Kulula and BA passengers make up R9m worth of 'unused reservations' on Comair's business rescue creditors list

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They wanted a refund for their airfares, but instead ended up being on a very long list of Comair’s creditors in the company’s business rescue process, destined to get only a few cents in the rand

That begs the question: why does the list of unused reservations still take up 30 of the 42-pages list of Comair’s creditors claims when it was last updated on September 17?

“One explanation could be that they don’t realise that by asking for refunds, they became creditors, and can’t expect more than a few cents in the rand back,” the insider said. The ticket amounts range from just under R1,000 to R203,200 in the case of Barbara Plebankiewicz, who owns Johannesburg-based Safpol Safaris with her husband Peter.

“My clients were from all over the world, and I had to refund them when their flights were cancelled after lockdown,” she said. “That’s why I’m owed that R203,200 now.

 

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