{"id":675961,"date":"2026-07-06T02:19:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T02:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/675961\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T02:19:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T02:19:08","slug":"three-ways-to-avoid-ees-airport-border-checks-costing-you-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/675961\/","title":{"rendered":"Three ways to avoid EES airport border checks costing you money"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">If you miss your flight due to EES queues, airlines are under no obligation to put you on another flight without an extra charge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Travel insurance is unlikely to cover the cost of new flights, hotels or any other losses incurred as a result of delays caused by EES queues, the Association of British Insurers says.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Anne Robinson, from Dunbarton, and her 13 year-old-son Jack <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/c8x2y74wp9eo\" class=\"ssrcss-1e0jzsh-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">missed their flight home from Rome<\/a> in June when they got stuck in a 90-minute queue. They had to pay \u00a3250 for a replacement flight two days later, which they could not claim back.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">No travel insurance policies explicitly cover EES delays, because it is an expected procedure or routine process, explains Anna-Marie Duthie, travel insurance expert at analysts Defaqto.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;In practice it is your responsibility to allow additional time for such long queues or delays,&#8221; she says.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">There is a slight chance of a claim under missed departure, or delay or abandonment, cover. However, immigration or border delays are often not listed covered reasons, she says.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Top tip: Read your paperwork or speak to your insurer before you travel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you miss your flight due to EES queues, airlines are under no obligation to put you on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":675962,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[84,59,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-675961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-gb","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/675961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=675961"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/675961\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/675962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=675961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=675961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=675961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}