Is this cheeky?
Two friends and I have pencilled in a weekend away in May to a European city. Two of us live in the UK, Friend 2 lives in a different European country. Flights are roughly £400 irrespective of whether we are flying from the UK or from Friend 2’s country of origin.
Friend 2 has booked her flights. Friend 1 and I have not, for no reason other than we hadn’t gotten around to it.
I spoke to Friend 1 last night re booking flights but mentioned general concerns due to corona virus. Friend 1 thinks we should hold off from booking flights until we know more about the situation in the country we are planning to visit (not Italy but is a common tourist destination for British people). We either book closer to the time, presumably the flights will be even more expensive then, plus there is the likelihood that we won’t actually be able to travel (directives from our respective work places/government etc). The alternative was we don’t book until we have clarity on whether it’s safe to do so and if we can’t travel ie we don’t go at all and that the 3 of us split the sunk cost of Friend 2’s flights. So roughly £135 each.
I didn’t respond to Friend 1’s suggestion, primarily because I don’t agree with it but now she has put it in our group whatsapp and Friend 2 has agreed. The reason Friend 2 booked in the first place – a few weeks back - was because she thought we were also booking our flights.
If the situation were reversed, I don’t think I’d expect my friends to split the cost of my flights and I’m a bit annoyed that Friend 1 made the suggestion without me agreeing to it.
However it’s one of those situations where I can’t decide if IABU or not. I suspect that I am though but wanted to garner others’ opinions.
(side note re Corona Virus, apparently flights won’t be refunded by airlines unless there’re actually cancelled)