Gutted

Ian Wickham wrote:

brooksy wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:

Tony_H wrote:You lot crack me up.
The plane, despite being a Fokker, will get us there, the buses will be there to meet us, and we will be sipping a large beer in the sun on Saturday afternoon while the rest of the miserable gets on here are, well, not.

I checked the Austruan Arrows web site the average age of their fleet is 14 years and they still use prop planes ....... there could be trouble ahead. :cry:

Don`t forget to wear your leather helmet & goggles, just like the captain :lol:

Ve vill be flying over ze France to show you vhat a proper ski resort looks like ... now stand to attention vile we play the Austrian national Anthem and keep pushing !!! :oops:

Nein. Zey vill fly over ze low country rebublik of ze belgian and zen over ze muzzer land itself, Deutschland, before making a right hand turn and zen flying sru ze valleys of ze father land. Zey vill apzolutely nicht be flying over ze France.

You haven't seen the transfer coach yet, apparently its horse drawn, so save some strength for pushing it up the hills :shock:

Tony_H wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:

brooksy wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:

Tony_H wrote:You lot crack me up.
The plane, despite being a Fokker, will get us there, the buses will be there to meet us, and we will be sipping a large beer in the sun on Saturday afternoon while the rest of the miserable gets on here are, well, not.

I checked the Austruan Arrows web site the average age of their fleet is 14 years and they still use prop planes ....... there could be trouble ahead. :cry:

Don`t forget to wear your leather helmet & goggles, just like the captain :lol:

Ve vill be flying over ze France to show you vhat a proper ski resort looks like ... now stand to attention vile we play the Austrian national Anthem and keep pushing !!! :oops:

Nein. Zey vill fly over ze low country rebublik of ze belgian and zen over ze muzzer land itself, Deutschland, before making a right hand turn and zen flying sru ze valleys of ze father land. Zey vill apzolutely nicht be flying over ze France.

Bloody hell mate your Fluent :thumbup:

Ian Wickham wrote:

Tony_H wrote:You lot crack me up.
The plane, despite being a Fokker, will get us there, the buses will be there to meet us, and we will be sipping a large beer in the sun on Saturday afternoon while the rest of the miserable gets on here are, well, not.

I checked the Austruan Arrows web site the average age of their fleet is 14 years and they still use prop planes ....... there could be trouble ahead. :cry:

Panic not. Its not a turbo prop. Its a Fokker 100. I already checked the seating plan. They're the ones with a history of the undercarriage failing so nothing to worry about :shock:

One of these:



Not sure the angle of flight on this one......but at least the wheels seem to be in the right position.

I think I might have to sit up with the driver ..... you what these Austrian drivers are like 8)

angeltop wrote:Had a phone call from travel agent telling me our flight from Manchester to flaine on Saturday 17th march has been cancelled. She said the only other flight available was from gatwick and with that said if you can't make it we can have our money back!!!!!! I am amazed that they can get away with shoddy treatment if I had tried to cancel with two weeks notice I don't think I would have got far.

Back on topic (unusual for me I know) - the same thing happened to me once.

We were booked with Airtours for a holiday in Obergurgl flying from Gatwick and about a month before we were due to go they phoned me and said there weren't enough people booked on the Gatwick plane to make it worth their while and they were cancelling that flight and transferring all the passengers to a Manchester flight.

They offered me the choice of flying from Manchester or my money back (because it counts as a major change to the holiday details and according to their contract that meant we could have our money back).

I took the money and re-booked straightaway with First Choice who had a hotel opposite the original one and luckily for about the same price (and in fact it turned out to be a better hotel so we never lost out at all). I seem to remember they gave me time to make up my mind and check the availability of another holiday before I said I'd take the money.

So, I can understand how these things happen to travel companies but I think 2 weeks wasn't enough notice in your case because it might have been too late to buy another similar holiday. Did they give you time to choose between a refund or going from Gatwick instead of Manchester?

Ally

Hope Austrian Arrows are not like the Red Arrows.

Take your sick bag.

felthorpe wrote:Hope Austrian Arrows are not like the Red Arrows.

Take your sick bag.

lol

Only if its windy. Mind you a lot of people don't like the approach to Innsbruck through the valley.