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Flights, Airlines and Airports => Flights to Dalaman and Turkey, Airlines and Airports => Topic started by: amca on December 16, 2009, 17:55:09 PM

Title: flyglobespan
Post by: amca on December 16, 2009, 17:55:09 PM
I believe that it has gone into administration ..... big blow for Scottish passengers.
Title: flyglobespan
Post by: Highlander on December 16, 2009, 18:12:17 PM
Have booked with credit card some time ago. Any advice as to how I stand would be very welocme:(
Title: flyglobespan
Post by: tinkerman on December 16, 2009, 18:22:33 PM
if you booked by credit card you should be safe
Title: flyglobespan
Post by: Jacqui Harvey on December 16, 2009, 18:28:16 PM
I booked with credit card too.  What a shame they have gone bust I just got used to flying from Aberdeen without that long trek to Glasgow or Edinburgh..  Lets hope someone else will start flights from Aberdeen before next Summer.
Title: flyglobespan
Post by: Toky on December 16, 2009, 18:45:19 PM
It's big blow to Scotland as they flew to lots of destinations. Not only that, the more popular destinations flew daily, so you could scoot away for a weekend break. So sad!
Title: flyglobespan
Post by: blueclad on December 16, 2009, 18:50:45 PM
my travel trade gazette only states that formal notification will be on line later today from globespan ,, and also from the C A A in the morning.and also pricewaterhouse the receivers

they also state if you have paid via C/C you will need to contact your card company asap.,

a very big blow for scottish travellers and also those who have booked flights via others on charter flights from the whole uk.

the BBC news web page has more info on this , scoll down and you will find it, .
.
Ron
Title: flyglobespan
Post by: littlereddevil on December 16, 2009, 19:41:50 PM
Oh dear I had one way booked with Globespan and back with Aegean.Will have to try TC now and probably pay twice as much as I got quite good prices.
It is a shame really as so many people used them up our way.
Title: flyglobespan
Post by: Jacqui Harvey on December 16, 2009, 20:40:12 PM
If you have booked a package holiday you are covered by ATOL.  If you have booked just flights you will only have a chance to get money back if you have paid by credit card.
Contacted my Credit Card Company this evening, they are sending me a claim form to claim back my flight costs.  It will take up to 5 days to receive this form.
Title: flyglobespan
Post by: Highlander on December 16, 2009, 20:52:13 PM
Jacqui - have sent you an email.
Title: flyglobespan
Post by: dycedon on December 16, 2009, 21:36:05 PM
same same, booked 2 sets of flights from ABZ but paid with CC, anything costing over £100 is covered.
Title: flyglobespan
Post by: buddy on December 16, 2009, 22:55:59 PM
We are booked with Globespan from Edinburgh in May, need to start looking for other flights, no doubt the others will have doubled their prices by now.
Buddy
Title: flyglobespan
Post by: Highlander on December 16, 2009, 23:01:50 PM
I looked on TC and they were actually cheaper but then travel and overnight stays in Gleasga to add on:(
Title: flyglobespan
Post by: queenieconnor on December 17, 2009, 01:17:15 AM
uh oh my parents are flying to Florida with them in June for my mums 50th birthday and she paid with electron so she didnt have to pay the booking fee! looks like shes lost her £400 deposit
Title: flyglobespan
Post by: Jacqui Harvey on December 17, 2009, 09:04:18 AM
quote:
Originally posted by queenieconnor

uh oh my parents are flying to Florida with them in June for my mums 50th birthday and she paid with electron so she didnt have to pay the booking fee! looks like shes lost her £400 deposit


That's bad news but tell your parents if they have holiday insurance to contact their Insurance Company they may be able to claim.   I always moan about paying the extra for a credit card payment over £14.00 this year with Flyglobespan, but I decided to look on it as insurance, which is what it has turned out to be.[:(!]
Title: flyglobespan
Post by: grahamjw on December 17, 2009, 10:20:41 AM
Just lost a holiday in Eqypt next Jan, also flights to Dalaman next May. Paid by Debit card so no refunds. Re-booked flights for May with TC airlines about same price as Globespan.
Title: flyglobespan
Post by: amca on December 17, 2009, 11:49:03 AM
If you paid by Visa DEBIT card this may be worth a look ...... it is from Moneysaving Expert site.

Did you pay on a Visa Debit or Credit Card?

If you paid on a Visa credit card for something over £100, then use section 75 above as that is legal protection and is a legal right.

Yet if you paid on a Visa debit card for any amount, or in the unlikely event you paid for flights under £100 on a credit card, then you have a reasonable chance to get your cash back via the Visa Debit Chargeback system.

Unlike with credit cards, Chargeback isn't a legal protection, but a protection from Visa's own rules. It's effectively Visa's own refunds system. It's designed so that if you pay for something and that order/service hasn't been adequately completed or is never received, or the order is illegitimate in some way, your bank can do a chargeback from the bank that collected the payment.

