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Paris Metro 5 Days
We are arriving Orly early Thursday evening & departing Orly Mid afternoon the following Tuesday, end of August. We will be staying roughly in the centre of Paris, with no plans to go outside of the centre, such as Versailles Any suggestions on the best ticket combo TIA
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Prepaid eCards eMoney info
Why are Banks flagging up some of these Prepaid eCards when wanting to pay/Transfer Money into them from Credit Cards or a Bank? Some people think all these eCards are Banks but actually are not and its causing problems and confusion as to why. If you look and search Google enough you will probably find out why. Because…
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Missed flight connection.
Hello, i wonder if anyone might advise if we can do anything about a missed flight connection. It's a slight saga: we booked with Lufthansa to fly Birmingham - Frankfurt then Frankfurt - WIndhoek (Namibia). The connection was about 90 mins in FRA. However, the flight into BHX was delayed by bad weather in FRA and therefore…
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Car hire recommendation for Mallorca in July
I am looking to hire a car in Mallorca at the beginning of July but I am concerend about the very negative reviews and the scams that these rental companies pull. Can anyone recommend a half decent rental company thats less likely to pull a scam ? I was originally thinking of picking up and collecting at Palma airport, but…
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Holiday rental host asking for euro cheque as a deposit, UK bank won't give euro cheque
We've agreed to rent a property in France and the host is asking for a 1000 euro cheque to be handed over as a deposit when we arrive. My bank (Barclays) seems to no longer provide euro currency cheques as most transactions are electronic these days. The host will accept cash, but we'll surely lose money on transfer fees…
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EasyJet fly refusal
Hello,on the 8th on June my wife & I were booked for a wonder holiday in the italian dolomites flying from Manchester with EasyJet. My wife's passport had a small bit of damage to one corner where our dog had got hold of it and chewed it a little. There was no damage to the details page nor the embedded biometrics. She had…
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Airline company wanting an extra payment
Hi, I booked a return flight from the UK to Turkey through TravelUp on 02/06. Paid for in full. Got an email with the confirmation and itinerary etc. A few days later I got the flight info with the Booking ref and the e-tickets. I had some questions so I rang the agency. They told me to contact the airline directly. I did…
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Not been abroad for 20 years
My cousin has kindly offered to pay for me to go to Spain (hotel only) Ive not been abroad for 20 years I ain't a clue what to do. I'm looking for advice on getting cheap flights and should I change my money or use my debit card for purchases in Spain? Ive done some googling but it's confusing going abroad compared to when…
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Singapore Airlines Conversion Discrepency
Hi, I booked flights on Singapore Airlines at the beginning of April. I thought it was a good idea to pay in SGD rather than £ with it being a Singapore company and I've got a credit card without foreign transaction fees (Halifax). On the website, they converted £1841.23 to 3299.68 SGP and I paid, not thinking anything of…
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Ridiculous amount of information needed by Tesco currency exchange
A couple of months back we went to Norway. Had a lovely time. I thought while we were there that we had used up all the Kroner I'd bought. A very small amount needed so had only bought about £30 worth "just in case". And got it from Tescos. And then a few weeks back discovered that him indoors still had a 100 Kr note in…
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Cancelled flight - November
Hi I have been advised by Lufthansa that I can no longer fly from Manchester to Cape Town at 18:00 via Frankfurt in November 2024. Instead they have offered me to go at 11:05 via Munich with a 5:25 hour lay over in Munich airport, which isn't acceptable because of the length of time and that we would have to lose half a…
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Amending 1 flight within a package holiday
Good afternoon, question as i cant find an answer. I am on a weeks package holiday with TUI and the flights are with Easyjet. I am wanting to now leave a few days or week earlier and spend some time with a friend. Can i amend the Outbound flight out to leave a week earlier ? and then come back on the normal/original…
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Refusal to hand over rental car
Car hire was paid for in full - we were delayed arriving at Stanstead and had given our flight details when booking but hire vehicle still refused to us as we were more than 59 minutes late. But are they really allowed to take all our money and refuse to hand over car - I understand if a deposit was paid and I lost that -…
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Tui over booked our flight (and lied) and we had to pay extra money
Hello! Has anyone had any experience with this situation? Tui told us our flight was cancelled and initially gave us an option of flying from a different airport. We explained why we couldn't. They then gave the option of travelling a week later (it was out honeymoon and we had AL booked so not an option!) or flying with a…
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Alternate flight not suitable
Hello! I booked flights to New Zealand in Jan next year via Lastminute a couple of months ago. They've now contacted me to say my outgoing flight has been cancelled and offering me an alternative I'm not happy with. They say there is nothing else they can offer and my options are to accept or cancel and they will 'request'…
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Student working in Canada for the summer - currency useage
My son is working for 2 months in Canada next month. He is 20 and a student. Any advice on how to manage his cash/currency? He will be living in a sports camp (in the wilds maybe) - so as in - no ATMs readily accessible... I'm not convinced taking a stash of dollars is wise. He doesn't have a credit card. His current…
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Travellers Cheques - what to do with them?
A search of the forum brings up an old (2012) thread which has been closed. So I have to post this up as a new advice-request.Over the past 40 years I have travelled extensively world-wide for work as well as pleasure. Since before the invention of credit cards, digital money and cash machines I have had a stock of Thomas…
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Is FX DOLLAR Card still safe
Apologies this is the only place I could start a thread no red plus sign anywhere else. Have used FX for years then Covid gap and now first post Covid trip. Can only find really old threads on here so wondering if still safe.
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Wise fees triple?
I've had an email from Wise saying 'fees are changing' which we all know means going up, but they appear to be almost tripling?! Has anyone else had this? Does anyone know why? They seemed to make strong profits the last couple of years. From their email: "You previously sent 40 from GBP to USD. It cost 0.43 GBP and will…
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One way UK PEOPLE CARRIER
Having been let down by local taxi companies I am left with no option other than to hire a self drive people carrier from home to Heathrow. The only local company is Enterprise but I cannot get them to quote a price without making a booking! Can anyone give me at least a starting price for a less than 24 hour one way…
