I have heard of a whip round but this is takin the mickey

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I have heard of a whip round but this is takin the mickey

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bi ... m-15788290
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Northern Lass wrote:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-15788290



Wonder what happened if they had spent up and could not pay. :shock:

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:shock: I had seen this on tv too!
Annie the people were taken to the cash machines to get money out too!
I cant believe they could do it.
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grangers14 wrote::shock: I had seen this on tv too!
Annie the people were taken to the cash machines to get money out too!
I cant believe they could do it.
Jo :)


Thank you for that Jo, good job they had enough in their accounts to cover. :shock:

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i would of refused and they could of put me in a hotel as they all would of been insured against the flight
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I'm not sure there was insurance on this particular flight, I recall an article about it on the radio where they were explaining that the company who organised the flights weren't covered by the requisite regulations. It was a matter of pay up or get stranded on the airside of customs with no permission to enter the country and therefore no ability to rebook with another operator.
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