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jenwazhere Jul 10, 2023 1:26 am


Originally Posted by Cambo (Post 35399864)
They claim on their website: "Your money is safe with us - We are ATOL and ABTA Protected"

So, the first step is to verify, whether they are indeed recognized by those organizations. I don't know for the UK, though for many other countries, you will get charged a small fee on every booking (as an insurance fee, to cover what the protecting organizations deliver in unforeseen circumstances). Is that charge item listed on your bill/receipt?

If so, contact those organizations and present them with your case.

IF NOT, also contact those organizations and let them know about the potential false claim. This type of organization is usually pretty keep that nobody does use their name illegally.

A tricky thing might be, that IF they can not deliver your ticket, they will refund you and you're the loser since you'll need to purchase a last-minute ticket at (probably) elevated full fare pricing.

Looks like they are listed under ABTA and ATOL. However the itinerary and receipt they sent me seem pretty vague and doesn’t list every item, just the total amount. These are pretty much the only documents I’ve received from them.
I have sent an email to ABTA with all evidence and awaiting a reply.

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Cambo Jul 10, 2023 8:40 am


Originally Posted by jenwazhere (Post 35400047)
Looks like they are listed under ABTA and ATOL. However the itinerary and receipt they sent me seem pretty vague and doesn’t list every item, just the total amount. These are pretty much the only documents I’ve received from them.
I have sent an email to ABTA with all evidence and awaiting a reply.

Looks to me, they don't sent a detailed overview, because it's not (yet) available. This in turn suggests, they just hope to be able to book a "cheap" ticket for you by that time. And if not possible, you get back your money (fingers crossed on that), though anyway, this gives me the impression to be a business model, where they take the profits and dump the losses on the customer (of course, with a huge amount of polite apologies, maybe offering an alternative, where you -take it or leave it- are offered to fly on Air Mozambique, with a 48 hours stop-over in Africa).


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