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Stranded

Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2020 3:37pm
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Mary

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My husband & I are still stranded in Spai
(Santiago de la Ribera) . We should have gone home on March 22nd. Does anybody know of anyone else still stranded? 

Eric1959

Posted: Mon May 4, 2020 10:11am

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Posted: Mon May 4, 2020 10:11am

Hi I’m still here stranded waiting to get back to work in the uk I’ve been here since January   I’ve had about 8flights cancelled with Ryanair. It looks like we have to wait till this virus as gone better to be safe than sorry. Stay safe everyone

JimJ1

Posted: Mon May 4, 2020 2:06pm

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Location: Los Alcázares

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Posted: Mon May 4, 2020 2:06pm

Mary wrote on Thu Apr 30, 2020 3:37pm:

My husband & I are still stranded in Spai
(Santiago de la Ribera) . We should have gone home on March 22nd. Does anybody know of anyone else still stranded? 

My wife and I are stranded in Los Alcazares. Lucky, we have a house with outside space. I think we just have to sit it out until flights come back? I’d say about July/August, but who knows? I don’t fancy being here when hordes of holidaymakers come, but perhaps Spain will stop them, although it’s their income, but it seems a bit early to me. Stay safe

pixies2

Posted: Fri May 8, 2020 9:49am

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Posted: Fri May 8, 2020 9:49am

Hi. Yes I do.  ME. But I'm  the opposite  I'm  stuck in England. I arrived 10th March and my flights have been cancelled for the 6th time. Can't see me getting home until July.

Diane17

Posted: Sun May 10, 2020 9:19pm

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Posted: Sun May 10, 2020 9:19pm

We are also waiting to get back to England. We arrived on 10th March to stay in our holiday home in Ribera for 10days . We have now had ten flights cancelled. We have booked with EasyJet and Ryanair hoping one of them will go at some point. It will probably depend on when Murcia International opens. 

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Mary

Posted: Sun May 10, 2020 9:47pm

Mary

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Posted: Sun May 10, 2020 9:47pm

Diane17 wrote on Sun May 10, 2020 9:19pm:

We are also waiting to get back to England. We arrived on 10th March to stay in our holiday home in Ribera for 10days . We have now had ten flights cancelled. We have booked with EasyJet and Ryanair hoping one of them will go at some point. It will probably depend on when Murcia International ope...

...ns. 

We’ve given up the idea of flying from Murcia International. We’ve had 10 flights cancelled,  that’s including the 15th May (Ryanair) & 18th (EasyJet) I’m facing issues from my employer, so we’ve booked an Aer Lingus flight from Alicante to Dublin then a 7 hour stop over in Dublin then a flight to Stansted. Feel much safer here than we’re going to feel in London. 

Diane17

Posted: Sun May 10, 2020 10:47pm

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Posted: Sun May 10, 2020 10:47pm

Mary wrote on Sun May 10, 2020 9:47pm:

We’ve given up the idea of flying from Murcia International. We’ve had 10 flights cancelled,  that’s including the 15th May (Ryanair) & 18th (EasyJet) I’m facing issues from my employer, so we’ve booked an Aer Lingus flight from Alicante to Dublin then a 7 hour stop over in Dub...

...lin then a flight to Stansted. Feel much safer here than we’re going to feel in London. 

Just out of interest Mary, did you get in touch with the British Embassy about the repatriation flights out of Barcelona or Madrid. 

Mary

Posted: Mon May 11, 2020 12:18pm

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Posted: Mon May 11, 2020 12:18pm

Diane17 wrote on Sun May 10, 2020 10:47pm:

Just out of interest Mary, did you get in touch with the British Embassy about the repatriation flights out of Barcelona or Madrid. 

Ive been in touch with our local MP who contacted British Embassy & the Foreign Office. I received an email yesterday telling me that BA & Iberia are flying from Madrid & Barcelona at our cost. If our Aer Lingus flight fails next Monday, we may have to try Madrid. I believe that it’s a taxi to Alicante & then a train to Madrid. That worries me, such a long journey & possibly hanging around train stations / airports during these current times 

Diane17

Posted: Mon May 11, 2020 2:46pm

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Posted: Mon May 11, 2020 2:46pm

Mary wrote on Mon May 11, 2020 12:18pm:

Ive been in touch with our local MP who contacted British Embassy & the Foreign Office. I received an email yesterday telling me that BA & Iberia are flying from Madrid & Barcelona at our cost. If our Aer Lingus flight fails next Monday, we may have to try Madrid. I believe that it’...

...s a taxi to Alicante & then a train to Madrid. That worries me, such a long journey & possibly hanging around train stations / airports during these current times 

 we didn’t go down the route of getting in touch with the Embassy as we hadn’t any way of getting to Barcelona or Madrid and felt safer staying where we are. We are both retired therefore no immediate rush to get back although it would be nicer to be a bit closer to the grandchildren. 

Good luck with your plans. Take care. 

Helen766

Posted: Tue May 12, 2020 8:39am

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Location: Los Alcázares

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Posted: Tue May 12, 2020 8:39am

Yes we are stranded also

We came on holiday

Should have gone home 25th march

Had 4 Ryanair flites cancelled

No refund as yet

Just waiting to leave when we can to get back to yorkshire

6 of our friends are also waiting to go home

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