RESERVATIONS: may be made by telephone, in person or by mail without obligation.
An initial non-refundable deposit, £100 per person
or 10% of the total value (whichever is greater) is required
within 3 days to confirm the reservation.
PROVISIONAL FARES: Should any fare be designated provisional against an itinerary
line, this means the airline, tour operator or hotel has
yet to confirm the exact fare to be charged, so subsequently
this fare may be subject to change.
EXCHANGE RATES: If all or part of your itinerary includes prices quoted
in a foreign currency the amount payable is subject to the
rate of exchange in force at the time of final payment..
All
Bookings:
YOUR
HOLIDAY CONTRACT: Your booking is made with
flyclassic.co.uk. When booking a holiday you guarantee that
you have the authority to accept and do accept on behalf
of your party the terms of these booking conditions and
the booking conditions of any contract principal where we
are acting as agent. It should be noted that the conditions
vary slightly dependent on whether you are booking a ‘package’
or ‘other holiday arrangements’. The term ‘package’
is defined as a pre-arranged combination of at least two
of: (a) transport; (b) accommodation; (c) other services
not ancillary to transport or accommodation and forming
a significant part of the package booked together for an
inclusive price and for which full payment is made to us.
All remaining products, including transport and accommodation
booked at separate times or not at an inclusive price constitute
‘other travel arrangements’, which we arrange
as your booking agent. Please note that different terms
and conditions may apply between you and any of the airlines,
hotels, tour operators involved in providing your travel
arrangements. These terms and conditions will be provided
to you on booking. By making this booking you agree that
we may pass any information you provide on to the relevant
suppliers of your travel arrangements such as airlines,
hotels, transport companies etc. The information may also
be provided to security or credit checking companies, public
authorities such as customs/immigration if required by them,
or as required by law. Additionally, where your holiday
is outside the European Economic Area (EEA), you should
note that controls on data protection in your destination
may not be as strong as the legal requirements in this country.
A contract will exist as soon as payment has been accepted
and a confirmation invoice has been issued. These booking
conditions form part of your contract with us. This contract
and any matters arising from it are governed by English
Law and we both agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the
English courts. You may, however, choose the law and jurisdiction
of Scotland or Northern Ireland if you wish.
DEPOSITS
AND BALANCE PAYMENTS: When you make a booking
a deposit of £100 per person or 10% of the total value
(whichever greater) is required (plus insurance premiums
if applicable). The exact deposit due will be confirmed
to you at the time of booking and will depend on the services
booked. Please note deposits are nonrefundable, unless we
are unable to confirm your original booking request and
an alternative is not accepted. For bookings made within
10 weeks of departure immediate full payment is required.
The balance of your holiday must be paid 10 weeks prior
to your departure; this date will be shown on your confirmation
invoice. Please note we do not send reminders. If the balance
is not paid by this date we reserve the right to cancel
your holiday, retain your deposit, and apply the cancellation
charges set out in the paragraph headed ‘Cancellations
by you’. Please note that all airfares are subject
to increase until full payment is received and tickets issued,
it is therefore to your advantage to finalize payment as
soon as you can after booking. If full payment is accepted
at the time of booking, the deposit will be deemed to have
been included. Where flyclassic.co.uk is acting as the agent
for the Tour Operator you should refer to the booking conditions
contained in the Tour Operators brochure. A copy of these
will be given or sent to you at time of booking.
AMENDMENTS
BY YOU: If, after a confirmation invoice
has been issued, you wish to change your holiday arrangements
we will do our utmost to make these changes. Any change
to an itinerary prior to receipt of your final payment will
be treated as an amendment. Depending on the amount of work
involved, each change will incur an amendment charge which
will not exceed £100 per person, in addition to any
further costs or charges that we incur from our suppliers
in making the alteration. If full payment has already been
received amendments are treated as cancellations and the
cancellation charges detailed below will apply. Please note
that some suppliers, in particular airlines, do not allow
a name change and may consider this as a cancellation and
re-booking with a 100% cancellation charge.
