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Barclay Rewards Low Credit Limit
We've applied for a Barclays Rewards visa for overseas spending in October, but they've given us a stupidly low credit limit of £200. If we pay off some as we go, or preloaded a payment would we be able to spend more? For example, if we prepaid £200 would we then be authorised to spend up to £400 while we are away? We are…
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Should I Rebook or Take the Risk? Air Ticket Name Issue with Juneyao and Asiana
I booked air tickets via Trip.com for a trip from the UK to Seoul with a layover in Shanghai, flying with Juneyao Airlines and Asiana Airlines. Unfortunately, I mistakenly left out the middle names on the booking. When I contacted Juneyao, they told me that since two airlines are involved, they can’t make any changes. They…
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Geneva car hire
Me & my wife are heading to Geneva for a few days over Christmas & hoping to hire a car, any recommendations? Google reviews all seem to show problems after car dropped off for most reviewers. Won't be driving into Geneva (as heard its not fun) but want to head into the mountains for some stunning views 🤞 Thanks in advance…
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Easyjet cancelling flights with few bookings?
Hi all, Quick question. We've a flight booked with Easyjet in a few weeks time. Its a relatively new destination (only started this year) and, currently, both outbound and inbound flights are about a third full. Its a flight only booking for us, but Easyjet Holidays are offered to this airport so fair to assume that some…
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Alicante Car Hire - check your Credit Card works!
Just back from Spain with my extended family. At Centauro Car Rental in Alicante Airport terminal we had 3 separate bookings and we all have hire car excess (from MSE recommendation) and therefore declined the comprehensive insurance policies. One of the guys provided his credit card to cover the €1400 block that was…
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Trip.com code not working
Morning all, I am trying to use the code MSENU10 which is for all new customers for all flight bookings starting from the UK. Has anyone had any joy with this? I have tried to contact trip.com but I am not getting anywhere! Thank you.
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Problem signing up to Currensea
I have been attempting to signup via the currensea app on a samsung android tablet. When I get to bank linking, I login to my bank, select my account and then get sent back to the currensea app. Continue in the app sends me back to santander. I have gone backwards and forwards between the app and logging into santander…
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Help! Kiwi issues, BA cancellation
Please help!!!! I booked a once in a lifetime trip 2 weeks ago. I booked flights London to Honolulu for next year with one layover. London to LA and reverse is with British Airways, then LA to Honolulu is with Hawaiian. Now I know I should have booked direct but there was a £200 difference so booked with Kiwi. Randomly…
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Buy foreign currency with a credit card
Hey all trying to work out the best way to do this and see if I can not miss out on avoid points. i need to buy circa £2k of euros and want to know if it’s possible to do with either Amex or Barclaycard avios plus. its so hard to work out what fees i will be charged. I know i will get a 2.99% fee but then some people say…
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MoneySavingsExpert recommended Car Hire Insurance Excess Cover
Just a word of warning about the Leisure Guard Product. I purchased it thought this site for a weeks trip at the end of May. When I returned the hire car, I was informed that a plastic clip under the car had been broken and that there was a scuff on the bottom egde of a sill. Fine I thought, I'm covered. Got home and tried…
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It’s not fare
I had to cancel air travel tickets and was charged the whole cost less taxes. Is that fair or even legal
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First family holiday (Tui) - is it worth paying to select seats?
We are going on our first family holiday with 2 kids 13 + 15. We have been given the option to select flight seats which would be £132 for both flights to guarantee we are sitting together. The flight is only 2 hours. It doesn’t bother myself and husband to sit separately but the kids have never flown before. I feel in…
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Vueling change of flight time / refund?
Hey all, looking for a bit of advice. I've booked a flight with Vueling for the summer which sets off at 2.30pm, landing at 6pm ish. We received an email last week saying they have changed the time of it so it now takes off at 9pm, landing at 1am ish. In the email it gave us options of accepting the flight, change to…
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Refund on airport duty tax from travel agent
Does anyone know how to get the refund from the travel agent on the airport duty tax. Travel agent did not pass to airline so nothing to do with BA, but won’t answer my 35+ emails to them. So in essence they are fraudulently keeping this tax for 6 adults. Thanks for reading
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Expedia and Goldcar standoff
My family recently took a trip to France where we would be staying some distance from Marseille airport and therefore booked a hire car in advance. Unfortunately, the Ryanair flight was delayed leaving Bristol by an hour and forty minutes. To make sure that the hire company new I would be delayed, I phoned the contact…
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Car rental nightmare
I booked car rental via one of those money comparison websites (maybe it was Kayak?) and I paid the amount in full to Wisecars which then issued a voucher with the Dollar car rental company. When I got to the destination, the agent at Dollar informed me that they had been having issues with Wisecars and most of the…
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Another car rental nightmare
One nightmare after another… This time it’s to do with embossed credit card numbers. I had no idea that some car rentals don’t accept the new credit cards which don’t have embossed numbers!! After arriving at the destination, the car hire wanted to charge 4 times the price if I wanted to use a credit card without the…
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Car hire no show
I booked a RyanAir flight to Italy and hired a car as an add on - it was very cheap, £170 for 8 days. I was given a collection time of 4:30pm local time and instructions to take a shuttle bus and ring a number. The flight out was delayed by nearly an hour, so we didn't land until 4:30pm. When we got out tof the airport, I…
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Car Hire Deposit Taken in Full and Then Returned Minus Fees
Is it normal for car hire companies to charge a full damage deposit to your credit card rather than charge a nominal £0.01 pending the return of the vehicle? I've just been hit with c.£40 of currency exchange/transaction charges because the hire company charged 900 Euros to my card and then returned 900 Euros a few days…
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Issue with Kiwi/Wizz Air flight refund
i booked a flight from London on Wizz Air via Kiwi.com. The flight comprised one from London to Rome and then a second flight from Rome to the final destination. Wizz cancelled the second flight and could not provide an alternative so I didn’t travel. I requested a refund through Kiwi.com who say that Wizz refused the…
