BA and Ryanair do not have to refund due to covid

Warkman58 · 7 Oct 21, 02:05 PM

This is for flights which the passenger missed due to covid, I.e. the flight still went but yiu couldn’t enter the country.
This is different to where the airline cancelled the flight.

The competition watchdog has concluded that BA and Ryanair do not have to refund passengers who were unable to fly during the lockdown.

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**Orlandobelle** · 7 Oct 21, 02:07 PM

The Competitions and Market's authority has backed out of case against BA & Ryanair for refusing refunds to those who couldn't fly due to lockdown laws

Andrea Coscelli, Chief Executive of the CMA, said:

“We strongly believe people who are legally prevented from taking flights due to lockdown laws should be offered a full refund and we launched this investigation in the hope that we would be able to secure a positive outcome for consumers. However, after considering the relevant law and gathering evidence in our investigation, we have concluded that the length of time that would be required to take this case through the courts, and the uncertain outcome, can no longer justify the further expense of public money.

“Given the importance of this to many passengers who have unfairly lost out, we hope that the law in this area will be clarified.”

Martin Lewis

pritch · 7 Oct 21, 06:08 PM

so they dont want to waste tax payers money, for taxpayers trying to get there money back! CMA bottled it

123 · 8 Oct 21, 11:33 AM

Originally Posted by pritch

so they dont want to waste tax payers money, for taxpayers trying to get there money back! CMA bottled it

Its their non-blame-taking way of saying we overstretched, the legislation we helped draft is not strong enough to offer the protections required.