Lee Boyce

They can't wriggle out of not sorting you out because of your shortages.

The other thing to look out for as well is the FCDO advice.

So basically the organization that will say don't go to a certain country unless it's essential.

One of those countries that's currently on that list is the UAE, which can invalidate insurance and can make it basically going without having cover.

But just to go back right to the start of all this, I have a degree of sympathy with airlines on this.

The cost of fuel has gone up from £73 a barrel in the end of February, peaked at £155 at the start of April, so essentially it's doubled, and it's currently at about £134 a barrel.

So you can see that...

You know, we are used to a diet of quite cheap flights in this country.

We can kind of get around Europe for peanuts, really.

I mean, we always see those tweets, don't we, about it's cheaper to fly to Seville, maybe more like a Barcelona, than it is to get a train in this country from London to Manchester.

You know, it's just a fact of life that it is quite cheap when we're used to it.

The move that's a little bit worrying is that airlines are petitioning to have fuel supply shortages to be seen as extraordinary circumstances because currently that is not the case.

So that's why they're having to make sure that they can get you on another flight.

Another option also that we should mention is booking by credit card because it just gives you extra protections with Section 75.

Then you really I feel like you really are fully covered.

Airlines should be sorting you out first port of call.

You should have insurance.

If you put in a credit card, you're going to get extra kind of coverage.

It is on everyone's lips, I would say.

I've had numerous conversations in the last couple of weeks, people saying they're nervous about their overseas holiday, if the flight's going to be cancelled.