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Gulf Air has added a stop to our itinerary
About a week ago we booked flights for 4 passengers from Heathrow to Bangkok. It had a stop over for 3 hours on the way out and 5 hours on the way back in Bahrain which was fine. Today we received an email and text from them that they have changed the itinerary and now we have to also fly from Bahrain to Singapore meaning…
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Pay in local currency??
I saw this on a MSE post and wanted to understand more. My card provider charges 2.99% so should I select to pay in pounds? If so, why is this better over local currency with the fee? "If you're using a bog-standard credit or debit card, it's touch and go. Sometimes the card machine will show you the 'non-sterling cash…
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Car hire
Why are car rental companies charging so much more for airport collection than if you take a shuttle to collect the car and where are the collection points ?
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easyJet release dates
Since Covid the general pattern that easyJet followed of dates to release flights seems to have stopped. I'm signed up to the newsletter but don't receive that till hours after flights are released and a DM on Twitter and they tell me they don't publish the dates flights are due to be released in advance on their website?I…
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ATM in Egypt
Not sure whether this should be in banking or in phones, so let's try here first. Last month I was in Egypt, because of the travel uncertainties I wanted to be sure I could access my UK funds so I messaged my bank, I got told 'you no longer need to inform us of your travel plans, our fraud team will contact you about any…
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Car rental recommendations - Mallorca
Evening all. Have booked 10 days in Mallorca in June, and am looking to price up car hire. Any and all experience - good and bad - gratefully received. The quickest Google tells me to avoid Goldcar... When we've hired a car previously, in Cyprus, it's been the small operations - the ones used by folk with villas out there,…
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Car hire pick up points - Airport or nearby local office?
We're looking to hire a couple of vehicles out of Brisbane at Easter and have found out that there is a substantial hike in price for collecting from the airport vs taking a short cab ride to an off-airport collection depot. Guess other contributors have had similar experiences?
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Charged £90 for a hire car that never materialised
Hello all, my partner and I are after some advice. Roughly 6 months ago my partner booked a hire car through Ryanair to be ready at an airport in Greece for our October 2022 holiday. £90 was charged to her account immediately from rentalcars.com. Stupidly we didn't check for any confirmation email and arrived at the…
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Money to Holland
Haven't been abroad for years, but planning a short trip to Holland. Do they accept credit cards or debit cards in most places or is it best to take cash?
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EasyJet Ticket Prices
Ladies and Gents - Happy New Year to you all. Earlier this month I booked return flights from London Gatwick to Rhodes, Greece. This is for our family summer holiday for 2023. I paid £2,259.56 for these flights, for 2 adults + 3 children - including two check-in luggage items. Out of curiosity - Two weeks later I checked…
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Car Hire too cheap?
As I always do when I am bored, I started checking car hire prices for next years holiday. I came across Delpaso Car Hire in Malaga advertising several models for less than 3euros per day in Oct 2023 via the DoyouSpain.com website. As this was such a bargain, I have booked (and paid for) two periods of car hire for next…
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Booking flights Kayak eDreams
Hi I have been trying to book a flight from UK to Australia via eDreams (after search on Kayak) for end of February. However when I select the deal on eDreams I have been getting the following message for the past few days: "Sorry! There seems to be a problem with the flight you have selected. Please try again or select…
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Flight delayed and PCR test
My flight was delayed by 24 hours and now my 72 hour PCR test will be invalid. I am travelling from Bangkok to Tokyo via Kuala lumpar. It was my connecting flight that had the delay. Advice appreciated.
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Kroo Bank and traveling
Hi all, I've recently opened a Kroo Bank account with the intention of using it as my travel account due to no fees. Being a new player to the current account world, has anyone used the account while traveling?
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Metal Spork in hand luggage
Can I take a metal spork in my hand luggage or will it be confiscated at security? Primarily travelling in europe (and turkey).
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Revolut
Can some help me understand what i am doing please. I want to be able to pay for Public transport. petrol and a food shop at a local supermarket in Leknes Lofoten Islands in Norway. Th travel forum says cash is not really a thing anymore so people recommended i use Revolut. If i download the app can i just pay for…
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Halifax credit card fraud
I saw a transaction on my account in mid November for £87.77 which I didn't recognise and queried with Halifax customer support. The agent passed me over to Fraud and they cancelled my card and credited the amount (including transaction fee back to my account). I then received an email yesterday from their Fraud team…
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Travel money for teenagers
My DD is fortunate enough to be going on a school trip to Iceland in October next year. What is the best way for her to handle travel money independently?
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Could She get Refund?
Hi everyone, A family member bought a ticket to Spain and Porto via an agent. She is NOW bereaved so can't go on the trip? Is there possibility of getting a refund? This trip involves easy jet and Portuguese airline. Who is the best to contact? Agent or airlines? Thanks
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Flight Upgrade Scams
We booked an Aer Lingus flight from Manchester to Orlando in August, 2022 for near the end of October, 2022. The One-Way Economy Class ticket was 1265 GBP.Six days before we were due to fly our Economy Class flight was confirmed with a slight change in departure time. Four days before our flight's departure, I received an…
