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Flights - Please help me find a better price
Hello All, I need some help please....:) I am looking for flights to Austrailia. I am trying to beat the best price I have would which is £1,127.25 - Cathay Pacific Dates - Ideally 26th Dec - 13th Jan - can go a couple of days later. Looking to fly from Manchester to Sydney and then from Melbourne to Manchester on the way…
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Prepaid cards
I am unfortunately under 18 :( and am going to Australia in a few weeks time with my school, i will have to take over Aus$500 and was looking for an alternative to a prepaid card, or a prepaid card but for under 18s, i dont want to take travellers cheques or all in cash is there any alternative.
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CO-OP debit card abroad
I'm going abroad in early September so i've just been checking out my current cards to see which is cheapest for overseas spending. I'm absolutely shocked that CO-OP bank charges 2,75% on every transaction plus 2% (£2min) for every withdrawal. And I thought they were meant to be a fair bank. This must be one of the most…
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Charges for foreign currency
I obtained my foreign currency at the Travelex booth at my local supermarket and was rather confused at the whole process as it's years since I went aboroad! All I wanted was Euros for a short trip to France. They suggested the foreign currency card so i put some money on that and the rest in cash, then she asked if I…
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Argus Car Hire
We have recently returned from Majorca and we are not happy. We booked a car through Argus Car Hire, a Ford Fiesta or Similar. We paid 9.50 euros to Argus (Car Trawler) & £33.39 to mondial assistance for the CWD insurance. We got a e-mail from Argus telling us we would still have to pay 95.00 euros & 29.24 for a booster…
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easy jet
Can i sell my booked flights on ebay? because of illness I will be unable to fly and stupidly didn't take out travel insurance and would like to get back some of my £169 return fare.
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Car Hire in Ireland - This NOT a JOKE
Website is www dot argus dot ie Conditions of hire on the site What is a fuel policy? A fuel policy is a specific term and condition set by the car rental agent regarding the charge associated with the fuel of the vehicle. Car rental agents have different fuel policies. Please check your terms and conditions for the…
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Prepaid cards for Holiday cash
Is there ANY prepaid card that you can use at self service petrol pumps in France? We will probably be getting petrol at stations where there are people, all the time, but it would be handy to know, just in case we get stuck in a little town in the middle of nowhere. Also, are there any prepaid Visa cards? The only ones I…
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Help! - Flights to Lisbon this August
Hi everyone I am looking to book a return direct flight from Manchester to Lisbon this August for a week. (no hotel, just flights) We can travel anytime from Monday the 8th and return at the latest on the 18th. This is for 2 adults and 2 children. I have looked at www.tap.pt site but the cheapest I cound find is £848.76.…
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Virgin Pilots have voted to strike
Linky here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-13863341 Hope that not too many people are affected by this over the summer.
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Fair Fx Card Gran Canaria?
I have the fair fx euro card. I got it for free when they gave you it if you loaded on ten pounds. I am going to gran canaria in a few weeks and I had planned to load all my money for spending onto this card and get a small ammount from the travel exchange before i go. Is this a reliable way to travel beacuse some people…
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Off to Greece next week, what to do for best money
Hi all, I'm new to this area, so please be kind! We're off to Greece next weekend, and with all the problems with the Greek economy I'm struggling to decide what to do about holiday spends. I would probably usually take £400 cash with me, is it best to get that in Euros now rather than take Serling? I'm wondering if the…
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Easyjet cancellation and split booking
I booked flights to Almeria with easy from gatwick for myself and a friend, for various reasons we now can't go, i can only see option to reschedule but are we able to change to different flights to one another and different destinations? or can we reschedule one passenger and cancel the other for a fees refund?
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Car hire at Faro Airport
Last time we ended up with a rental company based in car park 4, a good walk away from the terminal. This year I want to avoid that and use a company based beside the arrivals area. I have asked a couple of the brokers if they can guarantee me a deal with one of these close in desks but they cannot do so. Anyone out there…
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CaxtonFX Card - in credit returned from holiday
Hi I went on holiday to the USA and found the CaxtonFX card to be really good (apart from being able to keep an up-to-date check on balance). I've returned from holiday and my card is in credit by $300 - It's a Dollar card. I'm planning on going for a holiday to Canada next - at the end of the year. Is there any way of…
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South African Car Hire
Hello All, I am going to cape town for 25 days next month with my wife and 3 children under ten and was wondering if anyone knew what catagory of car hire we would need. When it says x4 adults does this mean that we could have the 3 children and 2 adults or do we need to find one that has x5 people. Any ideas
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anyone else regularly fly Ryanair to Biarritz?
Has anyone heard anything about any possible issues with this route? Some months ago, Pau was shut down as a Ryanair destination as the Pau airport wouldn't pay Ryanair a huge annual fee. I am v dependent on either airport, particularly though Biarritz. Also: anyone else noticed just how pricey Biarritz flights have…
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kenya travel money
where is the best place to buy travel money for kenya holiday in february 2012 and can u advise me should we take dollars and kenya shillings and how much - and get cash from an atm over there ? we know there is a barclays bank near hotel..
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Ryanair - issue number?!
I'm trying to book a flight from Spain to UK on Ryanair.com but their payment page is driving me mad. I've spent 30 minutes trying to pay with my Mastercard, but each time I press to submit it says 'Issue number can only contain digits'. But there isn't a field for any issue number, and Mastercards don't have issue…
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taking a pram and car seat when flying easyjet
hello! been trawling through easyjet's website with no luck so wondered if anyone else had any experience - we are travelling with a 3 year old so they get their own seat on the plane but would like to take a pram and a car seat for the hire car the other end - what is easyjet's policy on this and what does it cost if…
