Please
take time to read all the terms and conditions.
RESERVATIONS: may be made by telephone, in person or by mail without
obligation. An initial non-refundable deposit, £100 per person
or 10% of the total value (whichever is greater) is required within
3 days to confirm the reservation.
PROVISIONAL FARES: Should any fare be designated provisional against
an itinerary line, this means the airline, tour operator or hotel
has yet to confirm the exact fare to be charged, so subsequently
this fare may be subject to change.
EXCHANGE RATES: If all or part of your itinerary includes prices
quoted in a foreign currency the amount payable is subject to the
rate of exchange in force at the time of final payment..
All Bookings:
YOUR
HOLIDAY CONTRACT: Your booking is made with flyclassic.co.uk.
When booking a holiday you guarantee that you have the authority
to accept and do accept on behalf of your party the terms of these
booking conditions and the booking conditions of any contract
principal where we are acting as agent. It should be noted that
the conditions vary slightly dependent on whether you are booking
a ‘package’ or ‘other holiday arrangements’.
The term ‘package’ is defined as a pre-arranged combination
of at least two of: (a) transport; (b) accommodation; (c) other
services not ancillary to transport or accommodation and forming
a significant part of the package booked together for an inclusive
price and for which full payment is made to us. All remaining
products, including transport and accommodation booked at separate
times or not at an inclusive price constitute ‘other travel
arrangements’, which we arrange as your booking agent. Please
note that different terms and conditions may apply between you
and any of the airlines, hotels, tour operators involved in providing
your travel arrangements. These terms and conditions will be provided
to you on booking. By making this booking you agree that we may
pass any information you provide on to the relevant suppliers
of your travel arrangements such as airlines, hotels, transport
companies etc. The information may also be provided to security
or credit checking companies, public authorities such as customs/immigration
if required by them, or as required by law. Additionally, where
your holiday is outside the European Economic Area (EEA), you
should note that controls on data protection in your destination
may not be as strong as the legal requirements in this country.
A contract will exist as soon as payment has been accepted and
a confirmation invoice has been issued. These booking conditions
form part of your contract with us. This contract and any matters
arising from it are governed by English Law and we both agree
to submit to the jurisdiction of the English courts. You may,
however, choose the law and jurisdiction of Scotland or Northern
Ireland if you wish.
DEPOSITS
AND BALANCE PAYMENTS: When you make a booking a deposit of £100 per person or
10% of the total value (whichever greater) is required (plus insurance
premiums if applicable). The exact deposit due will be confirmed
to you at the time of booking and will depend on the services
booked. Please note deposits are nonrefundable, unless we are
unable to confirm your original booking request and an alternative
is not accepted. For bookings made within 10 weeks of departure
immediate full payment is required. The balance of your holiday
must be paid 10 weeks prior to your departure; this date will
be shown on your confirmation invoice. Please note we do not send
reminders. If the balance is not paid by this date we reserve
the right to cancel your holiday, retain your deposit, and apply
the cancellation charges set out in the paragraph headed ‘Cancellations
by you’. Please note that all airfares are subject to increase
until full payment is received and tickets issued, it is therefore
to your advantage to finalize payment as soon as you can after
booking. If full payment is accepted at the time of booking, the
deposit will be deemed to have been included. Where flyclassic.co.uk
is acting as the agent for the Tour Operator you should refer
to the booking conditions contained in the Tour Operators brochure.
A copy of these will be given or sent to you at time of booking.
AMENDMENTS
BY YOU: If, after a confirmation invoice has been issued, you wish to
change your holiday arrangements we will do our utmost to make
these changes. Any change to an itinerary prior to receipt of
your final payment will be treated as an amendment. Depending
on the amount of work involved, each change will incur an amendment
charge which will not exceed £100 per person, in addition
to any further costs or charges that we incur from our suppliers
in making the alteration. If full payment has already been received
amendments are treated as cancellations and the cancellation charges
detailed below will apply. Please note that some suppliers, in
particular airlines, do not allow a name change and may consider
this as a cancellation and re-booking with a 100% cancellation
charge.
