CTA on Radio 4 You & Yours 16/7 12:00

wanderer


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Message Posted:
15/07/2010 14:59

Cta are to feature tomorrow on" you and yours " after going bust list with interest

wanderer


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Message Posted:
15/07/2010 15:48

This could give vital evidence for credit card claims it will be available on bbc i player

wanderer


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Message Posted:
16/07/2010 10:31

Reminder to listen today 2pm local time

mint1955



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Message Posted:
16/07/2010 15:38

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00sz3rr/You_and_Yours_16_07_2010/



starts at 1 minute 40 seconds

mint1955



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Message Posted:
16/07/2010 15:44

It is only 10 minutes long and doesnt really help at all.

begonia


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Message Posted:
16/07/2010 17:40

Why isn't Turkish Airlines helping out ? I thought CTA was partly financed by Turkey.

crofter


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Message Posted:
16/07/2010 22:28

begonia - CTA are totally owned by the government of the TRNC and has been for a few years now, thats why no involvement from Turkish Airline.

Cyprusquest


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Message Posted:
17/07/2010 00:47

My speakers are broken who was on it and what was said?

Groucho



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Message Posted:
17/07/2010 07:05

Tom Burney from IAH was on it and Simon Calder a very badly informed (about the TRNC) travel editor of The Independent newspaper. Good advice from Tom, mostly scaremongering from Simon Calder



As has been stated nothing helpful for those caught up in this mess...



Bottom line is re-book to make alternative arrangements and claim back your unfulfilled ticket costs from your credit card company under Section 75 of the Consumer Credit Act 1974.

malsancak


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Message Posted:
17/07/2010 07:27

I couldn't believe how easy it was to rebook at Atlasjet's Girne office. I'd heard so much contradictory information I was expecting the worse. Read the whole story on http://www.northcyprusfreepress.com/2010/07/15/atlasjet-office-in-girne-cta-return-tickets-exchanged-without-fuss/

silcuty21


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Message Posted:
17/07/2010 14:23

groucho



i think simon calder gave it as it is the best thing is if you can get your money back from credit card rebbok with safe company look at atlas today 10 hour delay its real torture for people



sylv

flightholiday


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Message Posted:
17/07/2010 14:36

Sylv Msg 11 - I think that in Msg 9 Groucho was mentioning the more political comments that Mr Calder made. In my view they were not needed but he has his views. They did not explain the complexity of the situation any more than my comments did. There was not enough time in the schedule for any more information to be disseminated.

canyavuz


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Message Posted:
17/07/2010 16:55

"take a ferry from the port of trabzon"??? what an idiot - how the hell can you take a ferry form Trabzon to the TRNC? Does he even know where Trabzon is?

flightholiday


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Message Posted:
17/07/2010 17:17

Can Msg 13 - I think that Simon Calder was caught on the hop. He is normally good with his facts and may have not thought it all through; (on some points we might also agree to differ). Like me he probably expected to be given more time for a second comment so much of what we might have wanted to say was not said.

Groucho



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Message Posted:
18/07/2010 04:45

Tom,



You are right, I was referring to Simon Calder's political 'nugget' of disinformation, he has obviously not really got his own views on Cyprus, what he has got are the misleading stock phrases the GC propaganda machine peddles.



Instead of giving useful accurate information he was allowed to spout what amounted to a very poorly researched load of GC anti-TRNC sound-bites.... He's been handed a 'fact' sheet by someone and not bothered to verify its content I guess... very poor for someone in his position who is meant to be in the know... it made him seem like a very naive individual.