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Covid airline refunds 'scrapped' and US travel warning

Government
Gary Noakes
27 September 2021

Plans to refund customers for Covid-cancelled flights booked direct with airlines have been scrapped, according to national press reports. 

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Elsewhere, there is new Covid advice for children travelling to the United States, while another explanation has been put forward for Border Force queues.

Here are the headlines affecting travel on Monday 27 September.


Plan to refund customers for flights they could not take during Covid ‘scrapped’

Plans to force airlines to refund passengers for direct-booked flights which became ’illegal’ to take due to Covid travel restrictions have reportedly been scrapped. Ministers are said to have quietly abandoned the proposal, which would have seen the CAA granted extra enforcement powers. (The Times)