UK Travel Law & Rising Fuel Costs Affecting Trip Cancellations

UK's Plan Travel Rules allow up to 8% cost increase without cancellation. Rising jet fuel prices may force airlines to cancel trips. Cruise lines can add surcharges due to high oil costs.

Understanding UK Travel Law and Price Increases

Under the UK’s Plan Travel Rules legislation, agencies can amount to 8 percent to the cost of a plan trip without using the right to cancel. Any increase of more than 8 percent undergoes cancellation for a complete reimbursement.

Impact of Soaring Jet Fuel Prices

According to the current International Air Transportation Organization information, jet fuel costs enhanced from $99 per barrel at the end of February to $209 at the beginning of April– although they have actually fallen in current weeks to $179.

Cruise Lines and Oil Surcharges

Concerning the high rate of the high seas, and as Cruise Radio records, most of cruise lines book the right to include an everyday surcharge if oil hits a specific threshold, a brink we are now well past. This right is written right into the fine print of nearly all cruise agreements.

Airline Cancellations and Traveler Warnings

“You need to be examining your e-mails and your messages on a daily basis, because the airlines themselves are under pressure to cancel trips, perhaps for productivity reasons or due to the fact that there’s inadequate jet fuel,” he said

“Costs have actually currently risen this year, but we have not seen the end of it. Travelers will be paying even more over the coming months,” Paul Charles, chief executive of luxury travel consultancy the PC Agency, told ITV1.