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Clarity card use
I have the Halifax clarity card and will soon be travelling to Spain. The card charges a reasonable 12.9% annual interest. I'm wondering though if I can reduce the amount of interest I pay by either paying money into the card account before I go or paying off the cash withdrawals I make by logging onto the account while I…
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changing money
im travelling to australia in august, and i need some help, as this is the first time i have travelled this far. i will have a lot of my money already changed, but most of it will be withdrawn on the morning i go at the airport or on the way as i get paid that day. i understand that i will get worse rates if i change my…
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Best Rate for USD $ in UK?
Hi there, I work abroad and get paid in USD $ cash. I am soon coming home to the UK for a holiday and want to pay money into my UK bank account to pay off overdraft and to keep my money safe. There is around $6,000 in total, so obviously I need to think carefully about the best way to exchange this money without losing too…
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Visa versus cash ...
We're flying into Oslo in a couple of weeks. We have to buy bus and train tickets for onward travel to Sweden. Would it be cheaper to just purchase the tickets with a credit/debit card or is it worth getting the local currency beforehand and do it that way? Cheers
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Air India or Jet Airlines?
Hi, Has anyone any experience of Air India or Jet Airlines. I'm trying to book flights ot Kathmandu, and Air India are the best timing wise (although slightly more expensive). However, the only reviews I can find of them are terrible. Jet Airlines aren't much better, although they seem to be used by a lot of the travel…
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Best rates for Turkish Lira?
Hi everyone, I'm off to Turkey on Sunday and really debating whether or not to buy my lira's in the UK before I go. I've compared rates at the Post Office, M&S, Sainsbury's, AMEX, ICE and Tesco Online (see breakdown below): M&S 2.506 Tesco 2.501 Post Office 2.48 Sainsbury's 2.49 AMEX 2.48 ICE 2.49 Has anyone come across a…
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Bmi baby email address
hi does anyone have the email address of bmi baby please. I need to write to them to complain about there online checkin. Ok im a bit tight to pay allocated seats but never expected that they would dot my children around the plane and have my 6 year old sat in the middle of 2 strangers!! i was checking in 2 adults and 4…
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Ryanair Refusing Mastercard Prepay
Has anyone else had the experience of having the Prepaid Mastercard refused by Ryanair? I have tried four times since yesterday to make a booking using my FairFX prepaid card, to avoid their card charges. It is listed by them as an acceptable form of payment, yet I have so far been twice locked out of the website, once had…
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Flight help please
Hi, could anyone please help me, can an airline cancel a flight into one airport but then state you can fly into another airport on the same date (approx 200 miles away) and then refuse to pay for a flight onto the original airport? Thanks for any help.
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prediction on gbp?
Hello, strange question, does anybody have any predictions on the strength of the pound vs the euro going up on thursday? the pound has just been decreasing and by each day it‘s getting worse, i heard that the bank of england announce something this thursday? Does anyone know what it is and if it could affect the pounds…
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Beware Europcar excess charges
We had a lovely holiday in Italy last month until our car was broken into and our luggage taken. Worse than that is the 900 euros europcar naples have taken from our credit card for some minor damage. We asked Fiat main dealers how much the damage would cost to repair and it came to around 300 euros maximum. Europcar seem…
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excess rental car insurance
i have taken out an annual excess policy will i still have to pay the £300 excess when i pick up my rental car
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Nationwide Visa Debit V Lloyds TSB Visa Debit in Spain
Hi, I am trying to give someone a comparison betwen these cards in real terms and whilst I know that the Lloyds TSB card is more expensive to use, what I am not really sure of is just how much more expensive? So I am hoping that someone can give me a comparison between the two cards based on a single 100 Euro withdrawal if…
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international currency exchange
These have come up as best on the travel money maximiser if you collect. It says you have to print an online voucher for collection but this voucher doesn't give any exchange rate. So how do you know what exchange rate you are going to get when you get to the branch? Has anyone collected from ICE before? Thanks.
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flight increase/decrease
hi all. after some advice on easy jet flights from stanstead to fuerteventura for christmas week.. we have dates from 24th dec to 31st and have been watching the flights since they ve been released.... last week the flight for 4 was 900 quid for 7 nights within 5 days it had gone up to 1.23.its still 6 months away.. have i…
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Euro Exchange Rate - Info & When To Buy
Thought it would be a good idea to have a thread on the Euro, as a lot of us Brits like to go to Foriegn countries and get the most Euro for our pound. Seems to have gone down a bit in the past few days with the UK posting weak PMI data etc.... Todays rate on Caxton is 1.09... Anyone else have ideas, thoughts, or news…
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So Angry...........
I'll try keeping it brief. I needed to book a flight for an overseas family celebration and was horrified to see how prices have soared. Anyway, found the flight I wanted and decided to book by phone rather than internet. Not sure if I can name the agency, but very well-known. I told the agent the exact flight I wanted,…
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Travellers Cheques or FairFX Card - Turkey
Hi, I'm really confused as to how to go about this so a little advice from the forum is greatly welcomed. I'm going to Turkey in July and am weighing up the options for currency, I dont want to take just cash as im scared to death of losing it or it being stolen leaving me and my family stranded. I can see that I can load…
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Converting Euro's back to £'s
Can you do this in standard travel agents? Or banks? Is there are a limit on how much you can change? We may need to cancel an upcoming holiday that we've already exchanged our £'s in to Euro's for & I was wondering the easiest & quickest way to do it. We originally got them online, but would prefer to convert them back on…
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Long Term Fly-Drive to US
Hi There, I'm due to travel to the US (Boston Area) with my wife and kids. We'll be there for nearly 3 months (the limit being 88 days + 2 days for travel) on a US Tourist Visa. I've got a couple of questions that I hope you guys will be able to help address. FlyDrive: I've been scouring all the usual suspects (Expedia,…
