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Compensation Claim to BA using Resolver
Hi, someone can give me an advice how to proceed with my case. To give some background, I submitted a compensation claim to British Airways in relation to cancelled flight using Resolver 3 weeks ago and I haven’t heard from them so far. I followed up but in the lack of response decided to phone them. The person on the…
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Car hire prices
I've noticed car hire prices going sky high in a couple of places am booked to visit (where they used to be cheap). USA for one, booking 6 months in advance is coming in at £50 per day for a small car. I was there recently and wasn't hassled to buy extra insurance etc so am now wondering if excess etc is now included and…
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Ryanair/Loveholidays
I am flying from Manchester to Faro on the 13/4 and returning on the 20/4. I have had an email from Loveholidays saying our Ryanair flight MAY have been cancelled but the flights are still there and you can buy tickets for them? We can't speak to either Ryanair or Love Holidays as we can't get through to them. Looking at…
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Using debit cards
Is it OK to use a debit card in Corfu?
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Tuxedo card
Anyone else having issues with Tuxedo which is apparently stopping service in May? I have a credit balance on my e-account. I tried a test withdrawal from my Euro card but it was declined. No idea how to encrypt my bank statement as they suggest to enable a bank transfer of my balance and anyway why should I wait 45 days…
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Using debit card in America/Canada
Hi all, going on a cruise in May to Alaska, sailing from Vancouver into Seattle. Started to think about how to take some spending money and decided to take some cash for tips etc and then look at a card. We currently have a Natwest Reward Platinum account and looking at there terms it says that we can use our debit card…
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Advice on Car Hire in Pisa, Italy please
Hi Everyone, My young family and I are off to Pisa soon and I wondered if anyone had any recommendations on car hire and what to do about baby car seats? Our current baby car seats are quite bulky and heavy. I have an 18 month old and 3.5 year old. I have read about getting some other car hire insurance and not to go with…
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Exchanging Mexican Pesos to GBP directly help!!
Hi, I'm having difficulty looking at options to convert Mexican pesos to pounds directly. From a relatives Mexican account to my UK bank. Has anyone found a provider for this that may work out lower fee % than converting to USD then to GBP? I'm looking to move ~£10k equivalent. Thanks for any help!
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Post Office travel card
Sorry if this has been commented on recently, but all the posts about the Post Office card seem to be years old. It doesn’t seem to be mentioned in the recently updated article. We got one a couple of years ago and used it for the US and Europe. At the time, we weren’t very confident about contactless purchases and…
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Best Travel money card for teen
Hello, my son is going to America with school and i'm trying to work out what is the best way for him to carry his money. I have looked at a few pre paid travel cards but every time I decide on one, I review it and they are awful, does anyone have an experience in this please?
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Orlando car hire Summer 2022
Hello, I've booked a family holiday in Orlando for the first 2 weeks in July 2022 with BA, and am now looking to book car hire (ideally a full size car or at least intermediate). I'd really appreciate any hints and tips and specifically wondered if anyone could give me an pointers on the following: - Any general tips for…
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EasyJet and EasyJet Car, high charge to change car when flight cancelled
Hello all I’ve searched recent forum posts but not seen anything recent related to this. I booked a return flight and then immediately after a hire car both with EasyJet back in autumn for this Easter to France. Several months later with no explanation they cancelled the outbound flight, forcing me to rebook a different…
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Check-in screen lacking instruction
Hello everyone, . On the 14th,I was booked on flight FR4027 @ 15:55 from Manchester to Alicante. I got to the Ryanair check in lounge around 12:20pm and checked the flight departure screen to see what the status was on my flight,but there was nothing under "remarks", I asked customer services should be checking in now,and…
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Emirates Cabin baggage
Hi All, According to the website I am allowed to take one bag up to 7kg. My laptop and camera weight about that but I still have alot of space in my cabin baggage and would like to take more. Does laptop and camera could as personal items? From experience do Emirates check cabin baggage weight? Any info or suggestions…
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BA flight voucher refund
New poster here looking for some advice please. I had a flight booked with BA in 2020 which was naturally cancelled due to COVID, BA issued me a flight voucher, all good so far. As restrictions lifted I used the vouchers to rebook for April this year. Sadly in November my father was diagnosed with terminal pancreatic…
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Picking up from Stansted Airport
Hi there, just checking what the cheapest way of picking up family from Stansted airport by car would be? There's quite a bit of outdated information out there so any tips welcome. Looks like the free pickup from the mid stay car park isn't there any more (happy to be corrected!) so the £15.00 pickup in the orange short…
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Philippines anniversary seat sale - book then change dates to a week earlier?
Hi all, I'm trying to book a flight from Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) to Manila (Philippines) and they currently have a promotion from 1st July where the ticket is only 178 USD. I want to travel on 24th June but the price for that day is currently 338 USD. The promo fare offers 'Unlimited free rebooking'…
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Flight change - or not
I booked with Ryanair to see my Mum in France leaving at 12:40pm a few weeks after booking I received a emailing stating they’d changed the flight to 7am. After a few days of figuring out how to accept the change (can only be done on desktop) I accepted. The website is still selling the 12:40pm flights My app (reinstalled…
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Using Avios - comparing Are Lingus and BA
Looking to book flights to Canada and both Aer Lingus and BA are pricing about the same. I want to use my Avios towards the tickets. Is there a way to compare the two without switching the Avios back and forward between accounts?
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Booking.com (carrentalsusa.com) car rental nightmare
Avis would not honour my booking and let me rent the car at LAX. They said it could not be amended ansd it was too late to cancel with a refund on the Booking.com app. This meant I had to pay the last minute counter price which was far more expensive. I have requested a full refund plus compensation for the additional…
