ATOL coverage for flights

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Can someone give me some advice?

I know that if I book a tour and flights separately and the tour
operator goes bust then the flights aren't covered by ATOL. But if I
get the tour operator to book them for me (where they are just going
to the BA web site) and I pay the tour operator, am I covered then?

Any other advice on how to avoid being caught out by a tour comapny
going bust would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance

James

[Lansbury]

On Wed, 25 Mar 2009 14:49:08 -0700 (PDT), google@jwk.org.uk wrote:

>Can someone give me some advice?
>
>I know that if I book a tour and flights separately and the tour
>operator goes bust then the flights aren't covered by ATOL. But if I
>get the tour operator to book them for me (where they are just going
>to the BA web site) and I pay the tour operator, am I covered then?
>
>Any other advice on how to avoid being caught out by a tour comapny
>going bust would be appreciated.
>
>Thanks in advance

A lot of the online agents who book flights will sell airline failure
insurance. I know Airline Network does at about £2 per person per booking.
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