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Do you use private browsing when searching for holiday deals online?
I'm keen to hear from anyone who uses incognito/private tabs to research holiday deals. 🏖️ * Do you find prices appear differently depending on whether you use incognito/private or not? * Do you find new discounts appear for you depending on whether you use incognito/private or not? * Do you have any successes you can…
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Flights, Currency & Car Hire Sticky
✈️ Forum threads on this topic: * Cheap travel money discussion area * Cheap car hire discussion area * Travel credit cards discussion area * Prepaid travel cards discussion area * Easyjet tricks discussion area 🚙 Useful content from MoneySavingExpert.com: * Coronavirus travel rights * TravelMoneyMax - compare travel money…
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Your negative flight experience/s?
To be honest I've not been abroad all that much so I don't have a lot of experience this way & as such my experience will be very tame compared to some of you I'm sure & probably not even what some of you would grumble about. All my flights have so far been fine. From 14hr flights or whatever the longest one was down to a…
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Airport security / border control - what's going on here?
Had this twice on this recent trip & wondered if it's luck of the draw or something else. I know this is going to sound daft as this only happened at the start of the week & then yesterday but I can't remember if the first time was in the UK or once we landed in Poland. The second time was obviously Poland. Basically got…
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Prepaid card for travel in Europe - Caxton, Post Office, or something else?
I've browsed the articles in MSE and posts in the forum, about using cards for spending overseas, and I'm still struggling to work out what the most sensible and appropriate option might be for us. We have normal UK credit cards (Visa/Mastercard) , debit cards on our bank accounts, and for some years have also had a Caxton…
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Travel Money Card
Hi all, I currently have a Post Office travel money card however due to issues with it not working and their assistance being less than helpful, I’m looking to get an alternative. I’m wanting a card I can preload with the relevant currency however I’m open to a travel debit card if that is a better option. I’m not…
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Missed flight due to understaffed Security
I'm hoping to get some advice please. On Monday 24th August, I was due to travel on a 0610 flight from BFS to LGW. I arrived at the airport before 0500 and made my way to Security as promptly as possible. The queue was considerable, but moving steadily. As I got to the front of the queue, people behind me started to ask…
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Cancelled Flight - Additional Expenditure
My EasyJet flight from Reus to Glasgow was cancelled due to adverse weather conditions a couple of days ago. EasyJet offered either a refund or or an alternative flight, however there were no available seats on any flights to the UK from Reus, nor indeed could it be guaranteed that the weather conditions would improve and…
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Japan Airlines Refund
We booked 2 tickets to Tokyo for September. Due to unforeseen circumstances we have had to cancel. Tickets purchased on JAL website on a semi flex basis. Cancelled on JAL website with follow up email confirmation of amount - all good. However email says refund may take 2 months to process back to original card. Seems a bit…
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Car Rental - Excess Insurance. Experiences please.
Does anyone have any experiences (good or bad) with making a claim on an "Excess Reimbursement Insurance (ERI) policy" for car hire? We had a poor experience several years ago. But I am wondering whether we were just unlucky? (Our hire car was damaged by another driver reversing into our door while parking. The damage to…
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Budget Car Rental - Issues at Bordeaux Airport
Still waiting for a mystery €2.66 that was added to my bill in June depsite lengthy correspondence with Head Office. Reason for charge is not clear from really confusing invoice and Head Office for Avis/Budget are unable to explain it to me. All I know it was added to the deposit at check in. It now cannot be refunded to…
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Car Hire - Pictures - Light
I have a strange question: I very frequently (10-20 times a year) hire cars in Lisbon. I have an annual Car-Hire-Excess insurance and never pay for the additional insurance cover from the car hire companies. This means taking pictures + videos but I frequently pick up cars at night and if not, many of the car hire…
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Flight refund
Hi Forumites, This is my first ever post so please be kind if I've got anything wrong. I'm looking for some advice. My relationship has sadly recently broken down which has thrown me into financial hardship. I have a trip planned in Sept for which I've been able to get a refund on the accommodation. The flights are with BA…
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Wizz flight time changes
Just had a second flight time change from Wizz - these are for Xmas flights that are now really expensive elsewhere so not looking to change dates if possible. Originally, the flight was leaving Gatwick at 11am, now leaving at 6am, so I now cannot use public transport to get there so would need to buy airport parking. The…
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Train travel in the Netherlands
Later this month my wife and daughter are spending a fortnight in the Netherlands. Rather than hire a car, they have looked into the possibility of travelling by train but haven't been able to find any sort of reasonably priced rail card. Has anyone got any tips?
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Is changing cash now becoming the best MSE option?
I never thought I'd say it but changing cash seems to be becoming the best option when abroad in a lot of places. In these days of not needing much cash because everywhere takes cards, and the lack of fee free ATMs in a lot of places, the ATM fees can easily be much more than the saving in exchange rate. For instance I was…
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Belfast airport Budget car hire- been stung!
Hello, Thank you in advance for advice, these are the problems I encountered and wondered if anyone can help. I booked car hire with Avis Budget for 3 days hire through Expedia. Do I have a case to say I have been misled/ treated unfairly under the Consumer Act? Problems: Expedia in an email said I needed a credit card to…
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EasyJet flight release Spring/early Summer flights 2027
On the EasyJet App they say look out for the imminent release of flights for Spring/early summer 2027. Has anyone got any inside info as to the expected date? TIA
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Car hire - DCC issue
Hello! I rented a car yesterday from Malaga through ClickRent. The overall experience at the rental desk was fine and we have the car. However, I had to pay a €2,000 deposit - well I say pay, but I believe it's just a hold on my credit card rather than a payment at this stage. I noticed on my credit card app today that the…
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CarTrawler cancelled my car hire and kept the money
I rented a car with Europcar via the EasyJet website (= CarTrawler is their provider) for a week's holiday in Sicily pre-paid for a total of £489.51. On arrival at Palermo Airport, having spent some time getting thru the EES process and queuing at the Europcar desk, we realised that my husband didn't have his International…
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Car hire CDW
We hired a car at Malaga. Took photos of the damage to the car before we took it. We didnt think we needed to pay their upselling insurance which was about 400 euros. On return there were two new "dings". We hadnt done anything and they werent on my photos so hadnt happened before hire. They have kept all of the excess CDW…
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Advice on Car hire - Malaga
Hi all I will be hiring a car at Malaga airport in September for a week ( in planning stage atm) I have just looked at a few sites & I do not understand all the different extra & types e.g one said no excess & seemed to cover everything but was extra €50 a day ! I will be meeting my daughter at Malaga airport. My daughter…
