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"Self-transfer" connection at Dublin Aiport
I'm booking a return flight from NW England to Chicago. The majority of options on SkyScanner seem to go via Dublin Airport, which is fine but they are listed as "self-transfer" which I think means I will have to go through security at Dublin airport. I'm just wondering if Skyscanner has suggested an option does that mean…
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BA flight price spike
I've been tracking British Airways flights from Gatwick to Cancun for my honeymoon next July, and the rates have been perfectly reasonable for some time, with my dates not being available. However, I've now come to view prices for my actual date of travel (10th July) and the cost of an outbound flight more than doubles…
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Best Debit/Credit Card for abroad
Currently have a Nationwide Flexplus account which I mainly use for savings and for their travel insurance and other benefits. Been looking for a card to use while on holiday in Europe as my Natwest account isn't fee free when using abroad and I was kinda wanting not to use the nationwide card as I put money away in that…
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Beware Car Hire quotes from Sixt
I chose Sixt for 1 week's holiday car hire in France because of a good price quote online. However, when collecting the car, the agent told me that "unlike all the other car hire companies, Sixt do not include basic insurance in their initial quotes". He said he was very concerned about my taking the car without their…
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Refund from Wizz Air
I was wondering if anyone has been able to get an actual cash refund from Wizz Air due to their flight being cancelled? My flight to Tenerife was cancelled a couple of weeks ago but when I go to my account the only option I get is to claim Wizz Air credits. When I have looked into getting my money back their website claims…
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Most cost effective way to pay money to a euro account for a villa rental
Hi, I need to pay for a villa rental in Euros to a bank account in Spain. Its approx £1500 worth. What is the cheapest method to do this? I have a starling account. Thanks
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Transferring money out of Paypal - Euros to GBP - what's best?
Hi I've received a refund of 270 euros into my Paypal. I want to withdraw it into my UK bank account. Is the only way to do this to let Paypal do the conversion? Or are there other better options? Paypal are quoting a conversion rate of 1 EUR = 0.823 GBP, which would total £222.22. A quick look on XE, and they quote a…
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Frankfurt chaos
I have London to Seattle flights with United (operated by Lufthansa) on 6 August, going via Frankfurt. I've seen the Lufthansa strike action at Frankfurt resulting in tons of flights being cancelled this week, and I know there's another round of talks on the 3rd/4th. I'm EXTREMELY worried about what could happen to my…
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Avis car hire problem...
Hi everyone, I'll keep this as succinct as possible despite the long story! I am having a problem getting a refund for a car hire agreement with Avis which wasn't properly fulfilled. Would love your thoughts on whether there is any more I can do - the mis-selling part feels very very wrong to me... We hired a convertible…
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Wizzair confirmation without flights
Has anyone had an experience with Wizzair where they sent you an itinerary email with booking reference, seats, fare, etc, but in small letters it says they payment has been declined? The email even states "This itinerary is a confirmation of your reservation and part of your electronic ticket. Your booking is now…
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EASY JET On Board flight purchases declined but still had them.
Hi, Took EasyJet flight back home, Made 2 purchases using debit card £15 for food/drink and £78 for duty free. I got a receipt for duty free (they put wrong seat number on). I get back and a week or so later i notice the money is not pending or been taken. I did tap the £15 one and i put pin in for the £78 one. There is…
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Car hire - Pay in Euro or Pounds
A question - I need to rent a car for my upcoming Ireland trip in August. Even booking this far in advance is costing lots of money. Can I go on to the rental's .com site and book via Euros. example Europcar.com,, select English language but where do I live - put Ireland - enter details of when etc. need hire car. The cost…
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Converting Virgin airmiles to cash
I used to do a lot of travelling on business and accumulated just over 200,000 Virgin airmiles.I think it's unlikely that I'll do much flying in the future so I'm looking for ways to cash them in.Virgin allow you to cash them in for experience days but there's not a lot on offer that I like the look of.I could cash them in…
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thetravelbookings.co.uk - To good to be true, or legit?
I'm searching for cheap flights to go to a wedding in the USA in November. While using Kayak, an advert for thetravelbookings.co.uk came up with some crazy prices. I'm wondering if these are legitimate or too good to be true?! They don't have an ATOL or ABTA number on their website, but are a member of Protected Trust…
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Doyouspain
Hi hoping someone can help with who I can speak to regarding the above and making a complaint. Hired a car in Alicante through them. The actual hire was with OK. Numnuts here forget their driving licence card however I did have the DVLA print out and a photo of my licence but OK would not accept it so I had to ring the…
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Flight Cancellation Trouble
A friend and I had booked a one way Thai Airways flight via LastMinute.com from Bangkok back to Manchester. 15 days before the flight they had informed us that the airline has cancelled the flight and have offered us a refund. If we were to book a similar flight back now, the prices have more than doubled and are very…
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Car Hire Nightmare!!!
Car hire disaster!!!! Hello folks, so we are just back from a family holiday to France but ended up having a bit of a nightmare with our hire car. I originally booked our hire car through the car hire broker AutoEurope who got me a deal with Gold Car – 2 weeks rental for a total of £483.34 Our flight with Ryan Air was due…
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Selling Easyjet Flights - Name Change Help
Hi All, I booked flights to Paphos from Bristol for 06 Aug which we now cannot go on. I am looking to sell the tickets but dont know the best way to go about it. If they do sell, how do you change the names and who should pay the charges - seller or buyer? Sorry if these are basic questions but not been in this situation…
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Ryanair Cabin crew nonsense.
Last month we flew to Athens (a 4 hour flight) and returned a couple of weeks later. After the total nightmare of Stansted (another story in itself) To get the seats and hand luggage, we paid for priority boarding but when it came to it, it was just a disorganised free for all (also another story) We got on the plane and…
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Airline seats
I've just got back from an Easyjet flight. I had pre-booked my seats so hubby and I could sit together. However once we boarded the plane a family of 1 adult and 1 child (who hadn't pre-booked seats) were sat separately. The stewardess came round and asked for 2 volunteers to swap seats so they could sit together and the…
