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[Banjax]

Travel insurance doesn't cover Acts of God, does it??
Get Him to pay, he created the world - and only in 6 days.
Bet there were a few corners cut..............what with it being a sphere and all.

I'll grab my coat, shall I?
 

theres no such thing as an "Act of God" in insurance terms in the UK - think about it...if you believe there is an omnipotent God then everything is, by default, an act of God. If you don't believe in God then it's meaningless.
Events are either covered or excluded -volacnic ash clouds won't be covered but in this case I would guess most decent, large insurance companies (Aviva, Axa, L&G, Swinton, Direct Line, Pru etc) will pay out as a gesture of goodwill...if, however you bought a £5 policy off the net then good luck. 

[STMO999]

Ryanair deseres all it gets the useless incompitent bunch of arse holes.

But why should anybody be compensated......and why should I as a tax payer be funding any of it.

Its an act of god so most insurance wont cover it.....its just tough and one of lifes little random nasties that comes along

Amen to that. Many businesses hit setbacks. You make hay while the sun shines and have something in reserve to cover such eventualities if you're running a proper ship.

Did we get the government handing out compensation to a multitude of businesses when we lost the best part of a week due to snow earlier in the year? How, exactly, was that any different?

Why can nobody accept that sometimes they have to take misfortune on the chin themselves these days?
However, having said that, IMHO if an airline contracts to fly passengers according to a schedule and can't meet it, for whatever reason, they do have some responsibility (not limited to the ticket price!) to ensure that those passengers have their basic needs catered for until they are returned home.

Kevin

Because we seem to live in a culture where everything is always someone else's fault.

and much of that culture came from America

So...sue America? :-/

[Pitchfork]

...just realised that 'culture' & America should never appear in the same sentence let alone paragraph - apologies

[Kevin Wood]

...just realised that 'culture' & America should never appear in the same sentence let alone paragraph - apologies

PMSL

Because we seem to live in a culture where everything is always someone else's fault.

Yes, and it's bad enough that individuals eject toys from prams and throw a tantrum when something gets in the way of their insignificant, sad little lives. If it's now happening on a corporate level we really are in trouble.

Maybe a dangerous precedent has been set by the bail-out of the banks?

Maybe, once the airlines are back in profit and making hundreds of millions a year they would care to bail out our government, who also appear to be in the red and close to bankruptcy, rather than pay their executives' bonuses?

No, thought not.

Kevin

[jonny2112]

My insurance states that 'adverse weather conditions' are covered for delay and abandonment, yet their website now states that the effects of the volcanic ash (even though it caused the adverse conditions to prevent flying) will not be covered! 

[Pitchfork]

My insurance states that 'adverse weather conditions' are covered for delay and abandonment, yet their website now states that the effects of the volcanic ash (even though it caused the adverse conditions to prevent flying) will not be covered! 

A Volcano is not weather related that's why

[jonny2112]

My insurance states that 'adverse weather conditions' are covered for delay and abandonment, yet their website now states that the effects of the volcanic ash (even though it caused the adverse conditions to prevent flying) will not be covered! 

A Volcano is not weather related that's why

Yeah I realise that, but volcanoes can erupt when they please, and the results don't always dictate that European airspace is closed. And whilst the eruption created the ash cloud, the fact that the cloud created the hazardous flying conditions should be considered. As will all insurance related issues there is an element of perception, or more importantly an element of 'trying to get out of paying for anything'!!!