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Confirm the law on refunds from Airlines and travel agents as Virgin Holiday

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Speak about the treatment of customers from Virgin holidays and other airlines and travel agents about refunds to customers. I am a customer of Virgin Holidays and cancelled my holiday on 18th March
It states in the terms and conditions 14 days. I am now at day 83 and still waiting. We are having no correspondence from virgin. I habe tried various emails. Phone lines have been switched off. No replies on whatsapp and now virgin are not responding to tweets or Direct Messages

Why it was rejected

It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.

Arrangements for refunding, changing or rebooking travel are a civil matter between individual travellers and holiday operators, not the Government or Parliament.

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https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

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You can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/

Timeline

8 Jun 2020 Petition opened for signatures
20 Jul 2020 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 20 Jul 2020

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.