Global air travel collapse
While chatting with my Dutch friend Chris this morning on Whatsapp, I asked if he was off work today and he said yes, he's on vacation because we had planned to meet up in Ireland, remember??
Oh shit, yes, today is 12 May, 2020, I was supposed to fly out of Toronto for Dublin tonight, on Irish airlines Aer Lingus. Well! Aer Lingus is not even flying to Toronto these days, so needless to say my long-planned Irish trip is a no-go! : (
After refusing to change my flight (mainly because no one knows when people can travel and tourists can visit countries without mandatory quarantine again) and refusing to take a credit voucher, Aer Lingus finally sent me an email giving me the option to request a refund. Now there is no guarantee that I'd actually receive a refund or how much I'd get, that remains to be seen.
(I should add that I don't blame Aer Lingus -- after all I'm sure they would have preferred to fly me over to its beautiful home of Ireland if possible.)
Global air travel collapse
While chatting with my Dutch friend Chris this morning on Whatsapp, I asked if he was off work today and he said yes, he's on vacation because we had planned to meet up in Ireland, remember??
Oh shit, yes, today is 12 May, 2020, I was supposed to fly out of Toronto for Dublin tonight, on Irish airlines Aer Lingus. Well! Aer Lingus is not even flying to Toronto these days, so needless to say my long-planned Irish trip is a no-go! : (
After refusing to change my flight (mainly because no one knows when people can travel and tourists can visit countries without mandatory quarantine again) and refusing to take a credit voucher, Aer Lingus finally sent me an email giving me the option to request a refund. Now there is no guarantee that I'd actually receive a refund or how much I'd get, that remains to be seen.
(I should add that I don't blame Aer Lingus -- after all I'm sure they would have preferred to fly me over to its beautiful home of Ireland if possible.)