My wife and I fancied a city break to Italy in January so we book flights with monarch into verona on 9th jan and then out of venice on the 15th. We have just been informed that monarch are cancelling the verona flight and the only alternative is a flight on the 11th. I have checked numerous monarch alternatives and there is no way from any airport to get me into verona on the 9th.

The problem is that I paid up front for the verona hotel on the 9/10th and stand to lose about £175 thanks to monarch cancelling the flight.

I checked my travel insurance and I’m not covered for this.

Any suggestions or is it a case of suck it up and protect my hotel bookings in future or fly with a better airline?

Can Monarch refund you & you fly back with another airline?

Did you pay by Credit card? Call the company and recall the payment. It’s one of the things they are good for.

Suck it up i’m afraid, if a flight is cancelled the airline isn’t liable for any accommodation ‘lost’ the other end.

Have you tried flights to Venice/Milan the hiring a car?

Probably wouldnt work out much cheaper than cancelling the hotel but means you don’t have to dick about with the rest of your break.

Paid on a debit card to save the extortionate fee!

Looks like BA are coming to the rescue. We can fly Manchester to Heathrow to Verona for an extra £100. Leaves a bitter taste but leads to the minimum messing about.

I’ll just take the refund from Monarch.

Last time I ever use Monarch! Grrrrr!

One of the reasons I wont fly to the Alps.

Never really had a problem flying to Geneva. Flights are always full enough that they are going.

I feel for you OP, this summer our flight was cancelled to Turin and the airline we all like “tough s***, f*** you”

At least its not last minute and you have time to sort an alternative!

It appears you can fly ryanair direct from Manchester to Bergamo (Milan Orio al Serio) on your date. It’s really not that far to Verona from there.

Verona is nice – just don’t eat in the restaurants next to the Arena. Rip Off.

mikey-simmo – Member

Did you pay by Credit card? Call the company and recall the payment. It’s one of the things they are good for.

You can’t recall a payment with a credit card or a debit card, the only thing you can do is a dispute.