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Penang to UK via KL connecting flight times
Hi Hoping someone can help. I'll be visiting Kuala Lumpur in March, and whilst there taking an internal flight to Penang booked with Air Asia. Air Asia get me back to KL LCCT at 1455hrs. I then have to get to KLIA to catch an Emirates flight departing at 1930hrs. Has anyone got any experience of doing this, are my times…
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International Money Transfer & Credit Cards
Hello! Firstly let me thank you for any advice, this is my first post! :O When using International Money Transfer services such as HiFx and paying by Credit Card will the credit card company pick this up as a Cash Advance and charge the typical high interest rate? Thanks for any advice.
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China in May
Hi, anyone got some good ideas about finding cheap flights to Bejing in May please? Also need to look at flying back from Chengdu (early June) if possible. Any airport considered although prefer Central/Northern England if possible. Any advice gratefully received. Many thanks in advance.
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Will we ever see the Australian Dollar return to levels of 2009?
We are seeing around $1.50 to the pound, and have done for quite some time now. Is there any hope that it will return to around the $2.00 mark?
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Cheaper to book through agent but bad reviews...
I need some advice on who to book my flights with. I'm going on a trek with TrekAmerica which will go from New York to LA over the course of 3 weeks. I've tried a lot multi-city search engines and the cheapest I've found by far is with STA travel. The flights are direct and with Virgin Atlantic and will only cost me £770,…
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KLM mistake proccessing payment for flight
Hi, I flew with KLM in September from London to Miami and I booked my tickets over the phone using some vouchers that KLM gave me for a delayed flight in the past. They took my card details to pay for the rest of the money that the vouchers weren't covering, and everything was proccessed fine. I was surprised that they…
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Emirates - worth joining Skywards FF?
We are going on a long-awaited holiday to Malaysia in April :j, will be flying Emirates BHX-DXB-KUL - 2 adults and 2 kids. I was looking into the benefits of joining the Skywards program. As it is a stand-alone FF program, I don't think we will fly frequently enough on Emirates to earn the miles before they expire (I think…
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How long to get from Gatwick train station to gate?
While I'm sure this question isn't much more specific than "how long is a piece of string", hopefully someone has a rough idea! I only have hand luggage but am flying with Monarch so will have to check-in. It doesn't look like they have any self-check in kiosks at Gatwick, but I don't think Monarch have that many flights…
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Cheap flights using iFly
Ifound an American website called iFly which in turn searches for cheap flights. When I searched a flight, it offered me a British Airways deal for approximately half the price of the official site. What is the catch or is it that by doing it this way I am avoiding the tax levy. Bit too good to be true?
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Deserted at the gate at Stansted Airport
A quick timeline of my visit to Stansted Airport yesterday: 13:30 Left home for 18:15 flight, travelling by coach. 15:45 Arrived at airport 16:00 - 18:00 Waited in departure lounge, no gate given. 18:00 'Final call' appeared on board, so rushed with other passengers to gate. 18:10 - 19:00 Waited at gate with no news. 19:00…
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Driving in Northern Italy - advice please
Using the Avios points to hire a car for a week. The plan is to drive across northern Italy. I'm not a regular hirer of cars so what should I be aware of? - need for top up insurances? - any other additional costs? - risks on return? - refuelling? - anything else?
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Would you like a security job at the airport - well 1/10th of a security job maybe?
Saw this job advert today for Stansted:Ever wanted to work at an Airport? Are you a confident, customer focused individual with a strict attention to detail and eager to work within an Airport environment? Our client is a leading airport operator who operates their airport in a way that seeks to meet the needs of…
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MSE News: Planes or trains hit by cold snap? Know your rights
"With forecasters warning of major travel disruption to the big freeze, will you get your money back? ..." Read the full story: Planes or trains hit by cold snap? Know your rights
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Change Of Airport
Hi Guys, I recently flew to New York for a few days, via Toronto to keep the cost down. I travel a lot so never print the itinerary or anything just trust myself. Really annoying one time when I raced to Heathrow for a flight only to realise I should have been at Gatwick!! (flew into Gatwick & out from Heathrow!!). Anyway,…
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virgin prepaid travel card
What is everyones opinion on this? http://uk.virginmoney.com/virgin/travel-prepaid-card/index.jsp From my understanding, after 12 months you can cancel it for free and they will give you your pound sterling back?? Sorry, im new to all the cards used abroad stuff :)
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Holiday Autos
Booked a car (Category B) for collection at Cape Town Airport. Tried to pick up on 2 January to be told by the rental agent (Europcar) that there was no booking....and no cars. 5 other customers that day were in the same position. Apparently Holiday Autos are "famous" for this problem. Eventually managed to get Europcar to…
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spending in Thailand
Hi, I am holidaying in Thailand in a few months and have saved up really hard to go. What is the cheapest way to take my spending money ?? Is it best to take cash (sterling) ?, take travellers cheques, or get a pre-paid travel money card ?? There are so many loopholes, eg commission for topping-up, commission for…
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Internal flight - please help
hi Id be really greatful if someone would read the following rules from flybe and check i'm right in thinking its ok to use an out of date passport (by 4 months) to fly from southampton to glasgow. I'm 99.9% sure thats what it says but the republic of ireland bit is making me confused! (it doesnt take much!:o)…
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Thomson Dreamliner Concerns/Cancellations
Perhaps this is not the forum for this type of thing but I cannot find anywhere else to post this type of concern so hopefully I can get some feedback through MSE. In October last year I booked next years family holiday with Thomson to fly to Florida. Normally I would have used Virgin as the first choice but Thomson had…
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Best way to make large euro payment please
Need to make a payment, ideally by bank transfer of 3500 euros. Whats the best and cheapest way to do it please ? I think a card payment might be possible but recipient has requested transfer to their account