CANCELLATIONS
BY YOU: (Flights): Should you for any reason have
to cancel your booking you must give us a written notice of cancellation
signed by the person who originally made the booking. Refund of
Flight Tickets - Some tickets are non-refundable. Certain types
of airline tickets (e.g Apex Tickets) cannot be changed after
a reservation has been made and any alteration request will incur
a 100% cancellation charge. Tickets returned will be submitted
to the respective airline, or their agent, for assessment. As
soon as we are reimbursed by the issuing airline or their agent
we will forward a refund to you, less loss of deposit, applicable
cancellation and/or administration charges. Please note that airline
refunds or part used tickets and the return half of the airfare
are always less than the pro-rata rate and may have no refund
value whatsoever. Refunds usually take 8 - 12 weeks but in certain
cases may take longer.
CANCELLATIONS
BY YOU: (Services other than Flights): Should you for any reason have
to cancel your booking you must give us written notice of cancellation
signed by the person who originally made the booking. Cancellation
charges are dependent on the supplier’s terms and conditions
vary accordingly. These charges vary according to whether you
have booked a package or other travel arrangements. In the case
of a package the following scale of charges apply plus any additional
charges passed onto us by airlines and suppliers (e.g. non refundable
airlines) depending on the date of cancellation.
Prior
to 71 days: deposit forfeited
70-60 days: 20% of total holiday cost
59-42 days: 30% of total holiday cost
41-28 days: 60% of total holiday cost
27-2 days: 90% of total holiday cost
Less than 48 hours: 100% of the total holiday cost
After
departure there will be no refund of any unused component of your
holiday. If you are booking other travel arrangements the cancellation
charges will be shown on your invoice immediately below the details
of your itinerary. In addition all bookings for other travel arrangements
(e.g. flight only) will be non-refundable within 48 hours of departure.
We must be advised of any decision to cancel in writing and signed
by you. The cancellation will take effect from the day the written
confirmation is received.
ROUTINGS AND TIMINGS:
Unless otherwise stated, the routing on your air ticket cannot
be changed, once the balance has been paid. Please note that the
timings of air, sea, road and rail departures are estimates only.
These timings may be affected by operational difficulties, weather
conditions or passenger failure to check in on time. Flight timings
are subject to change as a result of airline procedures and latest
available times will appear on your final itinerary. Please note
that direct flights can have a scheduled stop en route. Most airlines
reserve the right to alter their schedule, destination airport
and type of aircraft. Such changes will not entitle you to compensation
nor to cancel or change your arrangement without paying normal
charges. Please also note carriers have conditions of carriage
which will apply to you and which limit or exclude liability.
We do not make any arrangements if there is a delay at the outbound
or inbound points of departure. Most airlines however do make
provisions in such cases (dependent on the length of time).
RECONFIRMATION:
You must reconfirm all onward and return flight reservations with
the relevant airline at least 72 hours prior to departure. This
allows the airline to inform you of any unforeseen delays/changes
to your itinerary, and provides the airline with contact details
for you.
SPECIAL REQUESTS:
If you have any special requests (e.g. diet, room location, room
type, twin or double bedded room or a specific facility at a hotel)
we will do our utmost to ensure that these are passed on to the
supplier. We will also be happy to request pre allocated seating
where airline policy allows. However you should note that we can
not guarantee that suppliers will accept these requests and that
they therefore do not form any part of your contract with us.
DISPATCH OF TRAVEL DOCUMENTS: We aim to send out your travel documents to you at least 10 days
before departure, unless you make a late booking. In peak times
this may not be the case. No tickets will be sent out unless final
payment has been received and cleared. Travel documents, unless
collected from our offices, will be sent by Royal Mail Services.
However, we recommend that customers use Royal Mail ‘Special
Delivery’, a similar service or a courier and these can
be arranged provided that you cover the additional costs involved.
We cannot accept responsibility for items lost in the post and
additional charges may be applied for any documents that are reissued.
