Kibkom North Cyprus Forum

Several of my friends and myself have UK families booked to fly here for periods during the school holidays during August and September and currently there is no chance of them actually coming. Noone will come if they have to go into government quarantine as it would literally waste half of the holiday and how could you do that to children?? The loss of revenue for restaurants, shops etc is really going to hurt !! Waiting with bated breath for any movement by the TRNC government !!

Better than dead, hard to spend money when in the cemetery!

There was a link to a post on here, I think, saying that Tui & Jet2 weren’t going to book any Cyprus holidays, south obviously, until the UK are moved to Category A. Don’t know if the north will follow if south do change it. I’m hoping as booked to come end of September. TA have an offer if you book before end of August you can change flights with no admin fee to either open ticket, or re book anytime in 2021.

Terri299 wrote: ↑

Tue 21 Jul 2020 4:34 pm

There was a link to a post on here, I think, saying that Tui & Jet2 weren’t going to book any Cyprus holidays, south obviously, until the UK are moved to Category A. Don’t know if the north will follow if south do change it. I’m hoping as booked to come end of September. TA have an offer if you book before end of August you can change flights with no admin fee to either open ticket, or re book anytime in 2021.

Thank you for posting that information.

That seems reasonable - the danger with some of the smaller airlines is that they may go bust before you can redeem the promise - but at least with TA being the National Carrier, that's one thing less to worry about...

...and it's really difficult to muster any confidence in the attitude of the ROC going forward

I think that I will probably point this out to any friends or family who are looking to venture beyond the shores of Blighty!

To save me looking it up, do they state an end date to this offer?

book by end of August. Flights can be taken up to end of December 2021

I find it hard to comprehend how blinkered and selfish how some can be. The whole world and travellers are in the same predicament and getting no better, so international travel should be a NO NO unless absolutely vital. If little Johnny and Charlotte are getting a bit tetchy throw out their smart phones, put a few real books in-front of them and tell them to do some real reading, study and homework!

Brinsley wrote: ↑

Tue 21 Jul 2020 8:35 pm

I find it hard to comprehend how blinkered and selfish how some can be. The whole world and travellers are in the same predicament and getting no better, so international travel should be a NO NO unless absolutely vital. If little Johnny and Charlotte are getting a bit tetchy throw out their smart phones, put a few real books in-front of them and tell them to do some real reading, study and homework!

The world is not in the same predicament.

Europe is through the worst and countries are largely open for business. UK travellers to Spain, Italy, Greece etc have no restrictions.

As for children, smart phones can carry thousands of books and educational aids for studying.

The RoC will place the UK into Group A in August.

The TRNC is less able to accomodate a spate of covid needs so may take a little longer to welcome UK citizens without tests.

Terri299 wrote: ↑

Tue 21 Jul 2020 6:11 pm

book by end of August. Flights can be taken up to end of December 2021

Thanks again - I'm sorry, I must have skipped over that bit!

No problem. Just to mention although no charge to change, any price increase does have to be paid

See below from TA site from various places

We are happy to offer you flexible travel opportunities as we know how difficult it is to plan in this period. Passengers can make unlimited changes for ticketings made between March 21, 2020 and August 31, 2020. Please review our Flexible Changing Rights page for more details.
As we return to the skies, we offer unlimited changing rights to ensure that our passengers enjoy maximum peace of mind. Flexible Travel opportunities are offered until the end of 2021 for tickets bought until August 31, 2020 (inclusive).
Terms and Conditions
No matter how many times your plans change, you are safe with Flexible Travel. Please review the terms and conditions to find out how Flexible Travel works!

A ticket change can be made for a different destination, provided that the fare difference is paid.
Change requests can be performed through the Turkish Airlines sales offices, call center, online channels (for international flight tickets only) and the agencies from which the ticket was purchased.
Passengers can make unlimited changes for ticketing made between March 21, 2020 and August 31, 2020.
In order to change the ticket to an Open Ticket, the reservation must be cancelled before the date of flight.
In order to change the ticket to an Open Ticket, cancellations must be performed via the Turkish Airlines call center, sales offices, or the agencies from which the ticket was purchased.
Fare differences incurred by taxes, exchange rates or fare class differences will be applied.