Advice in light of new covid rules
Dec 20, 2020, 6:43 am
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Feb 2009
Posts: 50
Advice in light of new covid rules
With travel now band between Scotland and the rest of the UK, are Aer Lingus regional flights likely to go ahead over the Christmas period?
Ideally they would be cancelled and I would get a full refund.
I know I can move the flight but there aren't really any other suitable dates over the next year. It would be frustrating to move the flights now, to some random date, to then find out the flights would have been cancelled and refunded anyway.
Ideally they would be cancelled and I would get a full refund.
I know I can move the flight but there aren't really any other suitable dates over the next year. It would be frustrating to move the flights now, to some random date, to then find out the flights would have been cancelled and refunded anyway.
Dec 20, 2020, 1:28 pm
#2
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: EIDW
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If the flight operates you get no refund, so change the flights to a date up to 11 months ahead, a voucher will probably be an option.
Chances are some flights will operate in a freight only mode between UK and IE, if that happens then its a refund
Chances are some flights will operate in a freight only mode between UK and IE, if that happens then its a refund
Dec 21, 2020, 2:21 am
#3
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: EIDW
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Current status is
EI flights to the UK are still flying and accepting passengers.
EI flights UK to IE are now freight only. Full refund will apply, flight numbers have been changed to 88x, 99x to signify positioning, not revenue
EI flights to the UK are still flying and accepting passengers.
EI flights UK to IE are now freight only. Full refund will apply, flight numbers have been changed to 88x, 99x to signify positioning, not revenue
Last edited by ROKNA; Dec 21, 2020 at 5:54 am
Dec 28, 2020, 9:39 am
#8
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Dec 28, 2020, 8:23 pm
#9
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Join Date: Dec 2004
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EI cancelled my flight and didn't even have the courtesy to warn me. After a 45-min phone conversation with the Avios team, they agreed to issue a full refund.
Dec 29, 2020, 3:00 am
#10
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Dublin
Programs: BA Bronze! Avis PC
Posts: 312
com website and received both my flight confirmation and cancellation emails from avios operations dept. Avios ops even called me on the same day as the cancellation email to assist with alternative travel arrangements. I was quite impressed.
Dec 29, 2020, 5:23 am
#11
Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 5,900
That's unusual. How did you notice your flights were cancelled? I booked my avios seats via Avios.
com website and received both my flight confirmation and cancellation emails from avios operations dept. Avios ops even called me on the same day as the cancellation email to assist with alternative travel arrangements. I was quite impressed.
com website and received both my flight confirmation and cancellation emails from avios operations dept. Avios ops even called me on the same day as the cancellation email to assist with alternative travel arrangements. I was quite impressed.