J.T.F.Robertson Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 Small world - I hope my namesame and your old man get something else fixed up! And I'll definitely give you a shout next time I'm over your way - can't have too few drinking buddies. Although I guess we won't be having a pint in the Sandman Hotel bar... I don't know about Blair, but it seems the auld man's travelling companion booked both tickets on her cc, plus, took out travel insurance, so I'd imagine their money should be OK. The problem now will be, trying to find themselves another route home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Father Tiresias Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 My mum, sister and 14 of her friends and their mums are heading to New York with Zoom in October. Obviously not happening now and they are having to look for new flights - not knowing whether they will get their money back! John Boyle should be banned from running any more companies. Why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T.F.Robertson Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 Why? The 3 strike rule? (I'd allow them one, myself) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Father Tiresias Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 The 3 strike rule? (I'd allow them one, myself) The Boyles can't be blamed in this instance. The price of aviation fuel has doubled since July last year and some othe low cost trans-atlantic airlines have already gone to the wall with many more making huge losses. Over 80% of airline bookings are made using credit cards so future passengers are well protected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Winstone Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 Why? Once is careless, twice is just stupid, three times and its getting to be a joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Rock Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 Im flying to Canada tomorrow and was really close to booking up with zoom as have flown with them 3 or 4 times in the past. Luckily got a better deal with Dutch Airlines KLM so booked with them instead. Thank feck!!! Hope you have better luck with KLM than we did two years back: 16 h trip to the US turned into a 48h journey from hell. And on the return journey (the leg from Amsterdam to Edinburgh) we flew in a 737 with a bit missing from the wing and some kind of lever thing hanging in the breeze... The dispatchers at Edinburgh were apparently astonished that it had been allowed to fly... KLM? Never, ever again... Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T.F.Robertson Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 The Boyles can't be blamed in this instance. The price of aviation fuel has doubled since July last year and some othe low cost trans-atlantic airlines have already gone to the wall with many more making huge losses. Over 80% of airline bookings are made using credit cards so future passengers are well protected. I understand (some of) that. I just get really brassed off with these "entrepreneurs" who seem to bounce from one failed venture to another, all the while, rarely seeming to incur any real losses to their already obscenely bloated, standards of living. I've had it happen to me in my work life and in circumstances similar to the one we're discussing here, so maybe it's made my socialistic leanings, even more bitter and entrenched. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blairdin Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 I don't know about Blair, but it seems the auld man's travelling companion booked both tickets on her cc, plus, took out travel insurance, so I'd imagine their money should be OK. The problem now will be, trying to find themselves another route home. Great news! I believe canadian affair is the best place to look for replacement flights to the UK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T.F.Robertson Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 Great news! I believe canadian affair is the best place to look for replacement flights to the UK. Yeah, it is. He doesn't exactly have money to burn, so that's the most important thing. They'll find an alternative I suppose, only will probably have to take a slightly more circumvent route than the original. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CalMac Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 Great news! I believe canadian affair is the best place to look for replacement flights to the UK. Yup, so much better than Zoom anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RENE Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 Yup, so much better than Zoom anyway. Disagree been with Zoom four times and think they were a great airline. Was booked up with them to go to Vancouver on Sept 21, managed to get it changed to Air Canada, unfortunately through Heathrow!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaun.lawson Posted August 30, 2008 Share Posted August 30, 2008 No. No no - my question wasn't meant as an accusation, my good Sir. It was just asked out of all curiosity - though I must confess to utter bemusement as to your response. I can understand Hearts fans who hate any or all of Rangers, Celtic, Hibs, Aberdeen, St Mirren, Dundee and at a push, Motherwell. But I'm at a loss as to how anyone could hate Dundee United, Kilmarnock, Falkirk, Inverness Caley or Hamilton. Good grief: you actually hope the Accies or ICT end up in financial meltdown? Why? Does this mean that, down south, you hope the same occurs to clubs like Hull, Stoke or West Brom, just because they're in the same league as your English club? Or maybe this goes even further: maybe you celebrated the likes of Luton, Rotherham and Bournemouth suffering huge points deductions, and whooped with delight when Oxford United, who were beating Chelsea back in the early 80s, disappeared into the Conference. I just think such an attitude is plain weird. And a word of warning: some day, we might find we need all the friends we can get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coppercrutch Posted August 30, 2008 Share Posted August 30, 2008 I understand (some of) that. I just get really brassed off with these "entrepreneurs" who seem to bounce from one failed venture to another, all the while, rarely seeming to incur any real losses to their already obscenely bloated, standards of living. I've had it happen to me in my work life and in circumstances similar to the one we're discussing here, so maybe it's made my socialistic leanings, even more bitter and entrenched. Oh it seems some of them incur real losses. See: Mansion,fire,debt,business.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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