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Car Finance Payment Holiday
couple of questions regarding car finance payment holidays. My car finance is charging me a fee for using this. Its £110 and i will be expected to pay this at the end. is this normal?? secondly. My husbands car finance rang him yesterday to discuss repayment of this holiday. (hes been back to work 1 week) Mine has extended…
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Notice period while remaining on furlough, advice needed
Hi all, i've just been given 12 weeks notice, and my termination date being 2nd october. Ive been told i will remain on furlough (100% of wages). My questions are Can i find other employment while on notice? Am i still classed as employed? Do i have to wait till 2nd october to claim benefits? can i claim JSA while being on…
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British Airways Refund?
Hi We booked last December with BA a round trip from Edinburgh to Cancun on a “One Ticket” the flight is due to leave on 29 Aug 2020. BA have already cancelled the internal leg from Edinburgh to Gatwick on the outbound but no mention of the other parts. Can I ask for a refund for the whole trip now without waiting for the…
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Fully refundable no cancel fee Travago hotel won’t refund
Booked Premier inn hotel in Newcastle for 30Dec. Initially Premier inn had no availability direct but found a room on trivago. On 20 March I made a booking for £230 but was sure to get a fully refundable zero fee cancellation rate using Visa Credit card. 3days later I found a far cheaper rate with Premier Inn so went back…
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Irish Ferries & cancelled accommodation query
We had planned to holiday in Southern Ireland on the 8th - 15th August 2020, there are 2 adults and our 5 kids due to travel. Our accommodation cancelled in March in early lock down, so we have no were to stay, due to the number in the party its has to find accommodaion at an affordable price. The ferry hasn't cancelled…
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Self employed help scheme
As self employed I apply for help scheme back in May. I made the error when I was feeling the form I put the wrong account number and went to a wrong person. I have trying to contact HMRC on many occasions but they told me to wait and dealing with it and now they told they cant help to get the money back. Any advice how to…
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Thankyou Mr O'Leary
Ryan air comes in for a lot of criticism. I would like to advise that I have received a refunds for my flights which were cancelled due to Covid - 19. We were due to fly April 28th.
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SEISS 'adversely affected' if I bought extra WFH equipment (+more qs)?
Hi all, I've been struggling to decide whether I can honestly say my business (freelance illustration) has been adversely affected or not, so I haven't yet claimed SEISS- but as the deadline is coming up I thought I'd see if I can find some advice. - I work a portion of my business from home during a normal year, but…
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Love Holidays suddenly cancelled holiday, but still selling it
So I was due to fly to Spain on the 17th July after booking a package with Love Holidays. The FCO have lifted restrictions, the flights are still operating and the hotel is open. I received an email from Love Holidays confirming the holiday was still going ahead last week only to receive one today from them advising that…
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Gym membership
When Covid pandemic was first annonced I asked for my gym membership to be put on hold for 6 months (until October) as i work in the nhs and knew i would be wanting to minimise cobtact with others to protect my patients. Ive just had an email saying now gyms opening from 25th July then direct debit payments will restart on…
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Employer Work-From-Home / Covid Troubles
Having some trouble with my employer and would like some opinions. I have an office job - when lockdown first started my employer were reluctant to let people work from home, but no-one wanted to stay in the office so their hand was forced. Some people have trickled back into the office for personal reasons, but as a…
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Stamp Duty Holiday and Shared Ownership Staircasing
Hi All, just wondering if anyone knows if we would be eligible for the stamp duty holiday if we decided to staircase up to 100% ownership on a property worth £360,000 within this SDLT holiday period until March 2021 many thanks, nathan
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Cruise package
We booked a cruise and flights with planet cruise. We did not pay balance of cruise when it was due as we anticipated the cruise would be cancelled and agreed on cruise credit for the deposit we had paid. We were never told that planet cruise would then cancel our Jet2 flight and we would lose the £500 which was the total…
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Problems with wedding venue
We were due to marry early in May and our venue contacted us to rearrange our wedding on 21st March. We were told we couldn’t have a refund, the insurance wouldn’t cover us and at that point they had over £15k of our money. We were offered 3 alternative dates at the end of the year or wait until next year and pay more with…
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0 hour contract and flexible furlough
My friend is 0 hour contract and was furloughed from March until 27th June then taken off furlough and was returned for 28th and 29th .He has been given 2days work for July and not been offered flexible furlough. The company has said they are not using the flexible furlough scheme. Other 0 hour contract are still fully…
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Are companies becoming more strict in their requirements for credit?
I was wondering if companies are becoming more strict in their requirements for granting credit, post-covid? My credit hasn't been wonderful in the past, but has improved considerably over the last 6-12 months, and my circumstances haven't changed, yet I was recently turned down for a Virgin 0% transfer for a credit card…
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Travelup flight tax refund fee
Hi there We took the decision to cancel the holiday we had booked to Crete due to the uncertainty surrounding everything. We have cover via our Nationwide travel insurance as this is an annual policy which was in effect before Covid existed. We are now within 28 days of travel and the FCO advice on the date of…
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Ryanair Misrepresenting Refunds
I have just finished a second live chat with Ryanair. The first one in May, where the agent told me that my cash refund was in a queue and would be processed in queue order, left me feeling not only frustrated but angry at the fact that I was hearing people speaking about getting their refunds however their flights were…
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Refunds to closed accounts
I booked a holiday in October 2019 for this summer, which is now off. Flights cancelled by Jet2, accommodation cancelled by me via holidaylettings.co.uk. Both state they will refund in full (good news) to the original card used. In the interim, I have switched bank accounts and the original payment card (debit card) / bank…
