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Flights, currency & car hire

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Travel Vouchers
Good Afternoon All, Having opted to take travel vouchers rather than cash as I thought it would help the travel industry, I only recently found out the vouchers can only be used by myself. I booked for my family for my sons wedding. It was cancelled the flights were cancelled. I got two dates 1 for the wedding is to be…
British Airways charging for FREE date changes
WARNING. If you need to make changes to your British Airways flight dates in Manage My Booking, which British Airways policy state is FREE, and a refund is showing after you make the date changes, it will not allow you to complete the process and you are directed to contact British Airways customer service who will then…
Incorrect pricing
In December I booked a flight to the US for Nov 2021. The price was half of what I would expect, hence why I jumped on it. The airline are now saying there may have been a computer glitch when I booked online. I have paid in full already. Could they cancel my booking if they believe it was incorrect?
Moving Money from Thailand Banks to U.K.
Because of Covid I am back in U.K. and now need to get money to live ... I have a bank in Thailand ... How much can I get to U.K. and what is best way to do it?
Easyjet May flights
I currently have flights booked to Italy in early May. The flights have not yet been cancelled and easyjet are saying they are still operating. Is it safer to pay the extra to move them now or wait for easyjet to (hopefully) cancel?
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EZY - strange 'flight change' charges
We changed or Easyjet flights today from beginning of May to beginning of June.Outgoing was going to cost zero extra ... next ... return was going to cost £58 each (oh well, needs must!) .... next ..... finish and pay ...... you owe us £80Now went I went to school 2x58 was 116, but strangely, with EZY, it doesn't!Anyway,…
Best way to transfer euros to sterling
Hi there. Am looking for advice regarding the transfer of euros to sterling. I have euros in my Irish Bank account that I would like to transfer into sterling into my UK account. I am anxious about when would be the right time to move the money- will the pound get stronger any time soon? Should I move it now? Is there a…
Reward flights using BA Avios
I've been collecting Avios on my Amex card for years. I now have 400k plus. Never tried to use them before. Wanting to use them to get reward flights now that travel is opening up. But finding seats proving difficult on BA website. Any suggestions?
Travel money
The pound/ Dollar is pretty good right now ( $1.41 to the £) so should I buy some dollars for future use?
Damage Charge
Hi there, Looking for some help please! I was recently given a hire car while my car was being fixed. I got a message to say it was being collected, so popped to the petrol station and filled it up. I came back home, checked the car for damage and there was none. Approx 30mins later I notice a guy working around my drive.…
Refunded twice, several months apart.
Last year I was on the phone over 30 times in an effort to reclaim money lost through an airline due to covid. Finally, in September of last year, I received just over 3k (the correct and full amount) and everything seemed fine. During my time complaining (Before the refund was received) I was told to contact customer…
Parking fine in Sardinia
Hello, this is my first thread - hopefully we can get some advice! We were on holiday in Sardinia and parked at the side of a road in a sort of lay by section near a small port that already had 4/5 cars parked there. The parked cars didn't obstruct the main through road by the port but to check we could park there we…
Italy Traffic Violation Notice, from Easyserv.it
Hi all I have received a traffic violation notice for an offence in 2019 while on holiday in Italy. It's from a company called EasyServ on behalf of the local police. There is no attached photograph. They tell me the offence was "assessed" in Feb 2020 and I have just recieved the notice in Feb 2021. handily just before 360…
revolut card
has anyone received the email with new charges for using the card for withdrawals , we use it for getting euros out abroad but it looks like after 5 withdrawals you are going to get charged a fee
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Flight change while using a voucher
In 2020 6 of us booked an EasyJet flight for a holiday in Tuscany in May. Obviously this didn’t happen but as the owners of the villa were very helpful and allowed us to defer the holiday to this year, we did so & accepted a voucher from Easy Jet as we had every intention of using them for the holiday flight. The villa…
Storing foreign currency
I have never been on holiday and the way things are going I may never get one but I thought I might as well do my research. If they exchange rate is really good and I kinda want to hold onto some holiday money for when I may eventually get to go, do I have to get it in cash or can I store some foreign currency in a bank…
Care Hire Claim help? (Hertz)
hi all I rented a car with Hertz recently. It was midnight & pitch black. i checked the car for damages but was hard to see. Next morning I checked the car in the light & noticed some damage that wasn’t on the report. We parked the car in a locked area so I didn’t happen overnight i emailed them with photos immediately,…
Ryanair "Just wait"
I'm looking for direction on an issue with Ryanair, no doubt common with many. We originally booked in 2019 some flights for 2020. By the time they came around, Ryanair offered a voucher refund or rebook. We chose to rebook and were lucky enough to get away. The difference in the rebook price, was to be given to us, as a…

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