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BA hand baggage allowance
I'm planning on flying to Tampa, Florida with British Airways from Gatwick. Can anybody tell me if the hand baggage allowance is 23kg as I've never seen any other airline with such a generous hand baggage allowance. I keep looking at the website and as far as I can see that's what it says, but I'd just like to make sure…
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Outrageous Debit card fees & baggage charges
I have just spent half the day paying to call Flybe (despite landline sourced on saynoto8070 it's still 10p minute) to check in baggage as unable to do it online (that was the other half of the day-eventually told it's due it being a co-shared flight. Funny that the website still allows you to book insurance etc though...)…
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I’m v. poor - help me find cheapest UK to Oz flight Oct/Nov?
Hi everyone, I’m clueless about booking passage on the metal birds – I’ve only travelled once on a short trip on one and that was arranged by someone else. I want to travel one way from London to Australia, preferably Melbourne, or somewhere on the South-Eastern edge of Australia (I’ll have a bike with me and plan to cycle…
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Currency Exchange Debit card charge?
Hello, I was about to order foreign currency from a link at Travelmoney moneysavingexpert com site only to find that my bank, NatWest, intend to charge me for using my debit card, stating that they will consider it a foreign purchase. Surely they cannot do that? I am only ordering foreign currency. Any thoughts would be…
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Purple Parking Promo
Hi All, I am trying to find the promo box on the purple parking website but cant find it anywhere? Does anyone know where to put the code in?
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Flight London Jamaica
Posting for a friend who needs a flight as soon as possible, as her father is seriously ill. Travel agent has quoted £3,700. Can anyone help beat this please? Thanks in advance.
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Thomson Flights - can I add baggage after booking?
Hi, as the title says really. I am looking to book flights for the end of August for 4 of us. We are not going to need 4 bags, but at the moment I am not sure how many will we need. Is it possible to book the flights now, and then at some point before the flight, log in and add bag (s)? I know that you can do this with…
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Flights to north carolina
Hi, I'm really hoping that someone can help me with some flights that I've been looking for. Myself and a friend really want to fly to north Carolina but I'm struggling to find flights for less than £600. We're really flexible in that we're looking at travelling any time in September or October. Ideally we want to fly into…
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Car Hire breakdown
If you look in most car hire company's "terms and conditions" it is very difficult to find any information on what happens when your hire car breaks down. We recently hired a car from Hertz in Italy(Ancona airport) and after a couple of days we lost all power (turbo packed up) and called Hertz assistance as told by the…
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Insurance and compensation for a delayed flight
Sorry just find out that there is already a thread for my queries. I just mve it to here. https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/47230 Thank you
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Post Office Rates
Hi, my sister went to the local Post Office last Friday to purchase £500's worth of Euro. Now, on the Post Office website it was advertising cash at a rate of about 1.095ish. However, not being au fait with forex rates she went ahead and exchanged at 1.06. Are the Post Office not obliged to sell Euro at the advertised rate…
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Car Hire Glitch/how to get it cheaper beginning of July
I have managed to get cheap car hire in Portugal by booking the car 3 days earlier than I wanted it. I have booked it for 30th June even though I do not want it until the 3rd July. I have checked with who I booked it with first and if I ring them on the 30th to say I have missed my flight and my new date of collection then…
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48 hour general strike in Greece 28 and 29 June
[FONT="] A 48 hour general strike on 28 and 29 June has been confirmed and will affect transport. [/FONT] Transport will be affected as follows: * [FONT="]all flights to and from Greek airports cancelled from 08:00-12:00 and 18:00-22:00 on both days. Passengers are advised to contact their airline for more…
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MSE News: More holidays to be protected under new Government proposals
This is the discussion thread for the following MSE News Story: "Six million extra holidays could be covered by the Air Travel Operator's Scheme if new Government proposals are approved" Read the full story: More holidays to be protected under new Government proposals
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Easyjet / older children's car seats
We are flying with our 2 and 6 year olds. The Easyjet website is clear about taking a buggy and car seat for children upto 3yrs (which we will put in the hold). Just wondering if anyone had any experience with checking in a car seat for an older child? I did give them a ring and got the impression it would be down to their…
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Ace FX - Reliable?
I'm about to order a chunk of holiday money and Ace FX come out best by 3 Euros/£1k. After having used CCE (successfully) thanks to MSE, I'm more cautious now. Are Ace reliable? The only thread I found was mixed, with one fairly obvious employee post saying how wonderful they are.
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Warning - international currency exchange
Used ICE from Travel Money Max as it was giving me the best rate without fees.They didn't advise me that there would be a credit card charge (I did look for it before I paid, but couldn't see anything). Anyway, they have charged me for a cash withdrawal fee of 3%, plus some more interest to come off my card for the next 2…
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Moving to USA in 2 months: Pound to devalue between now and then?
I've just today read that the pound is expected to fall from $1.6 to $1.5 in the near future (rough figures). I am in fact moving to the states in roughly 2 months time, and am thinking it would be wise to transfer what savings I can into dollars now, while the pound is still strong. Naturally I'd rather not do this with…
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Cheapest way to book 75 flights to Copenhagen
Hi all, This may be more of a Travel agent recommendation request but, I need to book flights for up-to 75 people flying to Copenhagen. Most departures will be from Amsterdam but some will be from other parts of Europe (Dusseldorf and Brussels). I've already doen this once but it ended up a pain in the A** and took up a…
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Air Transport Surcharge
Don't know if this has been posted before on the forums, but if you flew to the USA on BA or Virgin during the specified period you can get a refund of some of the Air Surcharges. I have just had a cheque back so I know it is legitimate. https://www.airpassengerrefund.co.uk/Default.aspx
