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Why cant I buy Euro Travellers cheques with Euro banknotes?
I have come into a stack of Euro banknotes and to cut a long story short, I would like to safeguard them by converting them into Travellers Cheques. I do not want to open a Euro bank account because of the charges, commitment, administration etc. So I walk into M&S travel money and they say I need to first convert my Euros…
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Flybe charging me for paying with a Visa Electron.
Hi I made a booking with Flybe yesterday on behalf of my mother, and when it came to the payment, I typed in her card details, selected the type of card from the dropdown list "Electron" as she has a Visa Electron and I got a message saying "Your card number does not match the card type you selected, please re-type the…
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Flight delay compensation and new tickets
Hi all I was delayed 3.5 hrs last week flying with Virgin from Havana to Gatwick, as a result I missed the connecting BA flight up to Edinburgh and had to fork out almost £500 for new tickets. BA said I should contact Virgin, get the flight delay details confirmed in writing and go thru my travel insurance to claim the…
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BEWARE of currency exchange company 'the change group' for euros
i went online to look for a good exchange rate last week and found a company called 'the change group' offering a good rate with free postage. i sent them £800 and waited. nothing 5 days later except an email wanting a photocopy of my passport/driving license/bank statement and utility bill (yes more than enough to clone…
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Sending money abroad regularly
Hello all, long time luker, first time poster :) My wife and kids have gone to live in Mexico for a few months (long story...), and I need to send about £500 per month to support them over there. At the moment, I have just given her one of my (maxed out) credit cards, with the plan to stick £500 on there each month which…
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Attention: Cyprus Turkish Airways suspends all flights
Attention if you have flights booked with Cyprus Turkish Airways. This is the first English-language report I've found, confirms rumblings emanating from Cyprus earlier today. Update: statement from the airline's website: ...which Google translates (badly, but you get the idea) as:
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Bank charges when buying euros on prepaid card
Never done this before but, now Nationwide has scrapped their foreign ATM withdrawals scheme, I'm looking into getting a Caxton or a FairFX card for the summer holidays. But... if I use my UK bank debit card to load the prepaid card, will they charge me the foreign currency fee when I load it up with Euros? Or, can I load…
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Manchester - Miami end of July
Any inside tips on finding a low-price flight from Manchester, UK to Miami on July 25th/26th? Peak season makes it very pricey - any ways of making it more cost-effective - maybe buying a package holiday, a different route, or some other way?
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Cancellation invoice.
Hi, I have had to cancel a holiday with travel city direct, wrote to them recorded delivery on 18th may requesting a cancellation invoice... heard nothing so wrote again also recorded delivery on the 8th June and still no reply as of today. I have telephoned the 0800 number and been advised the holiday has been cancelled…
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Ryanair phone number to cancel
Can anyone give me a phone for Ryanair as I need to cancel my flight? I only have this number 0871 246 0000 and after a while it goes dead.
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which car hire
Hi guys I was planning to hire car (around 10 seater)for short intervals. like hire on thursday morning from east london, go to leicester, drop it off their? (if they have same dealers their). Then pick up car again saturday evening and bring back on sunday evening and deliver it on monday morning. Is this possible? if so…
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Bmi baby check-in website down?
Just a point to make. I have been trying for 2 hours to check in online using the bmibaby website but am being informed that the site may be down or unavailable.Customers are not able to email them to find out what the problem is but can phone for 60p a minute to contact them.My point is are they being slippery i.e.if you…
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Ryanair - need a bit of baggage advice!
I need to take a flight later in the year & the *best* option (route wise) will be ryanair. They are the only airline that fly between the two most convenient airports. I have flown with most of the other budget airlines but never on Ryanair! Price is good (so far) but I want to ask the experienced Ryanair flyers if they…
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Monarch 4 day sale £30 + £10 off
Just spotted an offer on scheduled flights from Monarch in the Times. £30 off all return scheduled flights + an extra £10 when using voucher code "SUNSALE" + No booking fee when using PayPal Offer end 24th June Can't post the link as a newbie :-(
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Easyjet Credit note
I booked a flight with Easy jet but they cancelled the flight and refused to give me a refund despite ringing them on there £1 a min phone number all they offered was a credit note for the full amount only valid for 6 months, so i went to use the credit note last week and it was 3 days past its 6 month validity i have rang…
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Travellers Cheques
I have some very old Travellers Cheques that I will not be using again, and want to know, can I cash these in? I have lost the original receipt that came with them.
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Business Class Fly/Drive to Orlando...
My family and I are looking to go to Florida in May 2011. We have some accommodation sorted, but are looking for a Fly/Drive deal to accompany it. I've no idea where to start! Can anyone recommend any websites offering cheap(ish) deals, ideally flying the next one up from Economy class. I don't post much, so here's hoping…
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Avoid P&O euro rip-off
Yesterday I returned from Calais on a P&O ferry to Dover. I had some unspent euros and decided to use them to pay for some food. The price displayed was £13.98. I tendered 20 euros and was charged more than 19 euros at an exchange rate - according to the receipt - of 1.38 euros to the £.( I had used my Nationwide card in…
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Anyone changed any Euro's this weekend?
I am off to Spain on thursday for a couple of days so going to change my money tomorrow (about 300e worth) Atm tesco's have the best rate at 1.16, but wondered if anyone had got a good exchange rate today??? Thanks :A
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Broker who uses Auriga Crown car hire at IBZ?
Any broker names would be appreciated.