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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…
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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.
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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…
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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…
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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
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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…
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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…
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Cash dollar exchange
What is the cheapest way to exchange several thousand US dollars cash into Sterling?
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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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Holiday cancellation
Hi I booked a 3k family holiday with onthebeach 10 days ago with an £120 deposit and now I want to cancel it for personal reasons they are saying I need to pay 2k cancellation!The holiday is not until December..🤷🏻♂️ Can anyone help? 🙏🏻
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Best way to spend abroad?
Hello! I’m going on holiday to Croatia in June and I’m trying to figure out the best way to spend abroad. I’ve not been on holiday in about 5 years so I’m not really sure what’s best to go for. I was thinking of just exchanging up some euros to take with me and doing all my spending in cash- but I’m not really sure how…
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EasyJet delayed check in and missed flight
I booked a package holiday through EasyJet from Luton. I did online check in and arrived at the airport 2 hours before my flight to drop my hold bags off (as stated on their website) The airport was absolutely heaving and there was a long queue. Airport staff were taking people out of the queue for flights due to leave…
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BA cancelled my flight and booked me onto the next one - but I was refunded?
Can I ask if you should receive an 'eticket' email when you book with BA? My flight for October was cancelled twice, and I received an eticket email for both of them. I was then invited to go to Manage My Booking to accept the third and later flight option I then received a refund. Should I assume they have taken the money…
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Car hire whilst visiting the UK
My daughter and partner live in France and are planning a trip to the UK in November, flying in and out of Manchester. They want to hire a car to travel around in, so far the cheapest option is a small van. Is it a case of just trying all the tips from the MSE car hire article? Or are there other options for them? Maybe if…
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Flight Cancelled and rebooked on to a different airlines in a different cabin
We have just discovered that our British airways Business Class flight to Chicago has been cancelled for tomorrow morning and we have been rebooked onto an American Airlines flight departing 5 hours later and booked into a different cabin, it doesn't tell me which cabin and unfortunatly I am unable to speak to anyone at BA…
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Santander debit cards
I notice now that Santander are allowing all of their current account customers to withdraw cash from their Atms in every country they operate fee free. Previously only select account customers could do this and other current account customers were limited to Spanish Banco Santander ATMs
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BHX to Munich via Frankfurt question
Hi Hopefully a simple answer on this one but thought I best check. Going with Lufthansa to Munich from Birmingham via Frankfurt for in July for the outbound flight. There's only a 45 min stop in Frankfurt. Never been but I am aware Frankfurt is a huge airport. As Britain is no longer in the EU, does anyone know if we'll be…
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Argentinian Pesos - Western Union
I learnt yesterday that Argentina operates two exchange rates. The ‘red’ official rate and the ‘blue’ rate on the black market. The difference is huge (250-480) and debit/credit cards would be the official ‘red’ rate. This means that for the first time in absolutely yonks I’ll be avoiding my usual cards and getting cash.…
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What is a good rate for USD?
Going to the USA in the summer and now thinking about changing up £800 into $ but not sure what a good rate is or has been over the last year? Anyone recently changed some £ into $ and found a certain company having a rate worth taking. Are Tesco worth using, I have a club card so might be get a better rate? Thanks
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Flight refund
Hi everyone I am new to this forum,My son recently booked a holiday and i needed some advice.My son is 16yrs old and decided to book a holiday for him & myself,I am a single mum and work for the NHS as a cleaner,I have struggled to provide for my son and get no help from his father.My son received money for Xmas and his…
