Don't Fly Bellview!

The bellview people really need to go back to the drawing board. I have never heard anything positive about them, at least with other flight, some reviews are good , some are bad.
With bellview it is all bad bad bad

@poster: you really should consider being a writer, No wonder your boss didnt fire you. You worth more to the company than u think! Interesting story i must say i got glued and at some point could imagine everything as it happened,  definately wouldnt go near bellview, tnx

Damn, I wish I read this before Tuesday when I  booked a flight for Friday next week because i have a lot of luggage and wanted to take advantage of the 64Kg limit. Serves me right. I got wind of their troubles yesterday when I was referred to an article on Next online about stranded passengers in Lagos. I decided to "google" bellview troubles which led me to this post. I have been calling their office number at Heathrow but there has been no pick-up. I guess they are running away from passengers. Trouble is, i'll have no where to stay and no money in my pocket having spent almost everything buying all the buys - which is the very cause of this trouble - my luggage!
Oh well, I only have to brace myself for the worse at least I know what (not) to expect.

Is better to learn once. Don't try this BA again. Assuming you were sacked, what are u going to do. Be wise! this is nija for you

she paid for a flight to and from London Heathrow (at least hitch free) on bellview airlines. I am sure that is what they advertise

What did she get ??
Late flights
Cancelled flights
Luggage not delivered as planned
A totally bad service to and fro.
Horrible food
Smelly toilets

When would Nigerians start to fight for their rights?? even if u get a free flight, their should be a standard service u should receive and not be at the risk of losing your life!! Bollocks

Let's not forget http://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-2482.64.html

God help us

Wow, this is something very refreshing and funny.  

You have great potentials stacked in that mind of yours(Film writing(not Nollywood), advert writing, film directing)

Though I sympatise with you for your ordeals but you succeded to make fun out of it.

You succeded in exposing the nonsense at Bellview without sounding bitter nor vindictive.

Now all these other stories about Bellview has made this a very scary issue.

Its about Lives here. We dont want the authorities to make us regret and mourn for things that could otherwise have been stopped.

Are there no limits to the luggage a plane can carry?

What if they decide to appear competent with ppl's luggages and start to overload those planes?

We ought to be thinking right now on how to prevent any "unforseen/foreseen" circumstances right now.

The authorities must wake up to their responsibilities. The complaints, protests and embarrasments, are enough reasons to clamp down on Bellview till they get their acts together.

Lets not easily forget the past.

ps
Anyone know how or where to forward letters of complaint? I think everyone affected recently by Bellview should do so. You might be saving a life.

LMAO.
So funny!



Nigeria Is Blessed.

This is the best i have read in a long time, for copyright purposes, am i allowed to copy  and paste this article on my facebook page

I have some advice here for the people who were stranded in London (for the lagos folks sorry)

Bellview is a non-EU airline and have no problems cancelling their flights from Nigeria cos they don't need to give their passengers compensation, the story is different from an EU airport. Below is a link to a website that will help you and u can use as a basis to claim compensation and if it was me i would put in a personal injury claim as well, hurt feelings and post trumatic stress, trust me 64kg worth of luggage not turning up at my destination woul give me more than high BP.

http://www.auc.org.uk/default.aspx?catid=306&pagetype=90&pageid=4407

http://www.auc.org.uk/default.aspx?catid=306&pagetype=90&pageid=4409

 If your flight is cancelled you are entitled (under Regulation (EC) 261/2004) to the following;

1.  Refund or re-routing

1.  If you decide not to travel you are entitled to a refund, within seven days, of the parts of the tickets not used.  If it is a connecting flight and you have already made part of the journey and do not want  to continue with it, reimbursement of the total price of the ticket (including parts of the journey not made if the flight is no longer serving any purpose in relation to your original travel plan) within seven days and a free flight back to point of departure.

You are not entitled (under Regulation (EC) 261/2004) to reimbursement of any other components of your trip such as hotel and transfer costs

or

Re-routing to your final destination as soon as possible or, if you agree, at a later date.  (If the airline flies you to another airport in your destination city then they must pay for the transfer to the airport you were booked for or to another close-by point of your choice)

2.  Compensation

(The airline is not obliged to pay compensation if it can prove that the cancellation was caused by "extraordinary circumstances which could not have been avoided even if all reasonable measures had been taken".  Such extraordinary circumstances might occur "in cases of political instability, meteorological conditions incompatible with the operation of the flight concerned, security risks, unexpected flight safety shortcomings and strikes that affect the operation of an operating air carrier".)

Length of flight  Delay to destination  Compensation due
 Up to 1500km  Up to 2 hours  €125
 Up to 1500km  More than 2 hours  €250
 1500km to 3500km  Up to 3 Hours  €200
 1500km to 3500km  More than 3 hours  €400
 More than 3500km  Up to 4 hours  €300
 More than 3500km  More than 4 hours  €600


3.  Assistance at the airport
Meals and refreshments in reasonable relation to waiting time

Two free telephone calls, emails, telexes or faxes

Overnight hotel accommodation and transfers
 
 

browse around the page people - educate yourself. Is it not the same arik that called me after i had booked my ticket and told me that the fare i had obtained (thru and agent) was too low and that i should pay £40 more for them to issue the ticket. I just laughed and told them my sister is a lawyer (big lie o!!!!!!!!!!!!) and i am very sure there are some leagl issues once a person enters into an agreement. After all i can't walk into DFS buy a sofa for £499 and the store manager calls me later that day saying that i have to pay an extra £50 as the sofa shouldn't have been sold at such a low price - nonsense and ingredients.

plus other airlines. They have a shady way of doing things

I was struck with conflicted feelings just reading the post. It was funny and also saddening

Yes, its true that you get what you pay for and I personally will never fly an airline just because it is the cheapest of the bunch, as safety and comfort is very important to me, however the so called big brands the Virgin Atlantic and BA also have their own issues too with customer service on the London - Lagos route.

Now, the only way to go now is by business class or premium economy as I am fed up of being treated like they are doing me a favour.

I really dont know what to suggest on how to get these foreign airlines to treat us with respect.

I though about maybe our Government should stop them all from flying into Nigeria for 6 months but if we did that, are we going ot put the likes of Bellivew in charge of things with this track record? I dont think so. Its seems to be a lose lose situaton for us Nigerians at the moment.

If anyone has any ideas on how to deal with this, please shout.

Needless to say, as Nigerians we can be our own worst enemies. Last week on my trip back from Lagos, my flight was delyaed by 2 hours because some people had checked in but probably went back home again and did not make it back in time for boarding. Lagos go slow na wa.

Anyway after waiting for an hour on the loading bay, the had to offload their luggage and another hour wait while this was done. We finally left 2 hours late! A case of a few peole delaying a whole flight.

Yes this can be done anywhere in the world but it always seems to happen on my Lagos - London flights and nowhere else.

thanx Beetle. at least u know it's true.