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Car Hire Portugal Without a Credit Card?! Please Help!!
Hi there, I have booked flights to Portugal for 28th July for 10 days and we are flying into Lisbon. We are staying a 3.5 hour drive away from the airport in a remote village near Cabril Lake. I had planned on hiring a car so we can explore the area and generally make our holiday worthwhile. Not ever having hired a car…
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Getting euros off a prepaid card
Hi, I have a prepaid travelex mastercard left over from a holiday. It has about £140 worth of euros still on it (so 155ish euros I think). I'm now back in the UK and don't intend to travel to the eurozone again for the forseeable future. I've been browsing the travelex website and I'm not sure what to do about the card.…
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Ryanair website changes are rubbish.
Why have Ryanair changed the way they show the fare prices on the website ? It always used to show the price so you could quickly pick the cheapest flight...now it shows just one price and the rest say 'low fares available' you have to click on each day to see the price as if it is some sort of secret ! It is a lot more…
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Incorrect Info from the OneShow?
I was watching the OneShow (BBC 7pm) tonight and they had an article on spending abroad and stated that under no circumstances should you use a credit card to withdraw cash. Isn't this a bit misleading as, if my reading of the MSE main site article is correct, the cheapest way of withdrawing cash is to use credit cards…
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travel agent drags feet in refunding missed flight taxes
Hi there, I booked a Glasgow-Newark (via Heathrow) BA flight (following the procedure indicated on this website) through a travel agent to attend a friend's wedding. I had ESTA and a valid passport, but was not allowed to board the Heathrow-Newark flight due to a tehnicality (passport was issued in a 1-year window during…
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Rome...sorry! Total travel NOOB :(
Just a couple of things...best way to take money? I have a cashplus mastercard...is that any good? What about this FairFx card business? Is it best just to take cash? I hear there's a lot of muggings in Rome though? Also, car rental ideas? And yes we're staying outside of Rome so for 2-3 days we're renting a car to go for…
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Cheap car hire in Ontario, Canada?
We need to hire a car for two weeks from 18th October 2011 to 1st November 2011 and wondered if anyone had any good information on how to get the best deal. We are flying in and out of toronto and will be driving to Southern Ontario and then just local visits and back again to fly out. Any help much appreciated - not even…
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Ryanair Priority Boarding charges
I've just booked on Ryanair, and notice that their terms and conditions note a fee of £4 for prinority boarding, with £5 noted as you book. I asked them to refund as I paid £5 and there is clearly a discrepancy in their conditions. At first they said it was £5 because that's what it is in a table on another part of the…
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strike action 30th June?
I have a flight booked from Heathrow on 30th June. If the ballot for PCS for strike action is in favour, am I right in thinking air traffic controllers could walk out on 30th June? Thanks Sue
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Fluctuation in flight prices - Daily
Hi I went to book flights last night and thought no I'll wait till the morning (unsure whether someone would be coming with me or not so waited to just double check)... Went to look this morning and the flight price has went up by £100 per person! :( Are the flights likely to increase/decrease again - should I keep…
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paying for flights?!?
im going to australia in august, and im booking my flights next week sometime. i have found the flights i want, my partner who lives in australia is going to pay for them for me, how do we do this, and how do we know how much it is going to cost him in AUD? xx
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Fairfx Euro card
I am about to obtain one of these cards and put 800 euros onto it which I will be withdrawing in Strasbourg. Does anyone out there know if when I pay for this using my coop visa debit card whether or not the co-op charge me as if it is a foreign currency transaction? Also does anyone know if there a limit of the amount of…
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Boooking from a european destination?
Hi need some help please! I am going on a work trip in a couple of weeks to Amsterdam and they have booked our tickets. However I need to come back for an urgent hospital appointment, so need to book my own flight to come back from Asmsterdam and go back the following morning. What is the best way of doing this? I keep…
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eurocard for Euro charged flights
If I have a FairFx eurocard and I am charged for a flight in euros e.g. Ireland to U.K./Spain to U.K., am I better doing that than using their sterling card?
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EasyJet hand luggage AND hand bag?
I've read on the website that hand luggage is just one bag, which includes a ladies hand bag. However, I flew last summer and remember having a handbag and my wheelie hand luggage sized bag and they didn't seem to mind. Has anyone flown recently and can share experiences? I know its probably down to who you get at check-in…
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Best providers of overseas withdrawals?
Am going to Italy for a wedding in aug, will of course take cash with me but in case I get caught out what would you recommend in the way of bank cards, pre pay cards, travellers cheques etc and where best to obtain them? Also if travellers cheques are unused can they be "refunded" in any way and if so what is best way…
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Q: Bristol - Birmingham Airport
Hi all, I am trying to figure out the best way to go from Bristol to Birmingham airport. I was thinking of getting there by taking a funfare with Nationalexpress which takes me to Birmingham coach station. Anyone an idea what is the cheapest way (I guess taking a bus) from there to the Airport to fly with Ryanair. My…
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buying ryanair flights in euros using Escape card
after waiting in vain for my neteller card to work with ryanair i have just gone and put some money on my escape card before flight prices go up. With my neteller i bok outward and return flights separately to save some money by buying return flight in euros. Is it worth doing the same with my escape card or should i just…
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Lloyds TSB currency scam/ICE issues
This is my first post, so bear with me! I bought some US dollars from ICE currency via the Travel Money Max website with the voucher for a good rate. ICE sold me my dollars and it was 'commission free' with no extra charge. Great, I think. That's until I get back from my holiday to find that ICE had a problem with their…
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Cheapest Possible Car Hire
Hi Me and my fiancee are going on honeymoon this year, and we're planning a multi location trip, starting in France, going through Italy to Switzerland, then back to France. We're hoping to hire a car in France, and return it to a separate place in France. Firstly, are there any rules and regulations that mean we won't be…
