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Virgin atlantic latest special fares (Travel and holiday news with Cheaperholidays.com)

Direct holidays extra savings — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 10:10:07+0100

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Flight only deals: Book online for extra discounts on Virgin fares, Prices: New York from �258.

You will discover that we have Special Offer Fares on nearly all our destinations at superb prices across Economy and Premium Economy; so we are sure we have something for everyone.

. Chicago from �288. Washington DC from �278. Los Angeles from �338. San Francisco from �338. Miami from �308. Boston from �278. Las Vegas from �338. Orlando from �308. Orlando (Manchester) from �302.

To stay ahead of the rush our Special Offer Fares have been released nice and early this year and when the New Year arrives there will be even more exciting developments to look forward so keep you eyes peeled!

Plus book the latest fare deals to the Caribbean islands and Mauritius from �563
. Antigua from �479
. Barbados from �479
. Grenada from �472
. Tobago from �443
. Cuba from �512
. Jamaica from �438
. St Lucia from �478
. Barbados (Manchester) from �487
. St Lucia (Manchester) from �486

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Travel agents warned over ATOL (Travel and holiday news with Cheaperholidays.com)

Free 10 kgs infant baggage allowance — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 10:17:50+0100

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Travel advice: If your booking a holiday package, ask who its with and is it bonded. Unscrupulous agents like Travel Republic are currently being sued by the CAA for selling flights without an atol licence.

In other words they were dynamic packaging the holiday, by booking the accommodation and flights separately. However they did not have an atol licence a fact, they were well aware off.

Changes in consumer protection rules, together with legal guidance issued in early 2008 was meant to make it clear when agents are packaging and when they are not.

For example: A deal to Spain accommodation is �150 for the week, plus flights of �99 each. So for 2 adults the cost is �150 plus �99 plus �99 = �348 divided by 2 = �174 per person

If travel agents create and sell package holidays on their own behalf, then they are the principal and not just an agent so become liable for any non-performance of that package. Which includes the flights as in the XL collapse.

The CAA (Civil aviation authority) have made it very clear they will Sue agents for the cost of the refunds they have issued..

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Olympic now offer 10% online discount (Travel and holiday news with Cheaperholidays.com)

Caa XL payout, but will sue non ATOL holders — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 10:56:26+0100

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Travel news: Pick a superb online bargain with Olympic holidays. Prices: Summer 2009 deposits just �49 per person.

Olympic Holidays have just offered the ‘online discount’ amount to 10%. This special promo is likely to expire at the end of January 2009.

Olympic Holidays are leading specialists to Cyprus & the Greek Islands. In recent years Turkey, Bulgaria, Spain, Portugal, Tunisia, The Red Sea, Goa & Mexico.

So we guarantee quality holidays at the keenest prices in the market. We therefore anticipate booking conversions to improve immensely. Don’t forget, deposits for next summer are just �49 per person!!

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Free 10 kgs infant baggage allowance (Travel and holiday news with Cheaperholidays.com)

Virgin atlantic latest special fares — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 18:14:55+0100

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Flight news: Monarch Airlines is introducing a free hold baggage allowance for infants from today.

Monarch is a trading name of Cosmos Holidays plc, who are the UK’s largest independent tour operator and part of the Globus group of companies, a family run organisation established in 1928 which encompasses Cosmos Holidays, Cosmos Tourama, Avro, Monarch Airlines, somewhere2stay and Archers Direct.

Monarch Airlines is introducing a free hold baggage allowance of 10 kgs for infants from today.

The allowance will be on top of the 20kg of hold baggage per person and in addition to pushchairs, prams and car seats, which will continue to be carried free of charge.

This will be welcome news for families travelling with young children who often struggle to carry all the essential holiday items for themselves and their infant within their standard baggage allowance.

“As an airline flying to popular holiday destinations in Spain, Portugal and Cyprus, we carry many young families on their annual holidays and feel it is important to make their travel experience as seamless as possible.

“Monarch is committed to providing great customer care and service to all of its passengers and parents can now have piece of mind when travelling that they do not need to sacrifice other items to make way for necessities needed for their infants on holiday.”

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Direct holidays extra savings (Travel and holiday news with Cheaperholidays.com)

Travel and holiday news with Cheaperholidays.com — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 12:23:07+0100

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The Direct Holidays Peaks Campaign has launched; with you the consumer, being given more value than ever before; a vital message in the current economic climate. With great savings on a huge range of holidays.

The same holiday for less…with no hidden extras.

.Save �100 per booking GUARANTEED.Adults save up to �150 extra per couple .Low deposit from �30pp

Booking with Direct Holidays will offer the same great promises as always: free inflight meals, 20kg Luggage allowance, free resort transfers and No fuel supplements!
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Caa XL payout, but will sue non ATOL holders (Travel and holiday news with Cheaperholidays.com)

Caa Magistrates issues summons over XL — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 14:24:15+0100

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Travel news: The CAA has at last confirmed, it will pay on claims from passengers who booked the XL group, Freedom Flights, and Pure flights as part of a “package” through Illegal non Atol-bonded agents.

If your going to book holidays or flights, do make sure that your aren’t being ripped off by Agents acting illegally by not holding an ATOL licence.

The authority will then demand agents it said were operating without an Atol illegally to recompense it.

The move means consumers will get their money back, while the CAA will also recoup its funds, however this could mean a court case if the travel agents refuse to pay.

A CAA spokesman today said its stance would apply to bookings through Freedom Flights and Pure Flights, another seat-only operator that failed in August 2008.

