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Morocco - Debit card vs Halifax Clarity card?
Hi - OK so I've worked out that taking 2000 Moroccan Dirham is allowed from UK to Morocco but it's better rates to just get it there instead of buying it here, even at the airport. My question is when I'm there is it better to withdraw cash from ATMs and make purchases with my Halifax Clarity card or my hsbc debit card?…
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Move to Spain Currency Questions
I currently have a Monzo account as my main UK bank account and I have just opened a Revolut Euro and GPB account app only which I am hoping will be sufficient as my main Spanish bank account? So, I plan to move a large sum of money to Revolut to convert into Euros for my Spanish property purchase and keep some money in my…
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Car Hire Florida - SIXT - Insurance Queries
Hi everybody, apologies in advance if similar questions have been asked, I've spent the past 2 days trying to get my head around this issue. So we're visiting Florida and we're hiring a car from SIXT. When making the booking, I opted against the 'Peace Of Mind' extra protection (VERY pricey). When I view my booking online,…
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Package holiday flying with different carriers
There is an Adult Only hotel on the Costa del Sol which we really like - but only available as an "off the shelf" package through TUI.Flights on their aircraft to/from Malaga are Thursdays on a 7 day cycle - with BA as an alternative (sub contracted ?) carrier on Sundays.Therefore we can mix n' match 7 or 10 day options as…
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Ryanair name change, (more than 3 letters)
I've realised with 5 minutes of a mistake when i made my booking with Ryanair.. I'm guessing the booking name has to be exactly the same as the passport name. I've not had a passport for many years, but I've just got one. I always use the name Nick in everyday life, in fact it was autofill that put it in on my computer. My…
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Virgin Holidays vs Virgin Atlantic - pricing
Advice please! I visited a Virgin Holiday branch to ask questions about booking a flight (this was 12 months before the date and I knew flights not normally released until 11 months before); I was basically worried the price would increase between the outward flight release and the return journey flight opening (I am going…
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Flght delay - claim for expenses?
Our flight from Tunisia (only 3 hours) was delayed by 7 hours which meant we arrived back at about 10pm. I know I can claim compensation for the delay but it's cost me a small fortune having to pay an extra day kennel fees for three dogs at a premium rate as it wasn't booked in advance, cattery fees for an extra day and…
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Hire car CDW query
I'm a little puzzled by the new (?) CDW waiver policy. I recently hired a car from Hertz (Marseille) on picking up the car I was offered the CDW excess insurance at their standard rate of around €25 per day. As I already had bettersafe CDW (annual) I declined. I was warned that a total loss/theft of the vehicle would be…
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Emirates Skywards Tiers
Hi, is anyone able to advise on the following with regards to Emirates Skywards Tiers please as I'm struggling to find the answer online?My husband and I earned 27,500 miles each in May this year and online it says we will be in the Silver Tier until June 25.We have just booked a flight for April 25 which will earn us…
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Did I get scammed? Car hire in Albania
TLDR; Credit card didn't work for deposit but car hire guy let me take it if I gave him 100Euros to cover money for insurance excess Detailed; My Halifax Clarity credit card didn't work for the car hire and neither did my wife's (we both have Halifax Clarity cards). Therefore, we wouldn't have been able to take the car…
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Goldcar Malaga Airport - car hire scam
Hi - I'm new to this - hopefully it will help someone get their holiday off to a better start than mine Had booked car hire online for holiday a month or so in advance with Holiday Autos to be provided by GOLDCAR in Malaga airport - started with MSE and was referred to Moneysupermarket - I checked reviews and didn’t find…
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Wizz Air Tips & Tricks
Never flown with them before. Using them for a split flight Hurghada to Manchester via Milan (spoilt for choice Milan to Manchester) The headline price looks good!! £50 each . There will be 4 Adults & we can live with one checked suitcase, the rest small back packs under the seat Is there anything we need to be aware of?…
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Euro Automatic Cash ATMS - good for Santander cards
For those interested and could benefit. Confirmation that ATMs of the Euro Automatic Cash network in Spain are commission fee free for UK Santander debit cards - same as if used at a regular Santander branded machine.https://www.euroautomaticcash.es/en/aboutus/index.htmlI wish I had known this last year when I had a couple…
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Currency Exchange - USD to EUR
I have US$655 cash. How do I maximise the amount of Euros I'd get? So far the P.O. and Sainsbury's have said I need to do two transactions, which will cost me £100+
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Transferring money between Oman and UK
We have recently arrived in Oman for work reasons and will need to transfer money between our new Omani account and our existing uk account. Is there way to do this without incurring large transfer fees? I have looked at Wise and Revolut which I believe work in similar ways but neither will transfer from Pounds to Omani…
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Firefly car rental scam
Hi, this is a common problem! The fraudulent efforts of Firefly car rental At the hire desk in Alicante airport in 2022 the advisor initialled on the hire form that we accepted supercover, he actually put my husbands initials on the form! (all unbeknown to us) So, on returning home we received a bill for 308 euros. We went…
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Wise formerly TransferWise International Money Transfer to Canada
Just wanted to put up a post to let people know that if they are thinking about or just about to make a GBP to CAD money transfer with Wise I have an outstanding payment over 2 weeks old now and it might be worth you reconsidering how you do that! Lots of calls to their customer service has provided nothing helpful to…
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USA car hire insurance - ALAMO booked but not sure what it does/n't cover!
We have booked a hire car through Alamo for 16 days in California. Having selected a few extras we sill are not sure what additional standalone insurance to purchase. I am pretty sure we need the SLI (Supplementary Liability) but cannot work out if we need anything else. This is the relevant bit of the Alamo Bill: Any…
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Airport parking through Ryanair
I booked airport parking with Ryanair at the same time as my flights. Seamed like a good idea as the price was okay and it'll all together with the same company. However Ryanair changed our flights, they informed us of this and although it had now cost us an extra night accommodation we have accepted the flight change. I…
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Chance of claim when checkin denied due to desk's inability to charge wizzair fees?
I neglected to checkin online with wizzair within 3 hours and arrived in airport effectively * 90 minutes before flight due to son being ill (but I have no documentation for that). Checkin at airport wanted to charge me for for my family of 6 (about £240 or whatever) but none of debit and credit cards went through through…
