Do vouchers offered by EU airlines for Coronavirus cancellations include taxes and fees? [duplicate]

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My family's flights with AlItalia later this month have of course been affected by Coronavirus. We cannot get refunds, only vouchers are offered, as with basically all airlines at the moment. We booked through an agent, Supersaver.

If I look at the sum we paid (about € 1520), insanely enough only about € 90 of that is for the tickets, and the other € 1430 is for "taxes and fees". Presumably not all the taxes and fees will need to be paid by AlItalia if we don't go on the flight.

For which sum will I get vouchers if I accept them, the ticket price or the price including everything?



Best Answer

First of all it's important if your flight was actually cancelled. If it wasn't, you will not be able to get your money back.

  1. If it was cancelled you have the right to get refund. The issue might be that you booked via agent. Most agents don't have proper customer support and it will be really hard to get hold of them. As they operate on thin margins, I would expect lot of agents to go out of business. That said first thing I would try is to call them up.

  2. Is it packaged holiday ? I know in UK there are different rules around packaged holidays and all of them needs to be insured. (check if that applies in your country)

  3. Do you have travel insurance? If yes contact them and check if you are covered, you might be able to get your money back

  4. Did you pay via Credit Card ? Most EU countries have laws which protects you when you pay via credit card. You could shift the problem to credit card company and they would have to refund you.

Hope this helps.




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