LOST OR STOLEN TICKETS: Should tickets become lost or stolen, it is necessary to complete
a form of indemnity to be passed to the airline. Some carriers
are then prepared to issue replacement tickets immediately but
may impose a fee for this. Other airlines require full payment
to issue replacement tickets and will refund the amount paid for
the original documents at a later date. This process can take
up to 14 months. We will charge an administration charge of £35.00
per person if we have to reissue your tickets, in addition to
any charges applied by the airline or supplier concerned, should
we have to reissue your travel documents for whatever reason.
IF YOU HAVE A COMPLAINT:
If you have a problem during your holiday, please inform the relevant
supplier (e.g. your hotelier) so that they can endeavor to put
things right. If your complaint cannot be resolved then you must
contact your flyclassic.co.uk branch by telephone, email or fax.
If your complaint is not resolved locally, please follow this
up within 28 days of your return home by writing to Customer Services
at our Head Office address, giving your booking reference and
all other relevant information. This will assist us to quickly
to address your concerns and speed up our response to you. If
you fail to do this we will have been deprived of the opportunity
to investigate and rectify your complaint and this may affect
your rights under this contract.
TRAVEL INSURANCE: We
strongly recommend that you purchase comprehensive travel insurance
when making your reservation. In certain cases cancellation charges,
if incurred involuntarily, may be covered by insurance taken out
at this time. flyclassic.co.uk offers a comprehensive policy,
which covers medical and repatriation expenses, personal baggage
and personal effects, loss or theft of money, personal liability
and cancellation or curtailment charges, flyclassic.co.uk will
not accept responsibility for any person who fails to be properly
insured for their journey. Once the 14-day cooling of period built
into the Insurance Policy has expired, we are not able to refund
the insurance premium. This is a condition of the insurance company.
PASSPORTS, VISAS AND HEALTH: Passengers must be in possession of a full passport and visas
if required. Many countries require that your passport be valid
for at least 6 months after your departure date from that country.
Please contact your local doctor who can provide immunization
requirements. Advice can also be obtained from DOH leaflet ‘Advice
on Health for Travelers’. We can advise generally on Visa
and Health requirements. It is your responsibility to ensure that
you satisfy all applicable requirements in respect of passport,
visa and health matters. We cannot be held liable if you fail
to ensure this, and if as a result, we suffer any loss or expense
because of such a failure on your part, you will be obliged to
reimburse us. In addition, it is your responsibility to ensure
that you do not behave in any way which causes offence or which
risks causing offence or danger to other holidaymakers or which
risks damaging property belonging to others. Hotel managers and
pilots do have legal powers to remove unruly holidaymakers from
their hotel and/or aircraft. Should this happen, we cannot be
held liable in any way to you and you will be obliged to meet
the cost of purchasing replacement hotel accommodation and/or
air tickets.
Part-2
Packages:
In
addition to the conditions in ‘Part 1’, these conditions
apply specifically to those bookings classified as ‘packages’
in accordance with the statement in ‘Your Holiday Contract’.
IF WE CHANGE OR CANCEL YOUR HOLIDAY
(Packages only): It is unlikely that we will make
any amendments or changes to your travel booking after it has
been confirmed. However because travel arrangements are often
made many months in advance and because we have no control over
some of the products featured in this brochure changes and cancellations
may occasionally be necessary. We reserve the right to make changes
or cancel your travel arrangements in any circumstances and at
any time. A change may be ‘major’ or ‘minor’.
A major change would be considered to be a change in accommodation
to a lower standard, or to a different resort, or the cancellation
of a tour, a rescheduling of your flight departure time by more
than 12 hours, or a change of your departing airport (excluding
a change between Heathrow or Gatwick or an airport which is more
convenient to you). We reserve the right to make a minor change
and we will tell you as soon as possible. If there is a major
change to your travel arrangements we will inform you as soon
as is reasonably possible. You will have a choice of either accepting
the change of your package, accepting an offer of a comparable
package (paying the difference if the alternative is more expensive)
or canceling the package and receiving a full refund. Please note
that some tours require a minimum number of bookings to operate.