He said the CAA and trustees of the Air Travel Trust believed customers who were sold a flight and a hotel or other travel services by a non-Atol agent had a valid claim for refund of the whole package price against the travel agent.

Those agents had acted “unlawfully” by selling the package without an Atol, in the CAA’s view.

They the CAA are talking about dynamic packaging agents, where you have the accommodation and flights booked separately. with these deals you generally have to get your own transfers from the destination airport.

Those customers were also eligible for a refund of their flight cost under the Atol scheme, said the spokesman.

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Caa Magistrates issues summons over XL (Travel and holiday news with Cheaperholidays.com)

Travel agents warned over ATOL — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 21:34:29+0100

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Latest: Westminster Magistrates Court has issued 20 summonses against Travel Republic and its managing director yesterday on charges of breaching civil aviation regulations.

Case starts: Travel republic will appear in court to face the charges on February 11th 2009.

This should be a pretty straight forward case, and travel republic and others who breached the Civil aviation regulations, can look forward to at the very least heavy fines…

These summonses were sought by the CAA, over a seriose breach of its regulations, relating to the sale of flights and accommodation without the cover of an ATOL licence.

At the same time, the CAA warned it will pursue further travel agents for repayment, once it settles several thousand claims for refunds following the failure of Freedom Flights.

The CAA declined to comment but issued a statement explaining its policy on claims for a refund on seat-only bookings with Freedom Flights, which ceased trading in September when parent company XL Leisure Group failed, and the smaller Pure Flights which collapsed in August.

The trustees of the Air Travel Trust fund and the CAA said retailers have submitted a large number of claims for flights sold at the same time as accommodation and they consider these as sales of package holidays.

Therefore, they said, passengers have a right to claim against these retailers as package organisers.

The CAA and trustees will consider these passengers eligible for refunds of flight-only bookings provided they furnish evidence of a claim against the relevant retailer.

However, the retailers will receive legal demand to repay the refunded money to the Air Travel Trust Fund once the claims are settled.

It is believed the claim involved hundreds of travel agents, although a substantial number have been made by no more than 12 retailers.

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Book holidays with confidence (Travel and holiday news with Cheaperholidays.com)

Avro flights for holiday flight deals — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:02:48+0100

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Travel advice: With consumer confidence down after the collapse of XL. The Civil Aviation Authority will be pushing the importance of financial protection to consumers.

With travel agencies closing and the demise of XL, then booking with confidence is all the more important.

Here are a few tips to help you avoid the expense and heartache, if your travel agent goes bust..

Always always if you can, pay by credit card, that way your card provider has to refund you in the event something goes wrong. Book direct with the tour operator who will be both ABTA and atol bonded by the CAA, thus giving you even more financial protection.

Cheaperholidays will be sending out a direct mailshot to around 365,000 households via post and email at the end of January.

(The mailshot will advertise) the security and financial protection of booking direct with tour operators plus you get extra savings.”

Meanwhile the CAA is working alongside the Department for Transport and the Office of Fair Trading on a campaign to publicise consumer financial protection ideally for spring.

A CAA spokesman said the process had been delayed by XL Leisure Group’s failure in September and would await the conclusion of a DfT review of the collapse.

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Avro flights for holiday flight deals (Travel and holiday news with Cheaperholidays.com)

Olympic now offer 10% online discount — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 09:26:56+0100

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Travel Flight deal: Departing from 15 UK airports to 46 destination in Europe, Africa, The Caribbean, USA and Mexico. Prices: From just �80 for travel to Spain book online to save.

Then can i recommend Avro flights No.1 provider of charter flight seats to the travel trade, selling over 1,000,000 seats every year.

Date Departing Destination Number of nights �109 Per Adult
12 December 2008 Birmingham Tenerife South 14

Date Departing Destination Number of nights �376 Per Adult
28 January 2009 London Gatwick Grenada 14

We are also ABTA-bonded and have an Air Travel Organiser’s Licence (ATOL) issued by the Civil Aviation Authority, offering customers total security and peace of mind when booking.

Avro has an enviable reputation for service combined with competitive prices, and has received many awards from the travel industry’s leading publications!

We offer customers affordable flights to destinations worldwide from a wide range of the world’s biggest airlines, and now so can you!

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Avoid under occupancy charges (Travel and holiday news with Cheaperholidays.com)

Book holidays with confidence — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 11:49:00+0100

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Travel advice: We all want a good deal when we go on holiday, so lets avoid extra charges. Tip: Book hotels instead of self catering or DIY your next trip. Prices: Start at just �129 for hotel offers.

So what can you do to avoid paying those under occupancy charges and save extra ��’s, well if there are just 2 of you consider a hotel booking instead which can work out cheaper for you.

For eg Thomson holidays offer superb deals, but can be pricey on under occupancy charges for self catering so here are a few examples..

The same rules apply to Thomas Cook Portland Mytravel Jet2holidays.

Thomson Gatwick 06/01/09 7 Paraiso 10 Apartments Spain � Costa Blanca 3T SC from �129pp which for 2 adults works out at �178 per person and increase of almost �50 per person.

Thomson same dates are offering a half board deal for �169 per person bases in 3 star accomodation at Bali Hotel & Studios Benalmadena, Costa Del Sol 7 Nights Half Board Tue 06/01/2009 for a week. and you get breakfast and evening meal

As an alternative you can also book your own holiday by adding accommodation and flight separately.

So to sum up always look for the hotel option to avoid occupancy charges for families it is cheaper at times to count children as adults even with so called free child places.

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