peasy23 Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 A tweet from a proper journo. Reports that Thomas Cook planes are being shunted to remote bits of airports. My mother and father in law are due back from Zakynthos tomorrow morning. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boghead ranter Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 If it's going to be announced, it's at 2am, according to BBC news. That's the point where the least amount of TC planes are airborne. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PB1994 Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 Flights only booked for the 7th October.What’s the deal with claiming back through travel insurance? Naively from me but I only got my insurance last week. Flights were booked about 6 months ago so would a claim still be valid? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 Flights only booked for the 7th October.What’s the deal with claiming back through travel insurance? Naively from me but I only got my insurance last week. Flights were booked about 6 months ago so would a claim still be valid?Need to check your small print. Did you pay by credit card? You should have protection through that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PB1994 Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 Just now, peasy23 said: 14 minutes ago, PB1994 said: Flights only booked for the 7th October. What’s the deal with claiming back through travel insurance? Naively from me but I only got my insurance last week. Flights were booked about 6 months ago so would a claim still be valid? Need to check your small print. Did you pay by credit card? You should have protection through that. I did have a look and couldn’t see anything that would suggest it would be a problem. No payed with my bank card, which in hindsight was another mistake. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 43 minutes ago, peasy23 said: A tweet from a proper journo. Reports that Thomas Cook planes are being shunted to remote bits of airports. My mother and father in law are due back from Zakynthos tomorrow morning. Bring ‘em home. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 Bring ‘em home.Fuckers have previous for getting extra time on a holiday, they were in Zakynthos when Glasgow Airport was attacked and got an extra night all inclusive in a 4 star hotel. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 Looks like they are fooked, that 4.00 am flight is the outbound flight that my in laws should be coming back on. Looks like it's not going anywhere. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MP_MFC Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 Collapse confirmed by caa 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 Collapse confirmed by caa Twitter awash with folk raging that the government haven't coughed up to bail them out. Apart from the obvious that it breaches EU law, throwing money into a company that has reportedly close to £2billion of debt would be pointless. Shame for the staff, but they have been struggling for almost a decade, meanwhile the directors have been getting millions in bonuses every year. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djchapsticks Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 4 hours ago, DeeTillEhDeh said: You better start looking at alternative arrangements. https://www.itv.com/news/2019-09-22/thomas-cook-administration/ Miami booked for 24th - £4200 all in which is same as i paid for inital flights Bit of work and jiggery pokey ahead today 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
senorsoupe Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 https://www.bbc.com/news/business-49791249 Game over for Thomas Cook 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 https://www.bbc.com/news/business-49791249 Game over for Thomas CookNot even any attempt at admin, straight into compulsory liquidation. Wonder if we might see any legal action that they have been trading while insolvent? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerberus Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 12 minutes ago, peasy23 said: Twitter awash with folk raging that the government haven't coughed up to bail them out. Apart from the obvious that it breaches EU law, throwing money into a company that has reportedly close to £2billion of debt would be pointless. Shame for the staff, but they have been struggling for almost a decade, meanwhile the directors have been getting millions in bonuses every year. I feel for the good people that will have their holidays ruined but given that a huge amount of gammons use Thomas Cook this will send more than a few into a hilarious heads gone rage. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
senorsoupe Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 Not even any attempt at admin, straight into compulsory liquidation. Wonder if we might see any legal action that they have been trading while insolvent?The suddenness of the collapse reminds me of former Canadian tour operator Jetsgo that suddenly collapsed without warning to the public in 2005. They were still taking bookings the night before they went tits up 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 The suddenness of the collapse reminds me of former Canadian tour operator Jetsgo that suddenly collapsed without warning to the public in 2005. They were still taking bookings the night before they went tits upI tried searching on the Thomas Cook website just after midnight and it was still working then. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inanimate Carbon Rod Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 Miami booked for 24th - £4200 all in which is same as i paid for inital flights Bit of work and jiggery pokey ahead todayIm in Orlando just now with Virgin Holidays. Lots of panicked folks around. Ive done the Orlando to Miami drive and its a doddle down the turnpike and didnt take me 4 hours. Did you not have a look at BA Flights via tampa? Its only a 45 min drive and a very quiet airport dont think they fly on a tuesday though. The flight to miami is usually an a380 which is nice. Hope your credit card covers the original flights, weather is fantastic here, parks very quiet and im sure you’ll have a brilliant time, hope you all enjoy yourselves. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 (edited) 5 hours ago, peasy23 said: My mother and father in law are due back from Zakynthos tomorrow morning. Looks like they'll be ok with replacement flights laid on for the same times. https://thomascook.caa.co.uk/customers/if-you-are-currently-abroad/guidance-by-destination/greece/zakynthos-zth/23-september/ Edited September 23, 2019 by welshbairn 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djchapsticks Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 (edited) 31 minutes ago, Inanimate Carbon Rod said: Im in Orlando just now with Virgin Holidays. Lots of panicked folks around. Ive done the Orlando to Miami drive and its a doddle down the turnpike and didnt take me 4 hours. Did you not have a look at BA Flights via tampa? Its only a 45 min drive and a very quiet airport dont think they fly on a tuesday though. The flight to miami is usually an a380 which is nice. Hope your credit card covers the original flights, weather is fantastic here, parks very quiet and im sure you’ll have a brilliant time, hope you all enjoy yourselves. Yeah. I've been studying this for a few days now and think I Looked at just about every angle, even Javksonville and Atlanta and this was probably the best all round in terms of stopover times, price and locality. Its only 2 hours connecting at Heathrow each time. Credit card team at TSB already confirmed yesterday that in event of insolvency, they'd cover initial purchase which is fine. Peace of mind on that front. I've done Orlando to Key West and back through the everglades last year without so much as hitting a toll road despite buying a sun pass. Might just head up the I95 and then onto the 192 at Melbourne. That's why I've factored it as 4 hours. Edited September 23, 2019 by djchapsticks 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 Looks like they'll be ok with replacement flights laid on for the same times. https://thomascook.caa.co.uk/customers/if-you-are-currently-abroad/guidance-by-destination/greece/zakynthos-zth/23-september/ They've messaged to say they are at the airport checking in, flight should be going at the same time, as far as I can make it it's an Allegro plane they are coming home on. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.