In the unlikely event that a tour is cancelled due to low bookings
you will be told as soon as is practical. If we are unable to
provide you with a significant element of the package after you
have departed we will make alternative arrangements for you at
no extra charge. Package bookings are not cancelled less than
8 weeks prior to departure unless in cases of ‘Force Majeure’
or failure to pay your balance on the specified date. This means
that we will not have to pay compensation if we have to cancel
or change your travel arrangements in any way because of war,
riot, industrial dispute, terrorist activity, natural or nuclear
disaster, fire, adverse weather conditions, unforeseen operational
decisions of air carriers such as changes of schedule, or other
unforeseen or unavoidable circumstances beyond our control. If
the cancellation has not been caused by force majeure or low bookings
we will pay you compensation as set out below: (Period before
departure within which a major change is notified to you); followed
by: Compensation per person: more than 56 days - Nil; 55-29 days-
£10; 28 days or less - £20.
YOUR HOLIDAY PRICE (Packages only): The price of your travel arrangements can be varied due to changes
in transportation costs such as fuel, scheduled airfares and any
other airline cost changes which are part of the contract between
airlines (and their agents) and the tour operator or organizer.
Also government action such as changes in VAT or any other government
imposed changes and currency changes in relation to an exchange
rate variation. In the case of any small variation, an amount
equivalent to 2% of the price of your travel arrangements, which
excludes insurance premiums and any amendment charges, will be
absorbed or retained. For larger variations this 2% will still
be absorbed for increases but not retained from refunds. In either
case there will be an administration charge of £1.00 per
person. If this means that you have to pay an increase of more
than 10% of the price of your travel arrangements, you may cancel
your travel arrangements and receive a full refund of all monies
paid, except for any amendment charges. We will consider an appropriate
refund of insurance premiums paid if you can show that you are
unable to transfer or reuse your policy. Should you decide to
cancel for this reason, you must exercise your right to do so
within 14 days from the issue date printed on your final invoice.
Whether you cancel or not you will also be entitled, on the terms
set out in respect of major changes, to accept an offer of alternative
travel arrangements from us if we are able to do so and compensation
as indicated. Please note that travel arrangements are not always
purchased in local currency and some apparent changes have no
impact on the price of your travel due to contractual and other
protection in place.
OUR LIABILITY (Packages only): We accept responsibility for ensuring
that the travel arrangements which you book with us are supplied
as described in our brochures and that the services offered reach
a reasonable standard, or if you suffer personal injury, illness
or death as a result of any improper performance by us of the
obligations we owe you under your holiday contract, we will pay
you reasonable compensation. Taking into account such factors
as the cost of your package any action you could have taken to
minimize the inconvenience suffered. We will not be liable for
any compensation if the personal or psychological injury, illness
or death does not result from any fault on our part, or on the
part of our suppliers but is due to your fault or the actions
of someone unconnected with your holiday, or to an unusual and
unforeseen circumstance beyond our control, which neither we,
nor our suppliers could have anticipated. Our liability is limited
in accordance with relevant international convention. You can
ask for copies of these international conventions from our office
allowing 28 days for delivery. If you or any member of your party,
suffer death, illness or injury whilst overseas arising out of
an activity which does not form part of your package travel arrangements
made with us, we shall at our discretion, offer advice, guidance
and assistance to help you in resolving any claim you may have
against a third party, provided we are advised of the incident
within 90 days of its occurrence. Where legal action is contemplated
our written consent must be obtained prior to commencement of
proceedings and our consent is subject to your undertaking to
assign any costs received or any benefits received under any relevant
insurance policy to ourselves. Our costs in respect of the above
on behalf of you and any member of your party shall not exceed
£5,000.
Part-3
Other Arrangements:
In
addition to the conditions in ‘Part 1’, these conditions
apply specifically to those bookings classified as ‘Other
Travel Arrangements’ in accordance with the statement in
‘Your Holiday Contract’.
OUR LIABILITY (Other holiday arrangements):
Because we are acting as booking agent we have no liability for
any of the travel arrangements, and in particular no liability
for any illness, personal injury, death or loss of any kind.
