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My sister who lives in Mallorca and works for Jet2 has just told me Spain will allow EU members in as tourists from mid June.

UK tourists probably not until August.

This is obviously unconfirmed but she’s been right about everything up to now.

Assume this applies across Spain and not just the Balearics

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4 minutes ago, Spider said:

My sister who lives in Mallorca and works for Jet2 has just told me Spain will allow EU members in as tourists from mid June.

UK tourists probably not until August.

This is obviously unconfirmed but she’s been right about everything up to now.

Assume this applies across Spain and not just the Balearics

Ibiza had said previously no UK tourists til 2021. Maybe they’ve softened the stance 

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1 minute ago, Escobarp said:

Ibiza had said previously no UK tourists til 2021. Maybe they’ve softened the stance 

They need UK tourists badly.

As it stands, the Germans will just be fighting each other for sun beds.

The EU are probably doing it to annoy Farage and the Benidormers.

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1 minute ago, Spider said:

They need UK tourists badly.

As it stands, the Germans will just be fighting each other for sun beds.

The EU are probably doing it to annoy Farage and the Benidormers.

Not sure Ibiza will struggle? When I saw it it was something around opening at 25% capacity then 50% August and for rest of year but no UK til 2021. Wouldn’t be allowed on island. A lot of the bar/club staff are UK citizens so they might struggle in that sense 

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29 minutes ago, jules_darby said:

Re Jet2, their hierarchy currently believe they will be flying again in Sept, possibly Aug.

That's from the horse's mouth this afternoon

Sister says June, but she’s probably much further down the food chain

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2 hours ago, jules_darby said:

Re Jet2, their hierarchy currently believe they will be flying again in Sept, possibly Aug.

That's from the horse's mouth this afternoon

Aug/Sept seems  realistic

2 hours ago, Spider said:

Sister says June, but she’s probably much further down the food chain

Mid June is the official blurb that Jet 2 are still spinning,

We're not even allowed to holiday in the UK till early July.... at the earliest.

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29 minutes ago, Burndens Bogs said:

Aug/Sept seems  realistic

Mid June is the official blurb that Jet 2 are still spinning,

We're not even allowed to holiday in the UK till early July.... at the earliest.

You can't holiday here until early July, but you might be able to go to a country with a lower infection rate before then. 😉

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29 minutes ago, Burndens Bogs said:

Aug/Sept seems  realistic

Mid June is the official blurb that Jet 2 are still spinning,

We're not even allowed to holiday in the UK till early July.... at the earliest.

Remember though that if they start flying, it saves them a lot of money.

They are not obliged to ground flights and they then don’t have to pay people back.

Ryanair probably the same.

bizarrely, it may make more sense to fly half empty planes.

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What do you think, due to fly out for a week in Spain with Jet2 Holidays 24th july. It is past their 70 day cancellation to just lose deposit so it will cost 30% of the holiday about £900.

I am thinking pay the balance due next week and hope it goes ok? Ideally they will cancel and get our money back but I am just bothered it goes ahead and is really crap with restrictions in place.

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3 minutes ago, Winchester White said:

What do you think, due to fly out for a week in Spain with Jet2 Holidays 24th july. It is past their 70 day cancellation to just lose deposit so it will cost 30% of the holiday about £900.

I am thinking pay the balance due next week and hope it goes ok? Ideally they will cancel and get our money back but I am just bothered it goes ahead and is really crap with restrictions in place.

This is where I think the likes of Jet2 are hoping to catch people out.

Tell you the holiday will happen. Which it will. They can fly you there, the hotel will be open and they have given you what you paid for

The fact that queueing for a spot on the beach, queueing for a drink, queueing for a place to sit, queueing to get out of the country, queueing to get in the country , queueing queueing queueing is not their problem. It’s yours.

The busier resorts will be hellish.

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Just now, Spider said:

It’s worth noting that the EU are planning to give their members first dibs on travel, so July may not be an option anyway.

Brussels sulking may save your day.

Quite rightly as well, you'd be pissed off if you were an EU member and somebody else got first dibs, same as if you're a member of any club. 

The likes of Spain and Greece must be itching for the Brits to be travelling back there for holidays, although as mentioned above, some people might get their holidays, but the early ones might be  horrendous with regards to social distancing etc

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