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Lottie Gibbons & Connor Teale

Urgent Jet2 warning that everyone travelling with the airline should know

Jet2 has urged holidaymakers to be wary of a new scam targeting passengers jetting off with them.

The airline posted the 'urgent customer notice' to its Twitter account earlier this week. Jet2 said: "We have been made aware of several customers receiving messages advising to contact @jet2helps.com (and/or similar) to discuss bookings and queries.

"These accounts are NOT affiliated to us, so please DO NOT give personal information to them."

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"The only official account for http://Jet2.com and Jet2holidays on Twitter is @jet2tweets which is a verified ‘blue tick’ account."

The warning comes at a time when more people are booking holidays with the airline after the government issued a major travel update, reports Liverpool Echo

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps announced last week that a major shake up of the traffic light system is due to take place.

From October 4, the foreign travel system will be scrapped in favour of a single, reduced 'red list' of destinations.

Travellers arriving in England from so called 'red list' countries will have to quarantine in a government-supervised hotel.

People who are fully vaccinated will no longer need a pre-departure test before returning from non-red list destinations, and from the end of October they will be able to replace the day two PCR test with a cheaper lateral flow test.

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Steve Heapy, chief executive of Jet2.com and Jet2holidays, said bookings had spiked "by more than 250 per cent".

He said Turkey is proving "exceptionally popular", adding: "Thanks to the certainty that yesterday's announcement has given customers, destinations right across the board are selling well, whether it's for late summer sun, winter or next summer.

"As you might expect, half term dates have also seen a surge in bookings for families."

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