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round the world tips re: deals on tickets, anyone?
My husband and I are going off on our round the world adventure in September. We are starting in USA, then New Zealand, Australia, then to India then home (or maybe home via Europe). We are hoping to go: LHR to Detroit, LAX to Auckland, Auckland to Sydney, Sydney to Mumbai, Delhi home. (we have chosen those specific…
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Car Hire Rome Flumicino Airport
I need some tips for hiring a car at Rome airport please. June visit Two weeks Two people plus luggage We don't wish to have the cheapest/smallest, nor the most expensive. Rather something comfortable with air con and radio which doesn't cost the earth. Reliable company. No hassle. Do we need to take out extra insurances…
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ICICI Bank UK Online currency exchange
I'm trying to buy some Zloty online with the above website, each time I try to register I get an error saying "We were unable to sufficiently verify your identity. Please check the details." At this stage they don't even know my card details so how do they know something is incorrect? The card is registered to the address…
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Car hire excess insurance question
Hi, This is my first time hiring a car and taking out an excess policy with a different company, and just want to be sure I'm doing it all right. I searched for the cheapest car hire through carrentals.co.uk and it came up with erentals as the best offer. I then planned to purchase Excess insurance from another company.…
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Norwegian boarding passes??
Not used this airline before. I read somewhere that online check in starts at 24hrs before, is that the earliest I can print my boarding pass, (assuming I can do that)? (Hand luggage only). Their site isn't appearing too helpful to a newbie flying out early Tuesday. Thxs.
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MSE Blog: How I got a £3,300 Virgin Atlantic upper class flight for £1,500
"when I accumulated a few Virgin reward miles from a flight, I was keen to max them out as best I could..." Read the full MSE blog: How I got a £3,300 Virgin Atlantic upper class flight for £1,500 Click reply below to discuss. If you haven’t already, join the forum to reply. If you aren’t sure how it all works, read our…
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Post Office Mistake HELP!
Hello, Today we exchanged some money at the post office and they've made a mistake. We put approx £730 on a travel card and the rest we wanted in cash. My partner had 515 cash and I added 195 which meant we should have been given 710 * 1.168. To our horror the post office have actually given us a 1 to 1 conversion. So 710…
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Serbian Dinar
I am going to Serbia soon but am struggling to find places where I can exchange GBP for the Serbian Dinar (RSD). Does anyone know of anywhere (maybe online) or am I best exchanging when I get over there? Thanks, Phil
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Spanish Car Hire
My wife is travelling to Spain with 6 companions in June I her booked flights with Jet2.com. She also required a vehicle for the entire party of 7. So I booked a car through the Jet2.com website Holiday extras this was on the 8th Jan 2014 (7 seater automatic) deposit paid booking confirmed. The date of booking being 6…
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Difference between a primary & secondary card on caxton fx?
I want to apply for a US dollar currency card, already got a Euro one. I can tick one or the other in the boxes on the application. Thanks.
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car hire scam AVIS
CAR HIRE SCAM 1 - AVIS - TAKING MONEY TWICE Car Hire - Wow what an experience i have just had - I think i have uncovered aMassive worldwide scam. I have hired a lot of cars for my staff in the last 3 years & have rarely used AVIS as they have been too expensive. i wont be using them again - We hired a car from Bristol…
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Atesa Car Hire Majorca Airport
I have had a really good quote for airport collection car hire from Atesa booked via DO YOU SPAIN. Its full to full fuel policy. I have read mixed reviews about DO YOU SPAIN but negatives tend to be about them supplying cars from Gold car rental. I cant find much around Atesa car hire. Has anyone any advice or experience…
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BA Exec Club Reward Flight Savers
Finding the whole system a joke unless you are flying from London. Basically just want flights to the Med (anywhere with a beach really) flying from Manchester. Last week of may departure coming back first week of June and staying for about a week. Seems the system usually only has flights going into Heathrow and…
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Easyjet winter schedule
Looking to book for Lanzarote at Christmas. Any idea when the winter schedule will be released. Been checking daily for two weeks now and still no show. Any easyjet staff know?
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Firefly Car Rental Too Cheap???
Hi guys, I booked a rental car from Malaga Airport for 5 days through a company called Firefly. I found them on a comparison site so they seem to be legit alright. The problem I have is that it seems way too cheap and I just want to make sure I don't arrive with either no car, or they ask me for more money. For 5 days…
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Hold baggage size - Monarch
It may just be me, but I cannot find the size limit for this on their site. Google with '-hand' is no better. I will need the info for some other airlines later in the year too. http://www.ghptravel.com/htm/bagage/baggage.htm is/was useful but it is 7 yrs OOD now, & Monarch isn't on it anyway. Can anyone help please? -…
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Ryanair small cabin bag weight limit
Does any body know if there is a weight limit on Ryanair's recently introduced small cabin bag? TIA
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Aircraft Seatbelt
On a flight yesterday there was a guy across the aisle to me whose size prevented him from fastening his seat belt. The cabin attendant went down the aisle just before take-off and again prior to landing and on both occasions just glanced at the guy and passed on. Out of curiosity is it normal that oversized people do not…
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gramps now not flying
booked flight with easyjet for gramps to come on holiday with us but hes decided he now doesnt want to. Seems like only option is name change or write it off. Insurance excesses seem to be too high for the bother. Flight was about £125 i think? Anybody got any better ideas or know of any insurance companies with no /…
