https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/proclamation-suspension-entry-immigrants-nonimmigrants-certain-additional-persons-pose-risk-transmitting-2019-novel-coronavirus/ There are several hundred thousand people living in the USA on VISAs (H1 for example). If i read the proclamation correctly, most of those on travel to Europe now, will not be allowed back to where they live directly (except few visa categories). Guess they will have to try to get back to the USA via LHR or other "still safe" countries waiting for 14 days. At least the airlines will have full flights Thu/Fri. On Thu, Mar 12, 2020 at 04:13:15AM +0100, Toerless Eckert wrote: > Thanks for the info > > And travellers can probably get double whammy: > > Last november? (i think) i had something like 5 flights cancelled on me, > one being a United FRA-SFO because probably of broken machine. This > was a return leg, but even though it as non-refundable, my company > get a refund for that return leg because United cancelled it. > > I am not 100% sure though if airlines can try to escape this refund > if the airline doesn't want to and offer a rebooking. I think it may > be a matter of rules of the ticket, aka: not sure what my company got > is a MUST. > > The other refund would be due to european passenger rights. United > offered me either the cash EUR 600 or 900 USD in United travel value. > That money according to european law is the right of the > traveller not the entity that has paid for the flight. > > On Wed, Mar 11, 2020 at 10:17:10PM -0400, Phillip Hallam-Baker wrote: > > The US has just announced a travel ban from the EU. Travel from the UK is > > not banned yet but expect that to change in the next few days as the > > results come in from the expanded testing regime that was brought in a few > > days back. > > > > This will almost certainly mean a lot of IETF-ers are now entitled to > > refunds as their US connections are cancelled. And most likely the airlines > > will be getting some sort of government financial support like they did in > > the wake of 9/11. > > > > Canada has not yet followed suit but it is surely only a matter of days > > before they do. For planning purposes I would assume that there is a > > significant probability international travel is suspended entirely sometime > > next week. So we can probably expect further refund opportunities. > > -- > --- > tte@xxxxxxxxx -- --- tte@xxxxxxxxx
