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Advice Needed Cancelled BA Flight Missed Ongoing Flight
I had a holiday booked through Last Minute with a British Airways flight down to London and a connecting flight to Amman Jordan on Royal Jordanian. The BA flight was cancelled and BA refused to do anything, saying contact travel agent, while Last Minute via thier chat said they don't deal with any changes taking place…
AVIS car hire help needed please
I recently paid £105 for 3 days car hire through AVIS. I dropped the car off full of petrol, no damage, had to wait a bit for them to sign it off but all was OK. Now I am home, they have made a charge to my credit card for 300 euros - when I queried this, they say it was 37 minutes late being returned. They apparently give…
Urgent. Date of connecting flight not changed
Short version. My return flight to London from the Gambia via Morocco was booked via Flightcatchers - all flights on the same ticket.The first leg of the return flight was changed from 25 April to 26 April by Royal Air Maroc (RAM). No problem, I thought. However, I've just discovered that they have not changed the date of…
0% chance of acceptance on Barclaycard Rewards card
I'm a bit shocked, I've just done an 'eligibility test' and got this result for the Barclaycard Rewards card. I do have a Barclaycard I use and pay off regularly. I've got a 50% chance of being accepted on the Halifax Clarity. Does anyone know if the criteria for travel cards has changed?
Dream holiday and how to get there with reward points and credit cards
Evening everyone. Apologies if this is not in the correct forum but I am a little unsure of where it would live given the choice. I am relatively new to points, cards, and rewards and currently have only a Business Platinum Amex Card to my name (Outside of 'bank accounts' and debit cards). It's always been my dream to…
CannyApp
Hi - does anyone have any experience of using this prepaid debit card? It claims to give 3% cashback on all overseas spending, yet it charges a 7% foreign exchange fee. Thanks
EasyJet variable hold baggage charges
I am new to the forum. I have read some of the posts concerning the above but thought my very recent experience may prevent forum members from paying what I consider hard to justify charges for hold baggage not booked with flight tickets immediately on release of the flight schedules. MSE normally gives advance warning of…
Car Hire Glasgow Airport
I’m thinking about hiring a car from the airport to use for a few days on a Glasgow visit. My daughter will be driving. It’s a long weekend visit and will involved family visits over the few days so a car would be handy. I’ve searched and Booking.com came up with very cheap deals but mentions shuttle bus which I think I…
Car hire Kefalonia
Planning a trip in June. Any recommendations who to hire with? Havent hired a car for years..
Car hire kefalonia June
Any recommendations for car hire companies? Tried one local firm but they fully booked. Haven't hired in Europe for years.
Flight cancellation and delay and downgrade
Hi, I was unlucky enough to fly with Lufthansa. 48 hours before flight which was a connecting flight LHR to FRA to JFK it was cancelled. I was rebooked on a new flight LHR to Brussels to JFK. On the flight to Brussels I was told my connecting flight to JFK was cancelled less than 3 hours before flight. I was rebooked…
150,000 Avios, but they seem almost worthless. Advice sought!
After a dalliance with a rewards credit card some years ago, I have about 150,000 Avios now sat in a BA "Executive Club" account, following the end of the Avios programme. I'm now getting emails telling me that they will expire if I don't do something with them, so I started to look. The thing is that I live in the…
Clarify Car Hire
Anyone have experience with Clarify Car Hire? It is not mentioned in MSE for cheap car hire. I searched for a quote for a car hire excess insurance through MonyMaxim, and I received a £50 voucher to be used at Clarify. Are they OK, is it a legitimate company? Thanks.
Cancelled BA Flight
We had flights booked for 26 December 2021, but they were cancelled due to covid restrictions. BA gave me vouchers as said I did not qualify for a refund, I know this as I have asked for a subject access request. I have been unable to use the vouchers, which run out at the end of September 2023 and have also since found…
Daytime flight finder, how?
I have used several apps in the past to research flight such as but not limited to skyscanner, Kayak etc. but presently cannot see a method to do a generic flight take off time. Any ideas to do this? I aim to fly to Europe for holidays during daytime hours but not jetting off ( or back) before about 9 a.m. and also not…
Car Hire in Gibraltar or Cross the Border?
Hello all Holidaying with the family in Spain this summer, but flying into Gibraltar. is it better to book a car on the Gib side or cross La Linea and do it there? Any companies recommended on either side and anything to watch out for? TIA
London - Livingstone, Zambia
Need advice about the above journey that I'm hoping to make. Have 300K avios to burn but BA don't fly this route so BA flies to Johannesburg and then Airlink flies the Johannesburg - Livingstone leg. My options are Option 1 - Book each leg directly and use the Avios for the London - SA leg. Option 2 - Book via BA for the…
Baggage
My husband and I have always gone on package holidays before but now we have decided to book flight and holiday separately. We want to take a 1 hold bag each out and back obviously. Now this may be a stupid question but when it asks how many hold bags we want is it 2 (as in 1 per person there and back) or it is 4 (as in 1…
Cash dollar exchange
What is the cheapest way to exchange several thousand US dollars cash into Sterling?
Going to Spain how strict is £85 spending money per day rule?
Only just realised that this rule is in place which seems ridiculous but I understand in place as we left EU. (And its their country and their rules I get that) Do they check a lot of people or hardly bother? If we have a uk bank card and statement with enough funds is that sufficient? We certainly weren't planning to…

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Warm Home Discount expansion confirmed with millions more eligible for the £150 top-up this winter – here's what we know
Around 2.7 million more households, including 900,000 families with children, will become eligible for the £150 Warm Home Discount this winter, as the Government has confirmed it will remove the existing 'hard to heat' eligibility criteria. The extension has only been confirmed for winter 2025/26, with further changes possible for future years.
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