Anyone on here phooked by Thomas Cook?

[The Bedlington Terrier]

Everybody OK on here following the Cook Phook up?

[barrie_burn]

My niece was due to fly tomorrow from Bristol to Majorca.She will get her money back but it has wrecked her holiday plan.

I also spoke to a friend today who is a Travel Agent and she told me that all other Companies have just bumped up their prices and are trying to cash in on people looking for alternatives.How surprising.Her advice - just forget it,your holiday has gone.

[barrie_burn]

One other issue.I know a lot of people from down here in South Wales have gone to Japan for the Rugby World Cup,a lot went last week for a month.If they went with Thomas Cook they may get told they have to return in the next couple of weeks whilst the rescue arrangements are in place.

[SERVERNOTRESPONDING]

Yep booked for a week in Turkey early next year. Its only an holiday though, plus side is i still have my job unlike a lot of unlucky people today.

[The Bedlington Terrier]

Nasty business all round I think. The Corporate Fat Cats have been creaming it by all accounts.

[SERVERNOTRESPONDING]

I believe so, upwards of 20 mill paid in bonuses to the top 3 or 4 executives before it went bust. Talk about looking after yourself !!!

[Norder]

Nasty business all round I think. The Corporate Fat Cats have been creaming it by all accounts.

thats right BT - same old story, Milking the aqcuisitions - and much like that other recent Joke, British Steel - nothing British about it....bought for a quid by private equity group Greybull Capital (Jersey based parent company, Olympus Steel)....same Greybull that owned Monarch airlines - causing the government/us ...£60 million to repatriate the dumped holidaymakers.
This time its Thomas Cook - owned some other vulture holding company - a German Bank - Westdeutsche Landesbank, Carlson Inc and Preussag/ TUI.