by ayse » 03 Aug 2011 14:11
Hi all
Agreed this is terrible news and my parents have also just booked flights for 2012. My advice to them and to anyone who booked via credit card is contact your credit card immediately and claim via Section 75, please don't be fobbed off with the card company telling you to claim from the travel company. Your c/c co is jointly and severally liable under section 75 to reimburse you, then they pursue the travel company for their share.
Hopefully for those people that have booked in the last week the c/c company will not hve even pid H4U/Aegean and you will not have paid the credit card. Place a dispute on this immediately!!!
Section 75
There are many circumstances where you may be entitled to a refund. Here are a few typical examples:
•The goods you buy turn out to be faulty or damaged.
•The supplier you buy the item from goes bust and your order never arrives.
•The quality of the item is unsatisfactory.
In all these cases - and many others - you'll have the right to redress under Section 75. You may also be able to claim for any further financial loss suffered as a result of the problems you have experienced with your purchase. So for example, if you booked a new, more expensive flight to get you home because the original airline you booked with went bust, you could claim the full cost of the more expensive flight. Best of all, there's no upper limit on the amount of damages you could claim.
How come you can make a claim through your credit card? Under Section 75, the supplier of your goods and your credit card issuer share liability jointly and severally. So you can pursue either or both parties. Neither claim carries more weight than the other, so it's a good idea to pursue your credit card company first if the supplier has gone out of business. It may also be better to claim against the card issuer for overseas transactions.[/
Apologies for the length of this but hope it helps. Good luck x