CANCELLATIONS
BY YOU: (Flights): Should you for any reason
have to cancel your booking you must give us a written notice
of cancellation signed by the person who originally made
the booking. Refund of Flight Tickets - Some tickets are
non-refundable. Certain types of airline tickets (e.g Apex
Tickets) cannot be changed after a reservation has been
made and any alteration request will incur a 100% cancellation
charge. Tickets returned will be submitted to the respective
airline, or their agent, for assessment. As soon as we are
reimbursed by the issuing airline or their agent we will
forward a refund to you, less loss of deposit, applicable
cancellation and/or administration charges. Please note
that airline refunds or part used tickets and the return
half of the airfare are always less than the pro-rata rate
and may have no refund value whatsoever. Refunds usually
take 8 - 12 weeks but in certain cases may take longer.
CANCELLATIONS
BY YOU: (Services other than Flights): Should
you for any reason have to cancel your booking you must
give us written notice of cancellation signed by the person
who originally made the booking. Cancellation charges are
dependent on the supplier’s terms and conditions vary
accordingly. These charges vary according to whether you
have booked a package or other travel arrangements. In the
case of a package the following scale of charges apply plus
any additional charges passed onto us by airlines and suppliers
(e.g. non refundable airlines) depending on the date of
cancellation.
Prior
to 71 days: deposit forfeited
70-60 days: 20% of total holiday cost
59-42 days: 30% of total holiday cost
41-28 days: 60% of total holiday cost
27-2 days: 90% of total holiday cost
Less than 48 hours: 100% of the total holiday cost
After
departure there will be no refund of any unused component
of your holiday. If you are booking other travel arrangements
the cancellation charges will be shown on your invoice immediately
below the details of your itinerary. In addition all bookings
for other travel arrangements (e.g. flight only) will be
non-refundable within 48 hours of departure. We must be
advised of any decision to cancel in writing and signed
by you. The cancellation will take effect from the day the
written confirmation is received.
ROUTINGS AND TIMINGS: Unless otherwise stated, the routing on your air
ticket cannot be changed, once the balance has been paid.
Please note that the timings of air, sea, road and rail
departures are estimates only. These timings may be affected
by operational difficulties, weather conditions or passenger
failure to check in on time. Flight timings are subject
to change as a result of airline procedures and latest available
times will appear on your final itinerary. Please note that
direct flights can have a scheduled stop en route. Most
airlines reserve the right to alter their schedule, destination
airport and type of aircraft. Such changes will not entitle
you to compensation nor to cancel or change your arrangement
without paying normal charges. Please also note carriers
have conditions of carriage which will apply to you and
which limit or exclude liability. We do not make any arrangements
if there is a delay at the outbound or inbound points of
departure. Most airlines however do make provisions in such
cases (dependent on the length of time).
RECONFIRMATION: You must reconfirm all onward and return
flight reservations with the relevant airline at least 72
hours prior to departure. This allows the airline to inform
you of any unforeseen delays/changes to your itinerary,
and provides the airline with contact details for you.
SPECIAL REQUESTS: If you have any special requests (e.g. diet, room location,
room type, twin or double bedded room or a specific facility
at a hotel) we will do our utmost to ensure that these are
passed on to the supplier. We will also be happy to request
pre allocated seating where airline policy allows. However
you should note that we can not guarantee that suppliers
will accept these requests and that they therefore do not
form any part of your contract with us.
DISPATCH OF TRAVEL DOCUMENTS: We aim to send out your travel documents to you at least
10 days before departure, unless you make a late booking.
In peak times this may not be the case. No tickets will
be sent out unless final payment has been received and cleared.
Travel documents, unless collected from our offices, will
be sent by Royal Mail Services. However, we recommend that
customers use Royal Mail ‘Special Delivery’,
a similar service or a courier and these can be arranged
provided that you cover the additional costs involved. We
cannot accept responsibility for items lost in the post
and additional charges may be applied for any documents
that are reissued.
LOST OR STOLEN TICKETS: Should tickets become lost or stolen, it is necessary to
complete a form of indemnity to be passed to the airline.