The crucial part of this is that the chargeback means you're asking for a refund from Zoom's payment processing bank rather than Zoom itself, which is great news, as Zoom has no cash, but its bank does!

Importantly, your bank must request a chargeback within 120 days of you realising the contract won't be completed (not from the date of the transaction), but don't even think of leaving it that long; get the wheels in motion straight away.

How do you do a chargeback?

Quite simply call up your bank, with all the details of the payments made to Zoom (check your statements, if you don't have them, ask the bank for details, but this will slow things down) and ask it to "start the Chargeback procedure" to get you your money back on the basis of "non-delivery of the goods".

At this point it's quite possible the person you're talking to will never have heard of Chargeback. Yet don't let that put you off; this is a legitimate system, and you need to (politely) stand your ground. If the bank says no, write an official letter of complaint and note that you'll be writing to complain to Visa.

Luckily, the more people who try to do a Chargeback, the more likely it is the banks will know the process and proceed.
Title: flyglobespan
Post by: Highlander on December 18, 2009, 12:43:30 PM
This whole business is OUTRAGEOUS:(
Title: flyglobespan
Post by: Jacqui Harvey on December 18, 2009, 14:03:09 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Highlander

This whole business is OUTRAGEOUS:(


I agree, I just saw on the news that the Company they were using to take third party credit card payments had not paid them 30 million pounds which was a contributory fact to them going bust.
Incidentally, H, I did not receive an email from you, but if you are thinking of hiring a plane to fly us all from Aberdeen to Dalaman, put us down for 2 tickets.
Jacqui :D :)
Title: flyglobespan
Post by: Highlander on December 18, 2009, 14:13:59 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Jacqui Harvey

quote:
Originally posted by Highlander

This whole business is OUTRAGEOUS:(


I agree, I just saw on the news that the Company they were using to take third party credit card payments had not paid them 30 million pounds which was a contributory fact to them going bust.
Incidentally, H, I did not receive an email from you, but if you are thinking of hiring a plane to fly us all from Aberdeen to Dalaman, put us down for 2 tickets.
Jacqui :D :)



The figure I read was £ 34 million and what is really appalling is that £ 20 million of it is said to be for holidays and flights which have already been taken and therefore there is no risk. It's a DISGRACE:(

PS Will get Euro Milllions ticket on the way home and when I buy the jet, I'll swing passed your place and pick you and yours up. Make sure hubby has the road cleared of snow though, cause I'll need to use that as a runway ;)
Title: flyglobespan
Post by: stoop on December 18, 2009, 14:37:18 PM
Just emailed Jetair to see what they will charge to charter our own plane in 2010. You never know ...........
Title: flyglobespan
Post by: stoop on December 18, 2009, 16:33:26 PM
Oooh that was quick :

Hi Stuart

 

Thanks for your email

 

We will look at this and get back to you as soon as possible with some charter costs

 

Kind regards

 

Tina

 

Tina Ross

Title: flyglobespan
Post by: Jacqui Harvey on December 18, 2009, 19:20:59 PM
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PS Will get Euro Milllions ticket on the way home and when I buy the jet, I'll swing passed your place and pick you and yours up. Make sure hubby has the road cleared of snow though, cause I'll need to use that as a runway ;)
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O.K. H, road has just a small smattering of snow, watch out for our cat, the deer, badgers, pheasants, quail  and rabbits please.
Jacqui[^]
Title: flyglobespan
Post by: Jacqui Harvey on December 18, 2009, 19:23:01 PM
quote:
Originally posted by stoop

Just emailed Jetair to see what they will charge to charter our own plane in 2010. You never know ...........


Put us on list if you can hire a Jet...
Jacqui 8) 8)
Title: flyglobespan
Post by: stoop on December 18, 2009, 23:55:01 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Jacqui Harvey

quote:
Originally posted by stoop

Just emailed Jetair to see what they will charge to charter our own plane in 2010. You never know ...........


Put us on list if you can hire a Jet...
Jacqui 8) 8)



It's worth a look ;)
Title: flyglobespan
Post by: Jacqui Harvey on December 20, 2009, 20:17:32 PM
This story gets more and more annoying.  I really hope that something will be done about this Cypriot businessman Mr Elia.
http://www.sundaypost.com/postindex.htm
Jacqui.
Title: flyglobespan
Post by: Scunner on December 20, 2009, 20:34:02 PM
Bloody Greeks

Title: flyglobespan
Post by: tinkerman on December 20, 2009, 20:37:21 PM
They invented the wheel you know and the jacusi, we were ploughing the fields with the jawbone of an ass.
Title: flyglobespan
Post by: Scunner on December 20, 2009, 20:40:14 PM
I thought you didn't do any gardening on Sundays
Title: flyglobespan
Post by: tinkerman on December 20, 2009, 20:43:03 PM
everyday is a Friday out here
Title: flyglobespan
Post by: Scunner on December 20, 2009, 20:45:27 PM
Stop ploughing fields then
Title: flyglobespan
Post by: tinkerman on December 20, 2009, 20:49:43 PM
and scatter