UK passengers charged on price drop

[nomad098]

Not all companies who are VAT registered charge VAT at the standard rate. AIrline travel is zero rated but they can recover their VAT inputs from the government.

 

The farming industry is another example.

 

Under TOMS, the VAT payable is only on the margin not the value of the sale but you know that.

 

If they allowed the UK consumer a price reduction, they would have even less money to pay over to the government :)

 

Annie

 

I like your thinking:D

[RDC1]

This untrue statement is repeated all the time. There is no legislation. If someone can post a link to support this myth I would love to read it.

 

 

 

Annie

 

 

The UK does have PTR 1992 and later updates that do create higher risk for the cruise lines than in the US. For example if they make a major deviation UK passengers can file under the law for damages, US passengers can not.

[RDC1]

How many successful claims have been filed - do you know??

 

Annie

 

Not something that is easily found because of the way PTR claims are filed. The procedure is to first file a claim against the provider, then the trade association, then small claims court if neither get results.

 

As a result there is not data that indicates how many claims have occured.

 

The cruise lines certainly take it seriously since they include different legal language for UK passengers compared to US that reference key terms in the PTR such as major vs minor deviation.

 

There are also some references to some specific PTR cases that have made it to court for damages exceeding the small claims limit. For example Lee & Lee v. Airtours which is interesting because it was related to the Costa Corncordia.

 

A legal decision related to that resulted in the following statement:

 

Despite its exclusivity over personal injury claims, the Athens Convention does not coverliability for quality complaints that arise out of a spoilt holiday cruise so those claims must stillbe brought under regulation 15 of the Package Travel Regulations 1992. In English law, there isno reason why both types of claim cannot be included in the same action.