Some carriers are then prepared to issue replacement tickets
immediately but may impose a fee for this. Other airlines
require full payment to issue replacement tickets and will
refund the amount paid for the original documents at a later
date. This process can take up to 14 months. We will charge
an administration charge of £35.00 per person if we
have to reissue your tickets, in addition to any charges
applied by the airline or supplier concerned, should we
have to reissue your travel documents for whatever reason.
IF YOU HAVE A COMPLAINT: If you have a problem during your holiday, please inform
the relevant supplier (e.g. your hotelier) so that they
can endeavor to put things right. If your complaint cannot
be resolved then you must contact your flyclassic.co.uk
branch by telephone, email or fax. If your complaint is
not resolved locally, please follow this up within 28 days
of your return home by writing to Customer Services at our
Head Office address, giving your booking reference and all
other relevant information. This will assist us to quickly
to address your concerns and speed up our response to you.
If you fail to do this we will have been deprived of the
opportunity to investigate and rectify your complaint and
this may affect your rights under this contract.
TRAVEL INSURANCE: We strongly recommend that you purchase comprehensive travel
insurance when making your reservation. In certain cases
cancellation charges, if incurred involuntarily, may be
covered by insurance taken out at this time. flyclassic.co.uk
offers a comprehensive policy, which covers medical and
repatriation expenses, personal baggage and personal effects,
loss or theft of money, personal liability and cancellation
or curtailment charges, flyclassic.co.uk will not accept
responsibility for any person who fails to be properly insured
for their journey. Once the 14-day cooling of period built
into the Insurance Policy has expired, we are not able to
refund the insurance premium. This is a condition of the
insurance company.
PASSPORTS, VISAS AND HEALTH: Passengers must be in possession of a full passport and
visas if required. Many countries require that your passport
be valid for at least 6 months after your departure date
from that country. Please contact your local doctor who
can provide immunization requirements. Advice can also be
obtained from DOH leaflet ‘Advice on Health for Travelers’.
We can advise generally on Visa and Health requirements.
It is your responsibility to ensure that you satisfy all
applicable requirements in respect of passport, visa and
health matters. We cannot be held liable if you fail to
ensure this, and if as a result, we suffer any loss or expense
because of such a failure on your part, you will be obliged
to reimburse us. In addition, it is your responsibility
to ensure that you do not behave in any way which causes
offence or which risks causing offence or danger to other
holidaymakers or which risks damaging property belonging
to others. Hotel managers and pilots do have legal powers
to remove unruly holidaymakers from their hotel and/or aircraft.
Should this happen, we cannot be held liable in any way
to you and you will be obliged to meet the cost of purchasing
replacement hotel accommodation and/or air tickets.
Part-2
Packages:
In addition
to the conditions in ‘Part 1’, these conditions
apply specifically to those bookings classified as ‘packages’
in accordance with the statement in ‘Your Holiday
Contract’.
IF WE CHANGE OR CANCEL YOUR
HOLIDAY (Packages only): It is unlikely
that we will make any amendments or changes to your travel
booking after it has been confirmed. However because travel
arrangements are often made many months in advance and because
we have no control over some of the products featured in
this brochure changes and cancellations may occasionally
be necessary. We reserve the right to make changes or cancel
your travel arrangements in any circumstances and at any
time. A change may be ‘major’ or ‘minor’.
A major change would be considered to be a change in accommodation
to a lower standard, or to a different resort, or the cancellation
of a tour, a rescheduling of your flight departure time
by more than 12 hours, or a change of your departing airport
(excluding a change between Heathrow or Gatwick or an airport
which is more convenient to you). We reserve the right to
make a minor change and we will tell you as soon as possible.
