Aegean / H4U Go Bust

[kenkay]

quote:Originally posted by stoop

quote:Originally posted by laffa

  I  read Kevskid comment as being directed to themselves,dont think it was meant to be nasty,
anyway, I just feel so sorry for the kids who have been looking forward to their holiday,we very nearly booked for 4 this week, so feel we have had a lucky escape,hope everyone gets sorted soon, I think this will hike the prices up now, and we have not got our return flight yet,

I read it the same way Laffa - especially as he has also been a victim in this if people have seen his post on the previous page.

Yes Moe, I too agree with you and Stoop. And Stu it would be so easy for you to gloat and say "I told you so". All credit to you mate to show sympathy with the many affected.

[oska]

Feel sorry for the families involved in this. I had it last year with Goldtrail. The situation with the CreditCard refund is as follows

1) If you have booked directly with the company in administration then you can claim from your credit card provider
 
2) If you have paid the money to a travel agent (high street or online) who has used Onur/Agean/H4U,the deal is with the agent so, a claim needs to be made with the CAA as the travel agent is not the one in administration

Took me 9 months until I was refunded  and was a pretty simple process. We're over next week and fortunately for us we used Thomas Cook this time,,,good luck to the many involved.

[Steve (redding43)]

Well it's 7am and at this point we should have been sitting in departures at Bournemouth airport ready to go. As it goes we haven't re-booked as I couldn't bring myself to may twice the price just to get there.

On the bright side though at 10am we pick up a motorhome for a tour of Devon and Cornwall, something we have been promising ourselves for years....not quite turkey but at least we get to go somewhere

[stoop]

Ken - I'm not a total prat you know. I do have real sympathy for anyone in this awful situation. We flew with them last year and to be honest no way did I think this would happen.

Good luck to everyone affected ( we are as well I suppose as we were looking for cheap ( ish) flights for next week. That won't happen now) I hope you still get your holidays and your money back swiftly.

[Rimms]

As said previously, my 3 sets of flights were booked and paid for using a debit card, but each booking contained an extra fee per person for an ATOL protection charge. Ther description printed on their payment confirmation states the following :

Your Financial Protection.
Where there is a £2.50 ATOL charge shown on this confirmation, this is paid to the Civil Aviation Authority to provide ATOL protection to you. This means the money paid for these arrangements is fully protected.

I will give it a go as my tickets with Aegean add up to £1,000 and I have just been reped by Thomas Cook for another £680 to replace our September flights.

[Denise40]

Some up-to-date information on this link:

uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/Holidays-4-U-collapse-tele-554971867.html;_ylt=A1f4eWGMLTpOxHIAphfSr7FG;_ylu=X3oDMTE5aHFwcTZrBHBvcwMxMgRzZWMDeWZpVG9wU3RvcmllcwRzbGsDaG9saWRheXM0dWNv?x=0

[lynne]

What concerns me is that word "may":

Customers who booked just flights with Holidays 4 U are also ATOL protected and may be eligible to claim a refund for the flight.

MAY???

[Ray1951]

It's ok to say that people will be refunded and that they can re-book. Many people don't have the money to re-book when their holiday is imminent.  Also there are so many people booking flights, transfers and their accommodation seperately that the "hotel" content of their holiday will be lost and possibly their transfers too.. Adults will be disappointed but children don't understand.  They would be so built up and looking forward to fun in the sun.  It's disgraceful.  Refunds should be available immediately.

[kizkucuk]

I hope everyone gets sorted out.   Spare a thought for the staff here in resorts too - they had no warning - they were not told until after it was made public in the UK either.  Lots of travel agents/tour operators book cheap flights and contract with the hotels directly - if you have an OHY flight code on your confirmation paperwork please check who your travel company booked the flights with - lots use Holidays4U.

[hillside]

quote:Originally posted by lynne

The wedding was booked for half term week......

I don't know if you can get to Gatwick, but Easyjet haven't yet released their June2012 flights from Gatwick. If you can get in the first couple of hours after they are released you may get them for a reasonable price. Good luck, I hope everything works out for your wedding.