferries. In some parts of the world I've traveled, the ferries ...
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Responsibilites of airline after “external” delay [closed]
In short: In EU, if a flight is delayed/cancelled that is NOT the airline's fault, to which extent are they responsible to minimize the effect on the passengers?
Concrete situation: Recently I had a ...
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Cancellation fee for a hotel in Austria booked via phone call
I booked a room at a hotel in the Austrian Alps (I hadn't paid for the room, nor did I give them any credit card details at the time of booking). However 2 days after making the booking I informed ...
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I bought a flight ticket, but now I have a health issue which specifically forbids me to take flights. Can I get a full refund?
I bought a plane ticket from Turkish Airlines, 2 months before the flight. Then I went to the doctor, and the doctor said I have a health problem, which specifically forbids me to take flights for one ...
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Can I cancel an EU trip after the airline significantly changed my flight?
My SO and I decided to take a trip from Brussels to Nice. We booked and paid two flights with Brussels Airlines: one on August 14th and one on August 20th around 6 AM.
Since then, my SO broke her leg ...
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If my non-stop flight is cancelled and I'm put on a slower indirect flight, am I entitled to compensation?
I've noticed that a flight I've just bought tickets for is sometimes cancelled. I assume that passengers are then put on a flight to the airline's main hub (leaves around the same time), where there ...
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Can I not show up for my second one-way ticket out of three and still use my final ticket?
I have three one-way tickets for a multi-destination trip over a 3-week period. I am flying the first and the last flights with the same airline. I want to skip my second flight. Will my last flight ...
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CEDR EasyJet Complaint worth it? [closed]
I recently raised an EU261 cancellation claim against EasyJet for a flight from Bristol to Prague that was cancelled. I was only going to Prague for the weekend and the next available EasyJet flight ...
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How directly must an airline be affected by a strike to be ineligible to pay compensation?
Recently the ATC personnel in France has been on strike. I was supposed to fly from Lisbon to Zurich, with the last flight of the day (Zurich airport closes at midnight or so).
Due to the accumulated ...
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Cancelled flight, single booking. Should each passenger make separate claims?
My flight has been cancelled. I flew another day, which resulted in over 24 hours delay. The airline is based in the EU and so is the destination airport.
I have a single booking for two passengers. ...
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Flight itinerary/time/date change
I have booked a flight from Tenerife South to Olbia via Barcelona recently with Vueling airlines.
The itinerary looked like this: 21.07.2018 03:00 - flight from TFS to BCN arriving at 07:15, next 21....
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What are the EU laws on unused plane ticket and airport tax refund?
I bought a plane ticket from TAP Air, which goes Frankfurt -> Lisbon -> Toronto (one way), and the taxes applied to this ticket are pretty high. Sadly, I can't make this flight due to personal reasons,...
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Can easyjet insist that I book hotel through their app when my flight was cancelled?
Our flight back from Paris was cancelled at 11pm, along with many others. Easyjet desk said we were on our own and could offer no assistance. I managed to get Eurostar tickets and an hotel room ...
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How can I know the chances of disruption?
When we have to catch a flight for something really important: a job interview, a wedding, a funeral. How can we know the chances of the airline failing us? Of overbooking? Of the flight being late or ...
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Bought a flight ticket with virtual card issuer Privacy.com. Hours later received an email from airline to bring the physical card at check-in [duplicate]
The airline is Oman Air. I tried 3 times to buy the ticket with my Capital one 360 and it failed everytime. So I had to use privacy.com as a last resort. My flight is in two days and now I received an ...
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Refund amount for cancelled last-leg flight due to a strike: Alitalia
I booked a return ticket from Düsseldorf to Tokyo via Rome with Alitalia last month. Two days before my return trip from Tokyo I got an email saying the Rome-Düsseldorf flight was cancelled without ...
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Booked hotel through booking.com and now want to cancel but they have card details!
I booked a hotel through booking.com to stay in Amsterdam. The reviews on booking.com were good and I have used the site before and cancelled without paying.
After I booked the hotel my partner ...
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Flight compensation due to a delay in the second leg only
What is the compensation policy if the second flight only got delayed? I traveled from Boston to Munich via Frankfurt. The first flight (BOS - FRA) was on time, the second flight (FRA - MUC) got ...
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Booking.com - credit card invalid [duplicate]
I made a non-refundable booking on booking.com earlier today and was told that I would be paying on the day in the hotel. However I just received an email telling me that my credit card was invalid ...
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Changing a passenger on a Lufthansa flight
I was originally planning to travel to Sofia this July with a friend of mine and booked round-trip flights with Lufthansa accordingly. Long story short, she will not be able to fly with me to Bulgaria,...
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Flight cancellations due to bad weather in Hong Kong and insurance for it
I'm an F1 graduate student in the US. I'll be in Hong Kong in early June for about a week and I plan to return to the US one day before my visa expires.
I've been told that that period of time (...
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What can you do to preserve a second-leg ticket if you notice that you are not going to be able to fly the first leg?
Recently I learned the hard way that Not flying the first leg of the journey – Company cancels the second-leg ticket, since companies do not allow to fly only the second flight. This is also something ...
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Air China changed my departure date. What to do?
I am currently in Thailand and I called Air China as my flight kept getting changed since I booked it. When I booked, my layover was about 2 hours in China. Then it changed to 9 hours, so I phoned ...
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Can hotels sue international travellers?
We booked for a hotel in the Netherlands. The agreed amount was to be paid on the spot. Unfortunately, we didn't get a visa, so we never had a chance to go to the Netherlands and to stay at the hotel. ...
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Cancellation fee on failed booking [closed]
What happens if:
I book a non-refundable room on booking.com;
Credit card is invalid;
The bank said the transaction failed;
I cancel the booking.
What about the cancellation fee?
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One person not traveling first leg of the journey
I bought a roundtrip ticket between two US cities A->B->A for two people. One of us will not do the flight A->B. From what I've seen in other questions, I don't expect this person to be able to do B->...
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cancellation visa for kuwait
I have a valid visa from Kuwait but the problem is that Kuwait is banned for deployment as per our President's declaration.
Are we allowed to go personally to Kuwait Embassy here in the Philippines ...
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Am I eligible for compensation if the flight was cancelled due to bad weather and I got rerouted from Europe?
I was flying back to India on December 10, 2017 with Lufthansa from Frankfurt to Mumbai. Due to heavy snowfall that day they had to cancel the flight. They gave me the option of flying next day, which ...
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Can I cancel the flight you are already on board but still at the gate?
This is a hypothetical question and I would like to know the passenger's rights.
If an airline company treats you poorly and you wish to fly with another company OR if your flight is having a ...
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Airline cancelled direct flight. I changed flight to another day. Must airline offer free change of hotel booked through airline?
I booked a direct flight from the UK to Norway. The airline cancelled the direct flight and offered me an indirect alternative, which took much longer. As an alternative, I opted for a direct flight ...
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Compensation by negligent rebooking of an airline (Europe)
A flight originating in a small city of the European Union, with one connection in a hub (Airport A) also in the European Union, and with a destination on another continent, was canceled and ...
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Administrative fees on a no-show?
I just bought a very cheap ticket with UIA. I plan to do my travel, but in case anything happens I know I lose little money.
However, I can read on my receipt that for my super-economy ticket....
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