Jessity, we are waiting for a refund from Virgin Atlantic too. DH waited 90 minutes on the phone on April 21st to claim a refund. He was told we would receive a confirmation within 30 days - still waiting - and after that it would be approximately 60:days to get the refund so 90 days in total. We resigned ourselves to having to wait 90 days but I am appalled that they are saying you will have to wait even longer. Like you, we have travelled to the USA many times since 1980 and often used Virgin Atlantic or Delta. Martin Lewis and other travel experts have said that by law we are entitled to a refund within 7 days for flights yet V A have the upper hand as it is very difficult to speak to anybody or get anything in writing. Annoyingly, people who are opting for a change of dates are getting action within days but we have no desire to go in the foreseeable future, our cancelled flights were to have been our last long haul flight and we had waited four years to book our holiday because of illness and family problems.
I met a friend last week and her daughter had flights to New York in April cancelled, also with V A. Her friend had paid by credit card and was in the process of getting a charge back so I suppose it depends on the bank.
There are obviously companies such as TUI who are being more honourable but V A and B A are not being honourable to their customers or their staff with whom I have a great deal of sympathy. Our travel insurance company refunded our single trip policy in full within days of claiming it and Expedia refunded our hotel bookings too so well done to them or we would have been a great deal more out of pocket.
