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Car hire prices
It looks like car hire prices within the UK have collapsed recently. Has this also happened outside the UK ? Can anyone explain why ?
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Singapore Airlines headphones
Hello, I've just bought some cheap headphones with a 3.5 mm jack. Does anyone know if this will fit the Singapore Airlines entertainment units? Thank you.
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ATM’s
I think it needs more clarification from Martin that using a recognised credit card abroad ( e.g Barclays reward’) does not = no charges! I went to so many cash machines in Spain to get ‘free transaction’. They all charge! So what should we do? We are being ripped off by the banks. So realistically what is the cheapest…
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Detroit Car Hire
Hi, all. Looking at hiring a car for a visit in-between Christmas and New Year to Detroit. Just wondering if anyone has any recommendations for sites to use for the booking. Thanks
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Bank fee for loading Rand on Revolut
I loaded ZAR onto my Revolut card using my Lloyds’s debit card and was astounded when they charged me 2.99% for the privilege! I’ve taken this up with Lloyds as on MSE it states ‘if you are buying and topping up currency on a prepaid card always use a debit card which isn’t allowed to charge this fee’. Has anyone else…
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European flight compensation question
Hi! So, I was delayed at Gatwick for 2h45m on an easyjet flight to Turin because 1) the aircon went funny at point of take-off so they headed to the side of the runway and called an engineer, 2) when this was sorted then then said they needed to refuel, 3) they then needed to await someone to help the plane get back to the…
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Loading Euro Cash on to a Travel Card
So I bought some euros, as the exchange rate was good, to load on to my Post Office Travel Card. After the euros arrived I went to the post office to load them on and was advised that they cannot do this, and they can only load GBP on to the card which will convert in to my required currency. So now I'm stuck with euro…
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Tax refund on unused flights- Ryanair
Hi, I booked a return flight with Ryanair, because of change of circumstances, I couldn't take this trip. Will Ryanair refund any taxes?
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EU flight compensation
I live in Almaty in Kazakhstan. Due to civil unrest in January 2022 the international airport was closed for a period of several weeks. When the situation died down and the curfew was lifted, the international airport re-opened and various international airlines resumed their services such as Turkish, Wizz, FlyDubai...etc…
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Budget Flights Help Needed
I have booked flights to Thailand for 2024 with a UK based Budget Flight Company for 4 people. The flights are due to be paid for next week. Unfortunately, due to unforeseen circumstances 2 of the people booked for can not now go. Does anyone know where I stand on cancelling 2 of the flights or changing the names of these…
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Tips for getting cheaper flights
Hi all, I'm looking for tips to get cheaper flights. I'm planning a trip to New Zealand in October. I've been trying to look for discount codes and also being trying to use VPN's but not had much luck. The price always stays the same with VPN's. Does anyone have any other suggestions? Or know of any cashback credit cards…
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Be Aware - Easyjet 'Policy' Change - Extra Legroom Seats
As of 19th June 2023 Easyjet (under the radar as far as my countless searches tell me) have changed their policy for those paying for extra leg room. Prior to this date, all extra leg room seats booked and paid for were also allowed speedy boarding and one extra small cabin bag. After 19th June the only bang for your buck…
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British Airways- charging flight in dollars in UK leading to currency fee
Hi all, I booked a flight with British Airways last week. I was in the UK when I made the booking but when I went to pay, the final charge was in USD instead of pounds sterling. I scrolled up and down to see if I could pay in sterling instead but no joy. I went ahead and paid and just saw that my bank charged me a foreign…
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Portugal car hire (and baby seat?)
Hi, We're going to Portugal with our new arrival in a few weeks, and was wondering if anyone had any recommendations for a local car hire company? Or is it a case of just using the standard comparison sites? Also, we are not sure whether to take our car seat as one of the carry on items with Easyjet, or to pay for a car…
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Conversion rates for car hire
I have been looking at booking car hire for Greece, I found some great prices but they want me to pay a deposit and then pay the balance on arrival. My concern is they have quoted in GBP but I have to pay in local currency, will my credit card convert the balance or will the car hire company quote me cost in EUR at their…
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Car hire excess - ?rip off?
Went to Greece in May, with well known travel company and hired a car through them. Being a good MSE follower, I arranged my own insurance excess with a company I thought I had used before. Had a minor conflict with a roadside pole [due to local driver showing full beam lights at night, needing avoiding action]. Local car…
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Ryanair Summer 2024 Flights
Hi, Does anybody have a rough idea of when summer flights usually go on sale on Ryanair? Thanks in advance
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Mis-sold flights? Booking page showed Business, booked into Economy
Hi everyone, Hoping for some opinions here. We made a BA Holidays booking last night (LHR-HEL-JFK-LAX-JFK-LHR-OSL). All flights were booked into Business (and I have a screenshot of the booking page showing Business for each leg), but after confirming the booking, the MMB page now shows Economy for LAX-JFK. I've priced up…
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Claiming the cost of accommodation on a holiday (not package holiday) where flight's been cancelled
Hi, We booked flights to Venice through Easy Jet (we were due to travel in mid August) and booked the accommodation separately in a camping village. The day after we paid the remainder due on the accommodation, Easy Jet cancelled our flight. We had taken out insurance when booking the accommodation through the camping…
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Flights cancelled allegedly due to Air Traffic Control - is there any way of getting compensation?
Our flight to europe with Easyjet for a 4 night break in June (accommodation via Airbnb) was cancelled at the last minute and when we rebooked for next day was cancelled again. At that point we abandonned our holiday and had refund for flight tickets. I could see Easyjet would not give additional compensation as…
