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I'm keen to hear from anyone who uses incognito/private tabs to research holiday deals. 🏖️ * Do you find prices appear differently depending on whether you use incognito/private or not? * Do you find new discounts appear for you depending on whether you use incognito/private or not? * Do you have any successes you can…
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✈️ Forum threads on this topic: * Cheap travel money discussion area * Cheap car hire discussion area * Travel credit cards discussion area * Prepaid travel cards discussion area * Easyjet tricks discussion area 🚙 Useful content from MoneySavingExpert.com: * Coronavirus travel rights * TravelMoneyMax - compare travel money…
Air India
I have a flight booked from Oman with air India next month. Both aircrafts will be the 737's. Seeing how their Dreamliner crashed, I do not wish to fly with them. Perhaps it was either pilot error or lack of proper mainteanace. The fare is £95 non-refundable. If I cancel, I get only £15 back.Should I do a chargeback /…
Missed flight
I am really getting old!!! I was supposed to fly out yesterday with Emirates but for some reason thought my flight is today. My travel agent said that rebooking fee is more than half what I paid. If I cancel, I will only get £35 back. My return flight in a few week's time will also be cancelled as I was a no show. Can I…
No show No refund policy
I booked a flight with easyJet and at the same time added a hire car. I didn’t notice that the collection time was before the flight arrived, it must have been system generated. I did however register with the hire company in advance in response to their email. When I turned up at the Alamo desk I was told that the car had…
Typical British Airways flight prices
I'm in a bit of a conundrum and not sure what to do 😅 We are looking to go on a family holiday to Zell am See in Austria next year. There's reasons why we specifically want to do Zell am See rather than anywhere else in Austria. We can only go on holiday in term time cos of my job (work in a college). Flights to Austria…
Car Hire Problem - any advice?
We hired a car through Holiday Autos on a recent trip to Italy but when we got to the car hire desk (Italybycar) at Milan airport, we were told that our booking had been cancelled. We told them that we definitely hadn't cancelled the booking and hadn't received any notification from Holiday Autos that this had happened.…
Ryanair app/online not letting me change flight
Further to my previous post, after Ryanair have cancelled a my flight from Vienna back to Stansted, I am trying to change my flight for free. On the app I just get an error message, on my laptop account it just provides a blank page. The chat function has me at number 372 in the queue. Before I spend the rest of my day…
Passport dates
Hi everyone 👋 I an a newbie and wonder if you can help. My daughter has a trip to Fuerteventura booked on 17th June returning on 21st June with Easyjet. Her passport date issued is 26/8/2015 and her expiry date is 26/09/2025 Is she OK to travel with this passport. She’s done an online application for a new passport but is…
USA Car Hire liability
HI there - I have hired a car from Alamo using Holiday Autos for a trip to California this weekend. I have paid Holiday Autos an extra £33.32 for AXA Damage Refund Insurance. I am wondering if I should still purchase separate Car Hire Excess Insurance in case of serious accident e.g. being liable for one or more deaths in…
Flights re scheduled - want to cancel help chatgpt
This is more of a story than advice but good to have feedback. This all started when I booked a flight from Birmingham to Bangkok for my wife and my special needs daughter. I booked the flight through trip.com. The flight is due to depart on 14th June. Things started to go wrong late may when we got first alert with a re…
Airline baggage purchase price
Hi, I recently booked return flights and baggage with a known airline. When I looked at the breakdown, I had been charged £4.50 MORE for the one suitcase on the outbound flight. The airline said this is due to there being a lot of baggage, wheelchairs etc., on the flight. I am one person so why should I pay for the baggage…
Claims Advice
Hi, In a last ditch attempt I thought I'd ask here in case someone knows a route for us. We purchased flights through Ryanair to fly to France before finding out my wife was pregnant. Alas, pregnancy complications have ensued and as a result she has been deemed unfit to fly. We have spoken with the Travel Insurance…
Ryanair parking Stansted airport - no parking and no refund
Bought parking with Ryanair via Ryanair app but didn't receive a confirmation email so had to purchase parking direct form Stansted Airport. Requested a refund from Ryanair and they refused. This is a common problem but they have proof of my payment to them and told me to contact Stansted Airport who have no record of my…
Can you link different Outbound and Inbound flight destinations?
Hi all, because of poor flight timings, I've had to book 2 x flights the Outbound to Airport X and the Inbound from airport Y, both with the same carrier (Ryanair). I've now got several months of worry that should either the Outbound or Inbound flights change / cancel it will impact on the other flight, but I won't have…
Rodez airport car hire/taxis
Hi are taxis from Rodez airport to town expensive? I’ve noticed car hire is much cheaper in town and wondered if worth it? Thanks
Which pre paid travel card
Hi all My wife and i are looking for advice and recommendations regarding a pre-paid travel card. I am currently using my credit card for purchases and my debit card for atm withdrawals, both have zero transaction fees and work well but If I misplaced or lost them whilst abroad, I would be in a bit of a pickle. I am toying…
Ryanair payment reminders being Junk/Spam filtered
Has anyone else had an experience where reminders to complete payment from Ryanair are being junk/spam filtered out? Ryanair have an "Instalment Payment" option whereby you pay a 50% deposit up front and the other 50% no less than 40 days before flying. I chose this option (months ago) and paid the 50%. I received my…
Travel card options for Eurozone and Switzerland
Hi folks, I'm heading over to Europe next month for the first time since before the pandemic. In the past I've always just taken cash and used my debit card as a backup, but I don't use cash much these days so I'm looking at alternatives. I've already looked at the guides on the website, but I feel a bit bamboozled by the…
Europcar Car Hire Privilege discounts online not honoured .
Europcar has changed their loyalty scheme this year in April. It is now called "Privilege for You" . When booking online you will be offered a number of bonuses that you can choose at checkout. In my case I was offered an £80 discount on the total cost of the car hire. The revised lower price was shown on screen but the…
Halifax Clarity Credit Card
I have used this card for many years while abroad. It's the best card moneywise, but it's totally useless as they just suspend your card for no reason.Australia - Halifax suspended my card (and my friends at the same time). I had a heated call for over 30 mins for them stating it was the vendors fault, utter rubbish!!!New…
Cash Not Issued from ATM in Morocco - Chargeback Claim with Revolut
Hi, I'm just back from a holiday in Morocco. Whilst there, I tried to withdraw around £150 in local currency using my Revolut Visa card. The transaction appeared to go through, my card was returned but no cash was issued. I stood at the machine for ages, afraid that if I left it the cash would come out and be stolen by a…

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