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Re:Thomas Cook Shuts Down by CodeBeater on Monday September 23, 2019 @01:23PM (#21051091)
It leaves a bad taste in my mouth too, but at least that's taxpayer money going directly back to the taxpayer.
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Re:Thomas Cook Shuts Down by callahad on Monday September 23, 2019 @01:31PM (#21051199)
Even better: it's not actually taxpayer money. The repatriation is funded by a mandatory £2.50 surcharge on all package holiday bookings that's been in place since 1973. https://www.caa.co.uk/ATOL-protection/Consumers/About-ATOL/
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Re:Thomas Cook Shuts Down by CodeBeater on Monday September 23, 2019 @03:03PM (#21052337)
Tomato, tomato. At least it was put to good use.
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Re:Thomas Cook Shuts Down by slovenlyrobot on Monday September 23, 2019 @01:32PM (#21051216)
Repatriation is paid for by the travel industry, the government have nothing to do with it
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Re:Thomas Cook Shuts Down by CodeBeater on Monday September 23, 2019 @03:04PM (#21052348)
Through which mechanism?
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