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Old 31st Mar 2020, 17:39
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PAXboy
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I consider CV19 to be way outside of EU.261. I have no flights booked but if I did - I would expect reimbursement without compensation. If I was travelling and needed to get home, I would not expect compensation.

The world is now in a unique situation. During the last global pandemic on this scale (1919/20) the world was utterly different. It is not realistic to expect any organisation to be be able to follow rules that did not specifically allow for a Pandemic.

Yes, it must be terrible to be unable to get home but it is not the fault of the carrier.
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