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Currency swap with colleague
For various reasons I have ended up with a lot of euros (1000+) which I won’t need for the foreseeable future. A colleague has suggested buying them from me (at xe.com rate) to save us both conversion costs. And I’m hoping for suggestions how we could do this transaction electronically (one has starling, the other wise…
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Car hire; Credit Card changed, have to cancel booking
Has anyone else seen this? Back last December I prebooked and paid for Car Hire in France using my Jaja credit card. With Europcar. Jaja have since cancelled my CC account (along with many others, plenty of threads about that on this forum and elsewhere) As Hols are approaching I checked the details of the Car hire.…
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Can't make new flight time as not in the country!!
Hello. I booked separate non refundable flights via Trip.Com for a day trip Leeds to Dublin 0830 land 0930. Return 2230 land 2330. Same day 16/11/23. Trip.com have said thay the return flight is now cancelled so have booked me onto the ONLY other return flight that day, at 0730, land 0830 in leeds. Except this return…
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Best way to take money to Philippines?
I am wondering what is the best (and safest) way to take money when I go to the Philippines next month, whether it be using my credit card, taking a pre-paid card, or getting cash before I go., or a combination of them all? I will need approximately £1000 worth of Peso whilst I am there, using my debit card is out of the…
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Air Canada damaged checked in bags
Travelled with Air Canada from London Heathrow to Cancun, Mexico (transiting Toronto, Canada). They damaged 4x checked in bags which arrived broken and goods stolen from inside at least one bag. Bags received at our final destination at Cancun, Mexico and Baggage handling staff reported immediately and they issued the…
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flight changed by two hours
Easyjet changed both our outbound and inbound flights by two hours 15 minutes, then two weeks later changed them again to two hours. So our flights were going out and coming back two hours earlier than originally booked. We cannot travel because of this, but trying to get an answer from Easyjet about refunds etc is…
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His car insurance
Hello, I am hiring a car in American and will be buying CDW insurance. Has anyone be asked for Theft waiver insurance and do I need to buy it? Thanks
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Europcar trying to hit me 2+months later...
Hi, looking for some advice if anyone has ever experienced the sane with the utter scam artists Europcar. I hired a car in Bologna Airport, took out full insurance - when I got to the car it was absolutely peppered in damage, which a large portion wasn't mentioned on the form. I spoke to a member of staff, and 2 of them…
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Flying to USA via dublin and Aer Lingus - Clearance
So am I correct in thinking that if I fly from Man to Dub then Dub to IAD via Aer Lingus then we will do customs clearance in Dublin and land as a domestic flight in the USA? What is the process on the way back - we will be returning the same route? Where do we do clearance for entry back in the UK? In Dublin or Manchester?
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Collecting Avios through surveys
I've been completing surveys to collect Avios for at least 10 years and thought that it's probably worth mentioning on here as it doesn't seem to be discussed a great deal. I use e-rewards & aviosforthoughts which are both found (or at least they were) on the BA website. With e-rewards you collect points per survey and…
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Travel Credit Cards
Hi, The site recommended Barclay Card Rewards for overseas spending because :- No fees on spending or ATM withdrawals overseas - No interest on cash withdrawals if paid IN FULL I have a Rewards card and checked with Barclaycard. There are fees and interest charged on cash withdrawals. Regards Bob Morley - long term fan and…
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Why do we have to pay Admin fees when Flights get cancelled.
Hi All, I book my holidays around 9/10 Months in advance to get a decent deal. However, this year all my flights mostly with Wizz air have ben cancelled and I have been asked to rebook. They mentioned that I will be gettign full refund but the booking sites such as Trip.com or Thomas cook has applied their own admin fees…
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Anyone used enjoytravel or holidaycars.com for car hire?
Has anyone used enjoytravel or holidaycars.com for car hire? If so, how was your experience with them? (them, the broker rather than the car company). Any bad experiences?
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Istabul - best way to take money?
I have two good cards a halifax clarity and chase debit card. Because of the volatility of the lira is it best to take cash or use these cards to withdraw lira in istanbul?
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TUI flights
TUI I have booked flights only with them and 2 days later, after booking, I wanted to cancel due to an error on my part thinking I was flying to the main airport in Florida . This happened over a month ago ( I fly in September ) but they are unwilling to refund me the money and to be honest, the customer service is, at…
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Stansted Airport Parking - Lost voucher code
Last time I booked Stansted parking I found on a discussion thread a code that gave 20% off but also free fast track security - this latter may have been a glitch. Despite my best googling I can't find the thread with the code again. Can anyone help? Thanks so much
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One passenger upgraded to Club World, the other hasn't - options?
My partner & myself booked a BA flight Heathrow to Denver, standard economy class. We got notification a few months later that the aircraft changed so they changed our seats which were no longer together. We immediately called to resolve (my partner is an anxious traveller) and managed to get seated together again. Our…
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Parking in Denver, CO
We're due to fly to Denver on Thursday (25th) My SO has a few days at a conference from Thurs to Mon & I'm tagging along then we have a week or so added to holiday. I've just checked the parking situation at the Conference hotel (Hyatt Regency, Denver) and discovered it's $47/day! Any suggestions for cheaper parking for a…
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Easyjet Voucher Policy
Hi, I've purchased a flight with EasyJet for July but will be unable to go due to work committments. Is it possible to request vouchers for the flight to travel - I could not see anything obvious on the EasyJet FAQs? I don't expect or want a full refund, just the option to re-book in the future. Thanks for any advice.
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Overseas spending for kids/ teens travelling without parents
Hi lovely MSE forumites, I’m hoping you can help me with a couple of queries which are quite similar….1. My 12 yo is going on a school trip to Paris. He’ll take some cash, but school are not sure if cash will be accepted everywhere. Is there a pre-paid card you can recommend for him? I’ve looked at Revolut, as it was…
