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UK based US Dollar Account
I've spent the afternoon looking at threads and going round in circles. I just wondered if anyone has any recommendations re a UK based US Dollar account. I need to make around US$2000 in payments (not by card), in July, need travel money for later in the year, but also need to accept a US Dollar cheque refund at some…
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car hire with points on license
Im trying to book car hire for my DH for a holiday in France. Holiday Autos seemed reasonably priced on the interweb. when I rang them up to query a couple of points they said that the main driver must have no endorsements on their license in the last 3 years. unfortuantely DH has got 3 pts for speeding in 2008. is this a…
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Finding reasonable flights to Cuba
Hi all. Does anyone have any recommended sites for such a search? It would be for two adults, for approximately three weeks, heading out on or around 1st of October. Any input very gratefully received
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Help with BA Tickets/Opodo Booking
Hi I and four others have purchased return British Airways flights from Heathrow to Jeddah (Saudi Arabia). We all purchased these tickets from Opodo, who have recently told me my tickets are INVALID if i am going to Saudi Arabia for the pilgrimage on a pilgrimage visa. They refuse to take any responsibility, despite not…
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Trying to find cheapest possible flight to portland from the Uk
Hey guys im trying to get to portland oragon on the 23rd july till the 7th/8th of august. Can anyone reccomend any cheap flights ? or can anyone suggest the cheapest airport to fly from etc ??? Thanks guys.
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5 hour delay from Leeds to Nice
Hi I flew jet 2 from Leeds to Nice on Thursday - booking via expedia. Due to leave at 1030, we finally boarded at 1530. Initially we were informed there was a technical problem with the plane at Leeds .... which was later revised to issues with the "weather" as time moved on. After two hours we asked for meal vouchers, and…
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Cheap car hire Spain?
Has anyone come across any relatively cheap car hire for Spain this summer? I am going to Alicante for two weeks in July and the best price i have found is £356. I know the prices have shot up because of the recession but i was just wondering if anyone has come across any good deals? Thanks.
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Flights to orlando.
I am trying to get flights to orlando international from manchester between sept 5th and 15th. The flights have been regularly increasing in price over the past few weeks and I was wondering if I should just book the cheapest I can find at the moment or if there is a chance that they might come down in price in the last…
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Travelling with cash in US
I am doing summer camp and will be earning around $2,500 at the end of my contract. I will get a cheque that I can only cash in at the local county bank. I will need around $1000 spending money for a three week TrekAmerica tour soon after. I don't want to carry the other $1500 as cash due to risk of loss. Can I buy US…
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Has Caxtonfx got FSA security?
Or has any of those similar travel cards got it? Don't fancy lumping, say, 2k with them to see them go bust and have no protection!
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BMI Airmiles
Looking for some advice re my BMI Airmiles. It's my wife's 40th birthday in September and we both want to go to Las Vegas for a holiday. I have 83,000 air miles with BMI and was thinking about using them for flights to Las Vegas, However when I phoned BMI they offered me flights from London to Toronto to Vegas outbound and…
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Capital one
Does anyone know if capital one is a credit card from hell? I allready know its interest rates are from hell :0S but whats it like for spending abroad?
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Newquay £5 Airport Development Fee for all departing passengers.
Newquay £5 Airport Development Fee for all departing passengers. Friends have just got back from Newquay to Manchester & had to pay £5 Airport Development Fee before they go through to security, they were told if they didn't pay they couldn't go through even though they had tickets. As anyone ever heard of this before?…
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Distance Selling Regulations
Hi, booked flights at the weekend and today now discovered we don't need them. Trying to find a way out of Ryanair non refundable flights. Does the 7 days cooling off period under the Distance Selling Regulations apply to flights booked online?
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£90 charge to change booking: BA and Virgin
does anyone know when this new £90 charge on BA and Virgin flights, to change the date of an existing booking, came into place? and do you know if it is permanent? seems a bit steep...
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Mis-sold flight information-should I have to pay cancellation charges?
Hello everyone, I am new to this site and would like to thank you all in advance for taking the time to read this post. I hope that someone somewhere can offer me some sound advice as to where I stand with a Travel Agent regarding a flight cancellation. Having already booked a package holiday for my family of four (with…
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Worst Dollar Rate Ever?
Maybe my memory is playing tricks on me but I think this is the worst US dollar rate I've ever experienced. I got my credit card statement earlier today and I have a transaction for a hotel stay in the US. It was an advance purchase rate so I knew the hotel could charge it anytime between now and September. What I didn't…
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Jet2 Flights - Prices reduced day before flying ??
We are looking at last minute holidays (going tomorrow). Does anyone know whether Jet2 reduce their flight prices the day before ? It is currently showing tomorrow as the most expensive day to fly - but was wondering if as today progresses the price may come down ?? Has anyone looked at anything similar with them before ?…
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Best place to convert USD cash to EURO's
I have about $400 USD cash notes which I'd like to change into EURO's. Can anyone suggest where I can get the best exchange rate for this. Tks
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FairFX Currency Card
I use a GBP FairFX pre paid Mastercard to book my RETURN flights with Ryanair. These return flights are charged in GBP. If I book a return flight only with Ryanair the flight will be charged in euro's at their awful exchange rate. I presume that I would be better off getting myself a euro FairFX pre paid Mastercard ??? Or…