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Free accomodation in Turkey, just say 'Israel'



 
 
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Old July 22nd, 2009, 10:20 PM posted to alt.travel.canada,rec.travel.air,rec.travel.australia+nz,alt.travel.uk.air
Buddenbrooks
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Default Free accomodation in Turkey, just say 'Israel'


"Peter Webb" wrote in message
u...


As far as I know, these countries are the only ones in the world that
refuse entry purely because you have visited another country, and Israel
was (is?) the only country in the world subject to this harassment.


At one time you could not visit Turkey from Greece without problems. They
would confiscate your return air-ticket
so you had to buy a single ticket home at a higher rate.

However it is counter productive as I would not visit a country that has
such a policy. Political gesture is costing them dearly in tourist dollars.

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Old July 23rd, 2009, 04:40 AM posted to alt.travel.canada,rec.travel.air,rec.travel.australia+nz,alt.travel.uk.air
DevilsPGD[_2_]
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In message "Buddenbrooks"
was claimed to have wrote:

At one time you could not visit Turkey from Greece without problems. They
would confiscate your return air-ticket
so you had to buy a single ticket home at a higher rate.


I've lived most of my life in the eTicket world, but even prior to that,
didn't airlines replace lost/stolen tickets in some fashion?
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Old July 23rd, 2009, 06:22 AM posted to alt.travel.canada,rec.travel.air,rec.travel.australia+nz,alt.travel.uk.air
Buddenbrooks
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Default Free accomodation in Turkey, just say 'Israel'


"DevilsPGD" wrote in message
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In message "Buddenbrooks"
was claimed to have wrote:

At one time you could not visit Turkey from Greece without problems.
They
would confiscate your return air-ticket
so you had to buy a single ticket home at a higher rate.


I've lived most of my life in the eTicket world, but even prior to that,
didn't airlines replace lost/stolen tickets in some fashion?


It would appear not. Normal air tickets were a cheque book like book with
pull out vouchers, the vouchers were part of the payment loop from the
travel agents.
At the very least you would have to wait for the voucher to expire to
reclaim a stolen one. If the Greek authorities pushed the voucher through
the system marked revoked then I guess the airline would not refund it.

When I was going to Greece it was a different world of air traffic, Cheap
air tickets could only be sold as part of a package with accommodation. The
air ticket would come with an accommodation voucher and a warning that the
accommodation was supplied to comply with Greek law and was below a standard
that the traveler would find acceptable.





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Old July 23rd, 2009, 08:58 PM posted to alt.travel.canada,rec.travel.air,rec.travel.australia+nz,alt.travel.uk.air
Neil Williams[_2_]
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Default Free accomodation in Turkey, just say 'Israel'

On Thu, 23 Jul 2009 06:22:26 +0100, "Buddenbrooks"
wrote:

When I was going to Greece it was a different world of air traffic, Cheap
air tickets could only be sold as part of a package with accommodation. The
air ticket would come with an accommodation voucher and a warning that the
accommodation was supplied to comply with Greek law and was below a standard
that the traveler would find acceptable.


Didn't easyJet do this a while ago in relation to Spain (I think) by
(allegedly) putting up a tent on some scabby camp site and including
the use of that with the flight ticket?

I wonder if anyone actually asked for the use of the tent?

Neil

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