Monarch Airlines - obtaining a refund

[Marmora Man]

Does anyone have any experience of Monarch Airlines? We booked a long notice flight to Spain for July and now want to cancel as plans have changed. When booking we didn't read the Terms & Conditions carefully (stupid I know) and have discovered they do not allow for any refund in the event of cancelling a booking on a scheduled flight.

I had mistakenly assumed that Monarch would operate as other, non lo cost, carriers and allow cancellations with reasonable notice.

I cannot see a way out of losing ?450 - but would be grateful for any guidance / advice anyone can offer. Ticket was paid with a debit card.

[Narnia]

Can't help apart from saying it's better to book with a credit card. In the event of an airline going bust there's more chance you will get your money back.

It occured to me now that maybe you can sell your tickets if you can't get them refunded? You have plenty of time.

[HAL9000]

Surely, the T&Cs will tell one what can and can't be done? Without reference to them, it's pointless suggesting reselling or transferring the tickets to other routes/passengers, one would have thought?

[Marmora Man]

T&Cs allow changing names - but at a charge of ?100 per ticket.

[Narnia]

Is it worth rebooking for another time (?27.50 pp)?

[Marmora Man]

NIce idea - thanks - will look into this.

[nikki73]

I think they always have to refund taxes if you don't end up using the flights.usually substantial amount.

[Loz]

True, but they usually apply an admin fee, which funnily enough usually works out to be about the same amount as the taxes.