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car hire from faro and drop off in gibraltar
I'm having a hard time finding someone who can offer a car for 8-9 days in may with a pickup location of faro and a drop of point gibraltar. It should be under £100 but I found one and it cost £550, or £2000. Can any one help?
FairFX pre paid card problem
I have had a US Dollar FairFX MasterCard for two years and have used it without problem. However, in advance of a recent trip to South Africa, I loaded on an additional $250 the day before leaving. I received an email confirmation and transaction reference as usual and checked that the sterling equivalent had been debited…
ATM Charges in France?
Hi, I have used this very useful website to get myself some specialised plastic (MasterCard) for my upcoming trip to Paris. As explained on the website the cheapest way for me to get foreign currency (Euros) is by withdrawing cash from an ATM when I get there with my perfect plastic rather buying currency beforehand. My…
Euros to GBP large amounts exchange and pre-paid credit cards
Hi all, I am doing some work for a French company. I have a Lloyds standard account with just a debit card which does not allow me to draw cash abroad only use the card for visa transactions, I don't have any credit cards. They will pay me 3 x amounts. 1) 3000 Euros is the first payment, I want to put this onto a pre-paid…
Inter-railing/bank cards etc
Can anyone offer some advice please. My son is going inter-railing in the summer and needs some help on the spending side of it. On his travels he will be using currencies - Euros, Hungarian Forint and Czech Koruna. We'd like to know what card would best suit his travels? What would be best for not paying fees and charges…
Booking Flights
Hi can some please advise how many months in advance I can book a flight if I get a could deal ? Say going to India
Can someone walk me through the ALAMO car hire process
Never been to the US or used a hire car before. Got an Alamo car hire included with Thomson. I have paid for fully inclusive so assume i don't need any of the extras they will try and sell? What is the procedure on collecting my suitcases - do i have to find my way to an alamo desk? how long can i expect the total process…
Is the old non-photo driving licence now OK for Florida
Had a friend who went to florida last year who had to get an IDP but i understand these are no longer required. Going with Thomson so have car hire included with ALAMO. Can anyone confirm whether i am OK with just my old paper driving licence and passport. I DO NOT have a photo ID licence
Type of Passport Needed for USA
Hi I need to visit the USA in a couple of weeks for my work. I was just wondering, what type of passport is needed to enter the USA? I have a non-biometric passport, issued in May 2005, expires 2015. Is my passport ok for the US? Thanks PennyPincher3562
is it cheaper to buy dollars or withdraw from ATM using clarity card
Maths was never my strong point. I understand the clarity card withdaws cash from overseas ATMs at a good rate with no charges, and typically has a 1% interest fee. How does this compare with buying the dollars in UK before we travel. Then there is also the reduced rate for buy-back. Would it be cheaper to get my dollars…
Netflights - not booked flight despite taking payment.
We are 2 families of 4 travelling in August. We both booked identical Virgin PE flights last September via Netflights and paid via credit card. It was a Delta codeshare but Virgin flight. We were sat next to each other when booking on different laptops but were seperate bookings. Receipts were sent and payment taken. As it…
Posting registered and or signed for to vietnam
Help please. Sorry if I am on the wrong forum. Stepson is back-backing in Far East. He has allowed his bank debit card to expire. Kids Huh! The new one has arrived at home. Any thoughts on the easiest/ quickest/ safest way to send the new one to him in Vietnam?. Any thoughts welcome. Thanks in advance.
Stopping flight - stopping with bags at stopover point?
If I booked Amsterdam to Capetown via Heathrow could I check my return flight bags only as far as Heathrow and then get off at Heathrow? In reality the return is listed as a LHR -LGW link. Obviously just not boarding the onward sector in London would be easy but I wouldn't want the bags to end up all on there own in…
Odd question re planes.
I have been in all the Boeing jets up to the 767,I would like to fly in the 777 and the 787,what I would like to find out is which airlines do the shortest 'hops' with these aircraft from the UK,is there any way to find out rather than trawling through all the airlines timetables!!!Which would take me ages....hopefully…
How many times can ryanair change flight times
Booked flights for Portugal in June back in October last year. On Christmas Eve had an email bringing flights forward by over 13 hours. Today we have had a further email pushing the changed time back 2 and a half hours. Is this acceptable practice for a company. How many times can one return booking be changed? I know we…
Clarity card-few questions
i have a clarity card and i have heard it is best for use abroad.I pay off in full and my spend will be less than £100.i believe it is @1 % per month- so iirc £100 will cost me £101 Can anyone tell me how much that £100 would cost me roughly (i appreciate rates flucuate) if i exchanged £s for euros ? Also i have heard that…
Monarch Airways- On line check in and boarding card issue
If you are flying by Monarach Airways either on a flight only basis or as part of a Package deal are you able to check in on line free prior to departure date. Also can you print off your boarding card and will there be a Bag Drop to save the long queues at Check In that often happens.
Confused by Credit Cards
Hey guys, I'm wondering if anyone can help me. I'm going to USA later this year and I have some spending money but wanted to take a credit card in case I need extra money. All the information about good credit cards to use abroad say you need to pay them off straight away, but I'm probably not going to be able to do that…
Using BA Avios to buy flights
I have a BA Amex blue card and almost have enough Avios for a couple of flights in Europe. But can I only buy one flight with my points, or is there a way to use my points to pay for my partner to fly at the same time? Would we need to set up a household account? I’m really confused! If I can only use the points for myself…
Ryanair's new 7-day check-in rules
Is Ryanair forcing me into reserving and paying extra for our seats? If I understand them correctly, under Ryanair's new rules, effective 8 April 2014, if you do not purchase a seat, and therefore have one allocated for you by Ryanair, you have to check in online and print your boarding passes from 7 days to 2 hours before…

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