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Airport Strike Advice

polydactyl · 2012-09-14 09:45:37

I am due out on my honeymoon on the 1st of Oct. Now with the talk of strike I am wondering what to do. We can't afford to buy different flights and have no other time available to go if we can't get out that day. Should we see if our travel company will change our flights for the previous day? Would they even do this?…

14-09-2012 10:45am

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I am due out on my honeymoon on the 1st of Oct. Now with the talk of strike I am wondering what to do. We can't afford to buy different flights and have no other time available to go if we can't get out that day. Should we see if our travel company will change our flights for the previous day? Would they even do this? Would appreciate some advice. Also with "rolling strike" are we more likely to leave thw country even if it's late and we miss our connection? Thanks

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#2 14-09-2012 10:46am

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You could always post the same thread twice and see if that helps?

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#3 14-09-2012 10:48am

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On the positive side you should get twice the advice.

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#4 14-09-2012 10:49am

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Apologies stupid phone

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#5 14-09-2012 10:54am

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polydactyl wrote: »

I am due out on my honeymoon on the 1st of Oct. Now with the talk of strike I am wondering what to do. We can't afford to buy different flights and have no other time available to go if we can't get out that day. Should we see if our travel company will change our flights for the previous day? Would they even do this? Would appreciate some advice. Also with "rolling strike" are we more likely to leave thw country even if it's late and we miss our connection? Thanks

All good flight companies are signed up to a regulating body which includes a form of insurance for themselves.
This means that alternative flights should be made eventually available via a different carrier - or accommodation should be found if the worse comes to the worst!

Long term, you should get your money back.

You could try changing dates but that now could prove to be expensive if the flight date is particularly near.

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#6 14-09-2012 10:59am

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polydactyl wrote: »

I am due out on my honeymoon on the 1st of Oct. Now with the talk of strike I am wondering what to do. We can't afford to buy different flights and have no other time available to go if we can't get out that day. Should we see if our travel company will change our flights for the previous day? Would they even do this? Would appreciate some advice. Also with "rolling strike" are we more likely to leave thw country even if it's late and we miss our connection? Thanks

If it was me, I'd use this as the perfect excuse to cancel the whole thing, with the money saved you could charter your own flight

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#7 14-09-2012 12:27pm

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If you want proper advice, OP, go to Personal Issues or Consumer Issues. You won't get it here, that's for sure. I'm surprised nobody has blamed the Africans/Roma Gypsies/Travelers yet.

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