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MORE THAN 3,000 people have lodged claims for a refund following the collapse of Lowcostholidays.
The Commission for Aviation Regulation had received 3,040 claims as of this morning.
The Spanish tour operator collapsed on 15 July and customers have until 19 September to submit their claim.
The operator was based in Spain, but the majority of its customers came from Britain. It had offices in the UK, Spain, Switzerland and Poland.
It had an Irish website and Facebook page and was a popular provider among Irish holidaymakers. It’s estimated that 15,000 Irish holidaymakers were left out of pocket.
The Commission says it is currently assessing the claims received so far and in some instances additional information and documentation has been sought.
Claim forms for refunds can be found on the Commission’s website www.aviationreg.ie
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I’d say Paddy Hickey wouldn’t mind a refund on his holiday to Rio right about now…
I doubt he went with “lowcostholidays”. First class more likely.
And not paid for by him
Paddy would spit at First Class… Paddy went Executive…
Highcostholidays?
so much cost
‘ An Obsrver….I cannot understand why there are no comments allowed on any article on the Pat Hickey story on the Journal.Every article on the Hickey story on the Independant has many comments.And the Indo is not the most comment friendly of sites.Whats going on at the Journal regarding the Hickey story?
Lol! Problem was he didn’t pay for it though…we the taxpayers did! And of course he and his wife went First Class while the actual athletes went Coach.
Let that one sink in.
It’s sunk all right. There again, the athletes are young and fit, poor Tricky Hickey is 71 so no doubt that will be the justification. Of course by that reasoning they could row home:-)
If you paid by credit card, do a charge back through the provider. Unfortunately, debit cards aren’t covered but at least you’re being proactive.
Ooops! Laser and Maestro aren’t covered. Visa debit may be. http://www.consumerhelp.ie/chargeback
Laser cards and Maestro cards went away in 2014 or 2015 at the latest.
Visa debit is coveted. I did a charge back and my bank response was to make a claim to CAR first.
Visa debit is covered
Visa debit US covered you have to claim this way and if they let you down the bank will refund through chargeback
If you paid by credit card for a package deal, you still have to apply for CAR for your refund. The credit card company won’t issue a chargeback as the CAR bond is in place, and this is who you have to claim from.
I tried to do a charge back with my credit card for my holiday and I was told I had to claim with the aviation reg.
No levies the gov is slipping
have your say