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Ryanair doing it right?
Received an email last night from Ryanair saying that they had cancelled my flights out from East Midlands to Bergerac on 3rd June, and the return booking on the 10th. The cancellation email said "We are allowing customers to change their cancelled flight to another date or time on the original route or to any other route…
Ryanair - flight change fee
I had booked flights with Ryanair under their 'no change fee' promise, which states 'complete flexibility and peace of mind'. I'm now having to change the flights (which I assumed would be hassle free because of their no change fee campaign), but because the new flights are cheaper (i.e. they won't get more money out of me…
Norwegian air - creditors?
Hello - not sure if I'm posting in the right place as I haven't used this forum much. Is anyone else in the position of now being a Norwegian air creditor, due to them not paying out refunds for cancelled flights? Long story, but I had 3 flights cancelled last October due to Covid. Myself and all 4 of my friends due to…
Travel agent refusing to provide a full refund, what can I do?
So I booked a flight August 2020 to go to a funeral for me and my partner. It was a stop over flight. When I arrived at the first stop the airline informed I could no longer go on the flight due to COVID and sent me home. They informed I would receive a full refund. As I booked through a travel agent I requested the refund…
British Airways eVoucher
Received an eVoucher last year against flights and seat reservations, but when attempting to use said voucher to book new flights and seat, we've now been told we can't use eVoucher against seats. As we are wanting to use a voucher against identical services to which to was issued, is this lawful?
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Euros in a bank account to euros in cash
I sold a Spanish property in 2019 and gave up the Spanish Bank Account, however I still have about €3000 in a Currency Fair account. I would like some of that as cash for (hopefully) a forthcoming holiday. Does anyone know if there's an agency that does that sort of thing? Seems silly to exchange for GBP only to swap it…
wise.com - have you used them and are they trustworthy
Hi - I am looking at transferring a few thousand pounds to an account in the USA as USD. The best rate I can find is through wise.com (formerly transferwise.com). I've not heard of them and would really like to know if anyone has used them successfully (or not!).
Cancellation / Flight Change
Can anyone help me or advise me. I booked flights/hotel package to Hungary last year with Lastminute.com. Obviously these were cancelled and I received a credit note. I thought I would leave a credit in order to be a bit kind to the travel industry. I have re-booked last week to go in October 2021. Unfortunately just I was…
Flying to Sydney from Dublin??
So we have a wedding next October in Sydney that we have to attend - our sons - ( if Oz open there borders etc) We have decided that we are too old to be sitting in cattle class for so long, we gave up on flights over 4 hours years ago. ( both will be 60+ ) Im thinking its going to have to be business class, but we aren't…
Ramsdens Pre Paid Card
Hi, can anyone help me please? For some time I've been using a Ramsdens card for trips abroad. However due to covid and no travel it had expired. I went to my local branch and explained I would just like a new card and the balance transferred on to it. Also at the same time, they had just announced several fees for…
RYAN AIR VOUCHERS NOT
HAVE BEEN OWED A FLIGHT VOUCHER SINCE LAST APRIL SO FINALLY WENT TO USE IT SO SEEING A FLIGHT FOR £ 14.99 MARCH 30TH THIS MONTH BOOKED IT WITH A 10KG BAG COMES TO £28.99 SO ONLY PAY £8.80 LOW AND BEHOLD RYAN AIR NOTIFY ME ITS CANCELLED FAIR ENOUGH SO I BOOK FOR 8TH MAY FOR £22.99 PLUS MY 10KG BAG EXPECTING TO JUST PAY THE…
Best time to exchange back my US Dollars
Hi can anyone advise whether I should hang on to the US dollars i have from my travel in February last year? We moved house on my return and I have only just found the left over currency. I have coped without using it and can do so for longer,.ideally I would wait for the best time. I just haven't a clue what a good rate…
Cancelled norwegian flight into LGW
Didnt think this belonged in the compensation section as not asking about compo. Anyway my niece was just sitting on the tarmac due to depart from gothenburg to gatwick but due to a technical issue at lgw they have cancelled the flight instead of delaying the flight until the situ gets fixed or diverting elsewhere. So i…
Receiving bank transfer from USA senders bank account to RBS or HSBC. Whats the fee? +How many days?
When receiving money from a sender in America, from a US Bank account as a bank transfer to a UK Rbs / or a HSBC bank account, then what are the international receiving fees for receiving money using the bank transfer from them to us? Will they have a fee to pay in their USA bank? and will we have a fee to pay in our RBS/…
EasyJet flight cancellation
EasyJet are advising that when they cancel a flight you can transfer to another flight for free. Does this mean that you do not have to pay the difference if your chosen flight is more expensive
Avios or Nectar
I've accrued around 330,000 Avios points. Having checked (on BA's site) how and when I can use them, I'm wondering if they would be more valuable exchanged for Nectar points?
Transfer euro savings account back to UK
I'm an Irish national, living in the UK and looking to buy a property here in the next 6-12 months. I have €33,000 life savings sitting in a bank account in Ireland, which I need to transfer to the UK. I'm considering using Wise (formerly Transferwise), but am nervous about getting the best rate. Any alternative…
Easyjet flight changes
Can anybody help? We booked flights last year, we werent offered a refund early on. But told we could change the flights for free. So we changed the flights, as we knew we would want to travel again when it was safer to do so. All seemed fine. No cost to us, and so we thought we were just postponing the trip until things…
Euros to Quetzals? cheapest way?
Hello there, please could you help me, I need some very brief advice. In June I’ll be going to Guatemala where the local currency is called the Quetzal, I am a Brit living in Austria. My main bank account is in Euros. My question is, what is the best way to pay for things when I am in Guatemala? I know there are different…

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