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query re gatwick to belfast aer lingus
Hi guys someone helped me earlier with my flight but now I have an other query! In the original email from the airline it says you will be sent an itinerary and receipt email which will be your ticket. I have just received an email but it is called an aer lingus travel advisory but does detail the flight etc. anyone know…
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Car hire block deposit
Hi All I am going to Germany on Friday for three days and would like to hire a car, the cost for the car hire is £42.00, however, I have been told that I would leave a block deposit. I have asked how much this will be and they cannot tell me, does anyone know how much this normally is? Or does anyone know a car hire…
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Car hire - one way rental fees
Hi, Does anyone know of any car hire companies in the UK that don't charge for one-way rentals? I'm looking at renting a car to drive us down from Manchester to Gatwick for our holiday, then again two weeks later, but they all seem to charge a one-way rental fee of roughly £50. Thanks.
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Change Group, how do they deliver?
Hello, So I've been looking around for the best deals for sterling to euros and came across Change Group. However my only concern is how they deliver the money, like can the notes be easily felt in whatever packaging they arrive in? They have no phone number listed and they have not replied to my email, so just wanted to…
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Ryanair second carry on bag
I've been looking for a suitable sized handbag to use as my second carry on bag which can be 35 x 20 x 20 cms. I've just bought this which is on sale at £10 from Matalan: http://www.matalan.co.uk/product/detail/s2550820/double-zip-bowler-bag At 32 x 20 x 13 it's very roomy and fits easily into Ryanair's measuring cage with…
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I am sooooo P*ssed off with websites
Right now looking for flights, but I've taken a break to post on here I personally DON'T like ringing a travel agent...why?, because I'm NOT stupid thats why. I KNOW that when the advertise a flight for £*** and then it says "RING NOW FOR EVEN CHEAPER OR PROMO FLIGHTS the flight that was advertised for £*** will now go UP…
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Friends delayed passport Easyjet flight?
A friend and I are due to fly to Madrid next Wednesday however his passport has not arrived leaving just two working days of hope. I will fly even if it doesn't come but will I be charged when at the airport for his absence? Additionally I'm not going to be able to check in online as I can only provide Advance Passenger…
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Car rental through Dollar - San Francisco to LA
Hi guys Two friends and I are travelling to California from Ireland in just over a week. Arrive in San Francisco on 8 July to stay for a few days before renting a car to travel down the coast to LA. We have rented and prepaid for a car through rentalcars.com with Dollar being the supplier. We collect the car on 13 July…
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Daughter Travelling to Portugal
Hi all. As title says my Daughter is travelling to Portugal next Sunday, 18 years old and first Holiday away on her own. I am not that well up on travelling abraod and assumed travellers cheques were still the norm. However it seems they are not that welcome in Portugal (off the first site I came accoss). So I was kind of…
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Traveller's Cheques - most useless pieces of paper ever?!
When we went away on honeymoon a few years ago I was given some Euro Traveller's cheques 'for emergencies'. Last year we were in Tenerife and got a bit low on money so I tried to cash them but couldn't find a single place which would accept them. Now we're going away again in the summer, so I thought it would be a good…
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Warning if using MSE Travel Money Max
I used it to find the best rate this week selecting the best rate from the first FSA approved company. They do not allow you to request denominations but stupidly I thought they would send a reasonable mix of notes useful for the typical traveller. So for my £1000 what did I get? 700 in 100 Euro notes, 350 in 50 Euro notes…
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Flights changed what are my rights please?
I booked flights in Australia to travel from Bali to the UK via Kuala Lumpur with Malaysia Airlines. They have now cancelled and reallocated the flights and in doing so have changed my connecting flight due to operational requirements leaving me with a 15 hr stopover at KL (was just over 2 hrs before). As I have young…
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Basel Mulhouse Airport car hire
I'm hoping one of you lovely forumites will know the answer to this - I am flying into Basel later this year and need to hire a car to travel in Switzerland. Can I hire one from the French side because it's £50 odd cheaper - is this because the cost of a vignette for travelling on Swiss motorways isn't included? If I pay…
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Flight change - Charges
Hi all. I have a flight booked to Australia on the 1st November. I have requested to change this to the 28th November due to financial issues. This was booked via crystaltravel and cost about £540 for a single ticket. The flight I want to change to is run by the same airline (Etihad), takes the same time to get there, has…
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Halifax Clarity - impact on credit record
I've been looking at my credit records recently. One thing I notice is that cash advances on credit cards are reported separately, and I've heard that some lenders view this negatively. Has anyone ever had any issues getting major credit items such as a mortgage, and found out (or suspected) that it was due to overseas…
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Travel Money Link for Debenhams Not working!
Hi, when I try and click on the Debenhams Link from the travelmoney site, I'm getting the below error:( Just wondering if anyone else is getting this and if there's a fix for it? The advertising link is not available in your current location and we are unable to send you through to the product you have clicked upon.
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please help is gatwick to belfast flight regional??
hi booked to fly gatwick to belfast in july with aerlingus (usually use easyjet) but am finding their instructions difficult to work out. I rang them to see if the flight is regional or not and the lady seemed confused and said eventually that it was not. if this is the case a bigger baggage allowance applies (by a few…
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Just applied for Post Office overseas credit card - should i get Halifax Clarity?
Hi, Going to Toronto in a couple of weeks and just applied for one of the Post Office credit cards to use for hotel payment and all other payments and ATM withdrawals etc. When paying by card there is no fee but withdrawing cash from an ATM costs 2.75% / £3. I've now just seen the Halifax Clarity card which doesn't charge…
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Withdraw cash on a specialist card instead of taking cash with me?
I've used the money tool on this site to find out about getting some Canadian dollars for my holiday tomorrow. The cheapest collection rate is with a "Top specialiast card". I recently got a Halifax Clarity card, so should I just withdraw money out there as oppose to getting some exchanged here before I leave?
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Holiday to Croatia - Kuna or Euros and best place to buy?
Hi all, I'm going to Croatia next week for a fortnight and wondering whether it's best taking Kuna or Euros? (they accept both but am I right in thinking to go with their local currency for best value for money?) I've looked on the travel money comparison tool on here and Tesco Bank comes near the top (I don't want a…
