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Jet2 switching flights to different carrier
We have flights booked with Jet2 to Spain in October and have recently been informed that the flight will now be operated by SmartLynx. As far as I can tell, all Jet2 flights are non-refundable and we would have no right to cancel and receive a refund (we could of course just cancel and lose our money). Does anyone know if…
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Car Hire Availability Check - urgent
I urgently need a car hire in Valencia, but all the usual search engines are allowing my to book then cancelling my booking (after taking card payment of course ). Is there a way of booking a car with guaranteed availability using search engines ? thanks
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TravelUp Refusing to Pay Refund
I booked a flight with TravelUp and received a proof of payment email stating I had paid £231.37 however the company charged my credit card £421.37 without notifying me. I realised a couple of days before my flight and sought a refund from TravelUp over the phone and was sent back and forth between various departments…
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Flight cancelled months in advance but no similar priced alternatives
Planning a family trip to Japan at Xmas. Flights booked direct with BA for £850 about 6 weeks ago. Got email to say the flight is cancelled. Seems like just one if the 3 flights cancelled from Manchester to Heathrow so the whole journey is cancelled. They asked us to call up to rearrange or we could get a full refund.…
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Best ways to get extra Virgin Atlantic points for free flights?
Hi All, I'm new to the concept of airline miles, and I'm trying to save as much as I can in the process of planning a trip for Disney Orlando in 2024 for the kids. Part of that mission includes collecting as many Virgin Atlantic points as I can to get heavily discounted flights, and I was wondering if anyone knows of any…
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Turkey
Were going on a family holiday to turkey. Does amyone know if we can use credit /debit card most of the time . Or is tirkey a place were they still use cash more
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Currency and credit card charges on Malaysian Airline booking
I bought a flight for my son on my credit card. The confirmation came through as GBP £1,621.46 (paid in EUR
£2,056.34 - the only other options were Asian currencies, no payment in GBP was available). Yet my credit card bill dated the following day was
£1803.00 (all from Malaysia Airlines). That is £181.54 extra that was…
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Kiwi.com
Has anyone had any experience of this company? Good or bad? I am having great problems with them and can't find any good comments about them anywhere.
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Ryanair - No refund if you cancel?
About a week ago myself and a friend booked a UK to Ireland fight for the end of August for a Friends surprise birthday weekend. My mate has just realised that his passport has expired (He's sure he checked before...but anyway). He's contacted the local passport office for an appointment for a fast track passport but has…
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revolut card - Jordan
Hi, Has anyone been in Jordan in recent years and could tell me if its true that you should have cash with you as cards arent accepted in many places and they charge for using it and withdrawal .I use revolut card everywhere I go but here Im really not sure if I should get cash in UK or not at all or at the airport in…
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Using Virgin airmails for car hire?
I can see on their site it says you can earn and spend air miles with their car hire partners but I can't for the life of me figure out how. Does anyone know? Their site is as clear as mud. I guess I could call them but I don't need it for a while so I thought I'd ask on here in case anyone else has done it and I'm just…
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Stuck in Limbo with MyTrip & Virgin Atlantic - £2000 & over 20 call hours down
Hi folks, I've been stuck in a situation with MyTrip and Virgin Atlantic for over 2 years and it looks like we're about the lose anything that has been promised. Our honeymoon flights to Cuba (with Virgin via MyTrip) were cancelled due to covid. We were issued a travel voucher with Virgin held by MyTrip for the same…
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Air France - Refund fiasco
Hi guys, I was wondering if anyone could let me know how we can get our money back. Basically we booked holidays to Prague back in January 2022 via Expedia. Air France then cancelled the flights. We kept the accomodation as we made our own alternative bookings. Expedia confirmed we would be receiving a full refund for the…
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Compensation for delay in confirming flight availability
Wonder if anyone has experienced this before and can help: I booked a return flight on Thursday 12th May (Liverpool- Paris/ 27-29th May). Direct flights, ryanair, outbound at 10:30, return 13:15. Cost was £490 but knew it would be pricey due to it being for the Champions league final. Booked it on trip.com Paid instantly…
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USA car hire reccomendations (Seattle)
Hi so we're off to visit family in the Pacific Northwest next summer and I will be renting a car for the first time. my family have little experience or advise so was wondering the following; 1) what company to use. I know Sixt, Fox and Avis have a bad rep. I can't afford Enterprise who have good reviews - has anyone used…
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Flight - Paid for partial Business Class but received Premium Economy
Having not been abroad since before Covid we decided to book a trip to the states. On Expedia, we searched return flights Newcastle to Chicago and found the flight we wanted - Newcastle to Heathrow, Heathrow to Ohare. The on page link that exposed the full details of the flight indicated that the entire outgoing leg was a…
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Flying dog abroad.
My son-in-law has been posted to Cyprus and they wish to take their pet dog, it can't go into the cabin and the army won't transport it in the hold, can any members of the forum help with ideas as it seems very expensive, we can fly from Liverpool or Manchester.
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Ryanair Refund issues
Hi there, I am trying to get a cash refund for a cancelled flight from Ryanair's side. I was told it will appear in my wallet on my Ryanair account. Nope. Nothing appeared there. I called and requested for the refund and was told it will be refunded to the original payment card ending with numbers that I don't know about.…
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Converting euros to pounds
I have a few hundred unspent euros from a pre-pandemic trip. Due to a health condition, I am unlikely to travel abroad for the foreseeable future. I bought them at my local Debenhams currency exchange which has now closed. Where would be the best place to exchange them for pounds?
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Were we mis sold our holiday?
We have just booked an all inclusive holiday through Virgin. The through flights were not available at the time of booking (flights whereby your bags automatically go onto the next flight) but we were assured that if we booked the standard flights now to secure the price we could add the through flights later when they…