If there is a major change to your travel arrangements we
will inform you as soon as is reasonably possible. You will
have a choice of either accepting the change of your package,
accepting an offer of a comparable package (paying the difference
if the alternative is more expensive) or canceling the package
and receiving a full refund. Please note that some tours
require a minimum number of bookings to operate. In the
unlikely event that a tour is cancelled due to low bookings
you will be told as soon as is practical. If we are unable
to provide you with a significant element of the package
after you have departed we will make alternative arrangements
for you at no extra charge. Package bookings are not cancelled
less than 8 weeks prior to departure unless in cases of
‘Force Majeure’ or failure to pay your balance
on the specified date. This means that we will not have
to pay compensation if we have to cancel or change your
travel arrangements in any way because of war, riot, industrial
dispute, terrorist activity, natural or nuclear disaster,
fire, adverse weather conditions, unforeseen operational
decisions of air carriers such as changes of schedule, or
other unforeseen or unavoidable circumstances beyond our
control. If the cancellation has not been caused by force
majeure or low bookings we will pay you compensation as
set out below: (Period before departure within which a major
change is notified to you); followed by: Compensation per
person: more than 56 days - Nil; 55-29 days- £10;
28 days or less - £20.
YOUR HOLIDAY PRICE (Packages only): The price of your travel arrangements can
be varied due to changes in transportation costs such as
fuel, scheduled airfares and any other airline cost changes
which are part of the contract between airlines (and their
agents) and the tour operator or organizer. Also government
action such as changes in VAT or any other government imposed
changes and currency changes in relation to an exchange
rate variation. In the case of any small variation, an amount
equivalent to 2% of the price of your travel arrangements,
which excludes insurance premiums and any amendment charges,
will be absorbed or retained. For larger variations this
2% will still be absorbed for increases but not retained
from refunds. In either case there will be an administration
charge of £1.00 per person. If this means that you
have to pay an increase of more than 10% of the price of
your travel arrangements, you may cancel your travel arrangements
and receive a full refund of all monies paid, except for
any amendment charges. We will consider an appropriate refund
of insurance premiums paid if you can show that you are
unable to transfer or reuse your policy. Should you decide
to cancel for this reason, you must exercise your right
to do so within 14 days from the issue date printed on your
final invoice. Whether you cancel or not you will also be
entitled, on the terms set out in respect of major changes,
to accept an offer of alternative travel arrangements from
us if we are able to do so and compensation as indicated.
Please note that travel arrangements are not always purchased
in local currency and some apparent changes have no impact
on the price of your travel due to contractual and other
protection in place.
OUR LIABILITY (Packages only): We accept responsibility for ensuring that
the travel arrangements which you book with us are supplied
as described in our brochures and that the services offered
reach a reasonable standard, or if you suffer personal injury,
illness or death as a result of any improper performance
by us of the obligations we owe you under your holiday contract,
we will pay you reasonable compensation. Taking into account
such factors as the cost of your package any action you
could have taken to minimize the inconvenience suffered.
We will not be liable for any compensation if the personal
or psychological injury, illness or death does not result
from any fault on our part, or on the part of our suppliers
but is due to your fault or the actions of someone unconnected
with your holiday, or to an unusual and unforeseen circumstance
beyond our control, which neither we, nor our suppliers
could have anticipated. Our liability is limited in accordance
with relevant international convention. You can ask for
copies of these international conventions from our office
allowing 28 days for delivery. If you or any member of your
party, suffer death, illness or injury whilst overseas arising
out of an activity which does not form part of your package
travel arrangements made with us, we shall at our discretion,
offer advice, guidance and assistance to help you in resolving
any claim you may have against a third party, provided we
are advised of the incident within 90 days of its occurrence.
Where legal action is contemplated our written consent must
be obtained prior to commencement of proceedings and our
consent is subject to your undertaking to assign any costs
received or any benefits received under any relevant insurance
policy to ourselves. Our costs in respect of the above on
behalf of you and any member of your party shall not exceed
£5,000.
Part-3 Other Arrangements:
In
addition to the conditions in ‘Part 1’, these
conditions apply specifically to those bookings classified
as ‘Other Travel Arrangements’ in accordance
with the statement in ‘Your Holiday Contract’.
OUR LIABILITY (Other holiday arrangements): Because we are acting as booking
agent we have no liability for any of the travel arrangements,
and in particular no liability for any illness, personal
injury, death or loss of any kind.
