The coronavirus pandemic is upsetting normal life the world over, and plenty of consumers want refunds on things they paid for but aren’t able to use. Here’s a roundup of some coronavirus-related refunds airlines and professional sports teams are offering. Airline Tickets Michael O’Leary, the head of...
With a $2.1 billion debt pile that fettered its response to nimble online competitors, U.K. travel firm Thomas Cook has collapsed and left 600,000 people stranded overseas. The company reportedly had to sell three million holidays per year to make its interest payments, CNBC reported. According to The Guardian, the...
With all the #KillTheCheck talk here in Disbursements Tracker land, let’s consider the clunky cousins of the paper check — the physical voucher. Long a fixture of the airline industry, vouchers seem to also be slowly taxiing toward obsolescence in the digital age. As Ingo...
Brexit is getting schooled. Well, in a way. British online newspaper The Independent reported news that a number of highly-regarded, U.K.-based universities have released 10 demands tied to EU citizens’ rights. The group feels the demands must be met so that higher education “is not damaged”...
September 23, 2019
With a $2.1 billion debt pile that fettered its response to nimble online competitors, U.K. travel firm Thomas Cook has collapsed and left 600,000 people stranded overseas. The company reportedly had to sell three million holidays per year to make its interest payments, CNBC reported. According to The Guardian, the collapse is “is not because the British have stopped taking […]
August 19, 2014
Ryanair will be offering air passengers the ability to purchase tickets with PayPal. “Millions of European consumers use PayPal on a daily basis and as Europe’s biggest airline, Ryanair is...
