UK: Govt urged to get Britons home as travel crisis grows

Airlines have been accused of charging customers “extortionate” fees to British tourists and business travellers hit by coronavirus, closed borders and Dominic Raab’s new foreign travel advice. People are complaining of high penalties charged to change flights and having to pay far higher fares than on the journey they originally booked. The consumer association Which? said it had heard from an increasing number of passengers who have been asked to pay extortionate flight change fees or left stranded altogether in countries placed under lockdown or where travel restrictions are being introduced. The editor of Which? magazine, Rory Boland, said: “Airlines must stop cashing in on the misfortune of their customers and prioritise getting them home safely". <br/>