IF WE CHANGE OR CANCEL YOUR
HOLIDAY: (Other holiday arrangements) In
the unlikely event there are any changes made to other holiday
arrangements, we will try to tell you before you go, although
we are not obliged to do so, nor are we obliged to compensate
you. If your booking for other holiday arrangements are
cancelled we will do our utmost to ensure you receive a
full and prompt refund of the holiday price.
EXTRA EXPENSES INCURRED AS
A RESULT OF THE FAILURE OF A SCHEDULED AIRLINE FAILURE: To pay up to £1,500 in all, for each Insured Person
in respect of their Net Ascertained Financial Loss arising
as a result of the cancellation or curtailment of a Scheduled
Airline Flight arising solely as a result of the insolvency
of the Scheduled Airline.|
DEFINITIONS:
Scheduled Airline Flight. One flight on a regular systematic
service operated in such a manner that the benefits thereof
are available to the general public.
Scheduled Airline. An Airline operating Scheduled Airline
Flights as all or part of its business.
Insured Person. Such Person who has booked a ticket or tickets
within the United Kingdom for one or more Scheduled Airline
Flights through the Master Policy Holder and who is named
in the confirmation. invoice and/or deposit receipt for
bookings relating hereto provided the Scheduled Airline
is not bonded nor the risk insured elsewhere.
Insolvency. Where the Scheduled Airline enters into ‘insolvency
winding up” as defined by Rule 4.151 of the Insolvency
Rules 1986 or any statutory modification thereof or an equivalent
formal insolvency process under any competent jurisdiction.
Net Ascertained Financial Loss. The amount paid by the Insured
Person for the purchased price of the Scheduled Airline
Flight on the airline suffering insolvency or where insolvency
occurs after the tip has commenced the sum equivalent to
the purchased price of the unused tickets on the Scheduled
Airline suffering insolvency.
EXCLUSION:
Where the insurance was effected after the date of the first
threat of insolvency.
Recoveries and/or refund from credit cards and charge cards.
As more fully defined in the Master Policy
GENERAL INFORMATION: Please note that air fares are constantly changing and usually
increasing. Very often there is little or no notice of these
increases, but very rarely do increases apply to tickets
already issued. It is therefore to your advantage to finalize
payment as soon as you can after booking, and so reduce
any risk of surcharge. Please remember your deposit only
secures the reservations, not the price.
AIRLINE PASSENGER INFORMATION: Please note that airlines are now required by laws introduced
in the United States and other countries to give border
control agencies access to passenger data. Accordingly any
information that the airline holds about you and your travel
arrangements may be disclosed to the customs and immigration
authorities of any country on your itinerary.
E&OE: Please note that the details shown are stated
Errors & Omissions Excepted.
PERSONAL
& COMPANY CHEQUES to be made payable
to flyclassic.co.uk. Please note we require twelve working
days for cheques clearance before tickets can be issued.
Should insufficient time be available to allow this we can
arrange special clearance with our bank at an additional
cost of £15. We are unable to accept foreign currency
cheques.
IF ANY CHEQUE IS RETURNED TO
US BY OUR BANK UNPAID, A £15 CHARGE WILL BE LEVIED.
CREDIT CARDS are acceptable as a form of payment. flyclassic.co.uk
accepts Visa, MasterCard. However, flyclassic.co.uk will
levy a 2.5% surcharge on such payments. If the card is in
a name other than the traveler we will require written or
faxed authorization from the card holder, including a photocopy
of both sides of the card itself, before any tickets can
be released. Moreover third party tickets are only issued
if both the requirements are fulfilled by traveler/Payee.
DEBIT CARDS:harareflights.co.uk
accepts Visa, Solo, Switch, Delta and Maestro Cards.
CASH Through Post: Please Do not send cash to us through
the post.
Please quote your booking number and name every time you
send a payment.
Please Note: THE DEPOSIT ONLY CONFIRMS YOUR SEAT/s AND IS
NON-REFUNDABLE. THE TICKET/s ARE ALSO NON-CHANGEABLE ONCE
THEY ARE ISSUED. AT THE TIME OF ISSUING THE TICKET/s IF
THERE ARE ANY CHANGES IN THE FARE YOU WILL BE CHARGED ACCORDINGLY.