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Easyjet website crash?
Just tried to spend my remaining Easyjet vouchers before the deadline of midnight on 31 Jan. The website kept giving error messages, and finally froze. Might that be due to lots of others trying to do the same? Anyone else had the same problem? A bit gutted as I'd already checked out loads of destinations, and had almost…
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Email offering refund from Trip*com following cancelled flights in 2020 - possible SCAM?
Hello So back at the end of 2019 I booked a multicity trip around southeast Asia for May 2020, which of course got completely scuppered by COVID. I received all refunds for flights and hotels which had been booked directly within a month of them being cancelled, however never received one for the return flight Hanoi -…
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Italian ATMs
Last year I needed to withdraw cash in Italy and I was surprised not to be charged any fees. Using a Chase debit card, this seems to be the cheapest way to buy Euros. There are old posts from 2014 and 2019 suggesting that all Italian ATMs are fee free.Is that still the case?
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Ice lolly.com different airlines
Hi, has anyone experience with icelolly.com packages? And using one airline outward and a different inward? Tia
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Missed flight - now £1,000 down!
We booked return flights from Glasgow to London far in advance in order to make a pre-Christmas trip affordable for my family. A last minute issue meant we had to make our way to London at a different time but planned to get our return flight home. Tried to change it on the app but wouldn't let us. Never in a million years…
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Emirates Skywards Miles
I see several closed threads about these air miles so I may have missed a useful tip. For those who don't know just some advice - don't buy any expecting to get back the value. That may be well known but not to me. I bought £400 worth which I tried to use towards a flight. The discount for my £400 was around £100 even…
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Cheap car hire article discussion
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Booking a hotel in Greece using credit card
I am planning to book direct with a hotel in Greece. They offer room prices in pound sterling but there is the option to change to pay in euros. If i pay using a credit card is it better to pay in euros or sterling. I did ask my bank but bank couldnt advise me on this so just wondered if anyone else had any advice. Thanks.
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Hired a car from SIXT for the weekend. No damage sustained. Over 800 pounds removed from my account.
I live in Vienna. On 23 September I flew to the UK for the weekend to attend a college reunion. I hired a car with SIXT, who I've used many times. The next day I returned the car, undamaged, to a member of staff. Nearly a week later I received an email from a no-reply address with an 'SXT Damage number' and a request that…
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How long to clear US Customs at Dublin using Aer Lingus?
Hi Planning to fly to LAX from Manchester via Dublin using Aer Lingus. Has anybody used this route recently and give me an idea of how long it should take to clear US Customs in Dublin? I am looking at flights with a 2h 10m layover. Is that realistic? Never used this route before. My sister (who lives in the USA) uses it…
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Has your Fairfx card arrived yet?
Got a message from Fairfx at the beginning of December, that they were moving to a new online platform (web site, I think they mean!) and my existing prepaid currency card will close in January 2024. So I ordered a new card online pretty soon after that. But no sign of the new (physical) card. You can create a virtual card…
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Independently Booked Flights have Become Useless Because of Cruise Port Change
Hello We had a cruise booked for October and booked our flights & the cruise separately (cruise was booked by a travel agent, I booked the flights on the Jet2 website). The cruise was due to go out of Barcelona and return to Barcelona so we booked flights with Jet2 once we'd booked our cruise - paid a deposit for the…
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Cancelled flight booked through travel agent
We booked a return ticket to India through Sothall travels(BA). The return leg of the flight was cancelled and with no alternate provided, we had to book another flight(stupidly again with Southall) at a much higher rate. Multiple delays and chargeback rejection later, would it be worth submitted a section 75? Paid through…
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Best way for spending in Spain
I have a Wise account and a Chase account. Which is the cheapest way to fund my spending abroad, load up Wise with sterling and convert to euros then spend the euros with the card or just use the card which takes from the sterling balance? Or use a Chase card? I'm thinking its best to fund Wise via sterling and convert to…
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Booked a return flight to Oz - was left stranded in Sydney due to online travel agent error
Hi, some advice please. I booked a return ticket (flight only) with Expedia to travel to Sydney. Once there, I needed to return earlier than planned so contacted Expedia online to change my flight. This was an excruciatingly painful experience due to getting constantly cut off from whoever I was dealing with and having to…
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Long Stop-Overs - can you leave the airport?
I'm trying to decide on flights - option 1 is a flight with a long-stopover of 6 hours, option 2 is direct but is about 35% more expensive. If I go for the cheaper option - can I leave the airport for a few hours ( the stop-over is daytime )?
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Contact from abroad.
Does anyone have experience of contacting the credit card providers from abroad ? Previously with Tesco credit card when abroad it was put on hold as was my JaJa (previously post office) credit card Jaja eventually contacted me by calling me on WhatsApp and I was able to resolve the issue. Unfortunately having only been…
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Europcar and Recocash debt collection
Does anyone have any experience of this lot? Received a threatening letter about enforcing payment for a matter that is still being disputed.
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Car Hire Deposit Exchange Rate Charges
Hi I have recently hired cars in two different European countries from different car hire companies. Both times, the companies have taken the deposit from my credit card (rather than just putting a hold on the card as they have done in previous years). This has meant I have lost money through the exchange rate. I imagine…
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Wizz Air - Schedule change notification - Can they?
Hi, I booked a holiday to Greece for next May/June half term for our family of three, back in September. I've just recieved two emails in the past few days to say: We regret to inform you that there has been a schedule change that affects your flight(s) under confirmation code ******. Please accept our sincere apologies…