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I've just paid £350 for 2 weeks insurance for USA that covers the below and my cancer...
  • Cancelling your trip if you have COVID-19 within 14 days of travelling
  • Emergency medical expenses abroad
  • Repatriation to help you get back home
  • Cancellation and repatriation cover if you’re denied boarding with a positive test for COVID-19
  • Additional accommodation and transport if deemed necessary by our medical officer
  • Daily benefit if you are ordered to self-isolate in your holiday accommodation if you have COVID-19
  • Cancelling or cutting your trip short after death in the family from COVID-19
  • Your travelling companion(s), people you live with, or people you’re staying with on holiday being diagnosed with COVID-19 within 14 days of travel
 



Hi, would you mind sending me the name of the insurer?

Looking to plan a trip and ive got pretty significant medical issues that have only cropped up in the last few months. So far I haven’t found a travel insurer that will cover me. So hoping to find one that will just charge me a higher premium.
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9 hours ago, Todd_is_God said:

Can they absorb another year of just about keeping afloat?

As has been said before, like quite a few businesses they also can't just flick a switch and suddenly have all their planes back at the airports, all the pilots and staff back in place and be back at their pre-COVID capacities. It'll take a fair while for things to get back to anything near normality.

Also seen this morning about the pubs down South maybe putting prices of pints up by about 40p to try and claw back some cash they've lost. I've a certain sympathy but it's a fine line to walk as customers could end up staying away of they decide the best option is just to increase prices.

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How much do these things actually cost and how much money is someone making out of them?  The idea of being forced to line someone’s pockets would wind me up.
Privately anything between 70-120 per person per test. It's not govt run currently. Basically a short break would be financially unviable.

Also the huge issue of testing positive especially on pre return test as you would be unable to fly and forced into quarantine overseas. Or losing your holiday if on the outbound leg.

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Looks like Germany have joined Spain and Ireland in refusing crowds for the Euros. Alternative venues to be confirmed next week with London being touted for at least a couple.


Sky sports news yesterday said they don’t expect countries where Superleague clubs arose from to be offered anything extra.

Then again they were screaming about punishing the 6 clubs repeatedly and were probably using it as a stick to beat them with.
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Sky sports news yesterday said they don’t expect countries where Superleague clubs arose from to be offered anything extra.

Then again they were screaming about punishing the 6 clubs repeatedly and were probably using it as a stick to beat them with.
Ah decent point, never thought of that. It was BBC touting stadiums in London so probably just wishful thinking.
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10 hours ago, Inanimate Carbon Rod said:

Thats virgin atlantic pulled out of Glasgow due to the uncertainty from the Scottish Government. Ah well. 

That's a kick in the stones for folk coming here as well.

Disappointing as in theory you can leave Scotland but America has its borders shut for enormous chunks of the world.

Need to get consumer confidence back up as it's likely international travel restrictions will ease during the summer but airlines won't care what the restrictions are if folk don't have confidence to book flights, especially with flights to America tending to be booked far in advance

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3 minutes ago, mizfit said:

 


Sky sports news yesterday said they don’t expect countries where Superleague clubs arose from to be offered anything extra.

Then again they were screaming about punishing the 6 clubs repeatedly and were probably using it as a stick to beat them with.

 

I look forward to the final of the Euros to be held at Central Park 

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10 hours ago, Elixir said:

Do believe I stated as such just the other week. 4U0m6pP.png

I do believe you have stated (well pretty much trawling twitter and other sources) hunners of things over the past year - bound to get one right eventually.

 

Infinite Monkey Theorem?

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7 minutes ago, Caledonian1 said:

I do believe you have stated (well pretty much trawling twitter and other sources) hunners of things over the past year - bound to get one right eventually.

Infinite Monkey Theorem?

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Think you'll find I've only been posting my hot takes in this thread since February, champ. 4U0m6pP.png

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17 minutes ago, Michael W said:

London and indeed Glasgow (already host cities) are not short of high capacity venues if there's a willingness to step in. 

It would make sense. 

Aye because UEFA are best pals with Arsenal, Chelsea and Spurs at the moment.

West Ham has a good chance of helping them out although Boris should be clawing back the cash to the tax payer seeing as they are only tenants.

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19 minutes ago, Michael W said:

London and indeed Glasgow (already host cities) are not short of high capacity venues if there's a willingness to step in. 

It would make sense. 

not really tho, there would almost certainly be no international fans allowed . it would just be the same sanitised pish but with neutrals instead of fans

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12 hours ago, Todd_is_God said:

The problem with this is two-fold.

Firstly, how many would be willing to book a holiday knowing they were at the mercy of a test as to whether they had wasted their money or not.

And secondly, what insurance company is going to underwrite policies that will cover either the travel agent or individual in the event they test positive, and at what premium?

If tests are required on top of vaccines to go on holiday (and the threat of quarantine status changing at any time), the market will take an absolute pounding and the industry will collapse.

In that scenario, do the UK Gov / SG continue to shovel money into keeping travel companies viable, or do they write off the jobs?

I'll add in extra,

Who wants to go when you could end up confined to your hotel room for 2 weeks after a positive test

who wants to go on holiday where you have to wear masks all the time along with any other restrictions ?

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Just now, effeffsee_the2nd said:

not really tho, there would almost certainly be no international fans allowed . it would just be the same sanitised pish but with neutrals instead of fans

This is going to apply in just about every host country, though, unless there's a mass relaxation. 

2 minutes ago, 101 said:

Aye because UEFA are best pals with Arsenal, Chelsea and Spurs at the moment.

West Ham has a good chance of helping them out although Boris should be clawing back the cash to the tax payer seeing as they are only tenants.

I'm sure the RFU will be more than happy to lend them Twickenham as well. There are also a few grounds in England as well with high capacities that don't belong to the breakaway - St James' Park, Villa Park and even the Stadium of Light (49,000). 

UEFA also wants to minimise ticket refunds so to an extent will take whatever they can actually get. 

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