IF WE CHANGE OR CANCEL YOUR HOLIDAY:
(Other holiday arrangements) In the unlikely event there are any
changes made to other holiday arrangements, we will try to tell
you before you go, although we are not obliged to do so, nor are
we obliged to compensate you. If your booking for other holiday
arrangements are cancelled we will do our utmost to ensure you
receive a full and prompt refund of the holiday price.
EXTRA EXPENSES INCURRED AS A RESULT
OF THE FAILURE OF A SCHEDULED AIRLINE FAILURE: To pay up to £1,500 in all, for each Insured Person in respect
of their Net Ascertained Financial Loss arising as a result of
the cancellation or curtailment of a Scheduled Airline Flight
arising solely as a result of the insolvency of the Scheduled
Airline.
DEFINITIONS:
Scheduled Airline Flight. One flight on a regular systematic service
operated in such a manner that the benefits thereof are available
to the general public.
Scheduled Airline. An Airline operating Scheduled Airline Flights
as all or part of its business.
Insured Person. Such Person who has booked a ticket or tickets
within the United Kingdom for one or more Scheduled Airline Flights
through the Master Policy Holder and who is named in the confirmation.
invoice and/or deposit receipt for bookings relating hereto provided
the Scheduled Airline is not bonded nor the risk insured elsewhere.
Insolvency. Where the Scheduled Airline enters into ‘insolvency
winding up” as defined by Rule 4.151 of the Insolvency Rules
1986 or any statutory modification thereof or an equivalent formal
insolvency process under any competent jurisdiction.
Net Ascertained Financial Loss. The amount paid by the Insured
Person for the purchased price of the Scheduled Airline Flight
on the airline suffering insolvency or where insolvency occurs
after the tip has commenced the sum equivalent to the purchased
price of the unused tickets on the Scheduled Airline suffering
insolvency.
EXCLUSION:
Where the insurance was effected after the date of the first threat
of insolvency.
Recoveries and/or refund from credit cards and charge cards. As
more fully defined in the Master Policy
GENERAL INFORMATION:
Please note that air fares are constantly changing and usually
increasing. Very often there is little or no notice of these increases,
but very rarely do increases apply to tickets already issued.
It is therefore to your advantage to finalize payment as soon
as you can after booking, and so reduce any risk of surcharge.
Please remember your deposit only secures the reservations, not
the price.
AIRLINE PASSENGER INFORMATION:
Please note that airlines are now required by laws introduced
in the United States and other countries to give border control
agencies access to passenger data. Accordingly any information
that the airline holds about you and your travel arrangements
may be disclosed to the customs and immigration authorities of
any country on your itinerary.
E&OE: Please note that the details shown are stated Errors
& Omissions Excepted.
PERSONAL
& COMPANY CHEQUES to be made payable to flyclassic.co.uk.
Please note we require twelve working days for cheques clearance
before tickets can be issued. Should insufficient time be available
to allow this we can arrange special clearance with our bank at
an additional cost of £15. We are unable to accept foreign
currency cheques.
IF ANY CHEQUE IS RETURNED TO US BY OUR BANK UNPAID, A £15
CHARGE WILL BE LEVIED.
CREDIT CARDS are
acceptable as a form of payment. flyclassic.co.uk accepts Visa,
MasterCard. However, flyclassic.co.uk will levy a 2.5% surcharge
on such payments. If the card is in a name other than the traveler
we will require written or faxed authorization from the card holder,
including a photocopy of both sides of the card itself, before
any tickets can be released. Moreover third party tickets are
only issued if both the requirements are fulfilled by traveler/Payee.
DEBIT CARDS: flyclassic.co.uk
accepts Visa, Solo, Switch, Delta and Maestro Cards.
CASH Through Post:
Please Do not send cash to us through the post.
Please quote your booking number and name every time you send
a payment.
Please Note: THE DEPOSIT ONLY CONFIRMS YOUR SEAT/s AND IS NON-REFUNDABLE.
THE TICKET/s ARE ALSO NON-CHANGEABLE ONCE THEY ARE ISSUED. AT
THE TIME OF ISSUING THE TICKET/s IF THERE ARE ANY CHANGES IN THE
FARE YOU WILL BE CHARGED ACCORDINGLY.