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Insurance to cover if airline cancels flight, refunds me, but not enough to pay for alternative.
I'm looking to book a flight to Buenos Aires for next February with BA, but I see BA are currently cancelling all their flights to this destination. It looks like they are selling these flights to get people's money, and then just cancelling them probably a few weeks before to avoid having to pay compensation. Still, I'm…
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Ryanair zero charge for changes made 7 days in advance
I have a flight booked for: 28th November 2021 at 15:40. I try to change this on 21st November at about 02.00. Terms and conditions state I can change the flight if I do so at least 7 days in advance. The early hours of 21st November are more than 7 days before 28th November in the afternoon. I'm getting a change fee of…
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Ryanair Flight Change Fee
Hi all - my first post! (waves) I booked a flight to Dublin back in May 2020. Recently I have had an operation which has lead me being unfit to fly, their policy is 10 days post operation. I asked for a refund to which I was refused, so then I asked to change flights. I was quoted £180 to change the flights, which is more…
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WizzAir question
We are flying back to UK from FuerteVentra with WizzAir next week. Done online checkin and ended with a boarding card and we have to go to Wizz Air checkin desk at the airport to validate our documents and get our boarding passes. Does this apply to all WizzAir flights? Maybe a covid documentation 'thing'?
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Gifting Virgin Flying Club points for use on Delta??
Hi, I have a LOT of Virgin Atlantic Flying Club points. A family member is flying over from the States to the UK soon and will return Heathrow-Atlanta in mid December. That's a Delta flight, though I guess it will probably be codeshared with VA. I would like to be able to upgrade her to Upper Class for her return flight as…
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Ryanairflights gone up: take em or hold longer?
Appreciate this is subject to the vagaries of how Ryanair do their pricing, but any anecdotal advice would be appreciated. I was pricing up flights all last week. Confirming Friday pm. Went on hour after latest check to book and they'd gone up by a fair bit. Left it for the night. On Sunday they went up again. I've not…
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Which country has the most attractive bank note?
The International Bank Note Society runs a yearly award for Bank Note of the Year, taking into account 'artistic merit' and 'imaginative design', among other things. Last year's winner was Mexico's 100 Peso bill. This year's nominations include England's £50 note and Scotland's RBS £50 note. Which made me wonder - which…
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Care Hire problem
Looking some advice for a car hire at alicante airport booked through booking.com, problem was hire office not accepting my visa debit card which we end up with no hire car which we had booked for a month, now booking.com are refusing to refund our money, can anyone help on the issue please..
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International Money Order
Does anybody know where I can purchase an international money order? I need to obtain a copy of my marriage certificate from the New York City Clerk's office and that's the only form of payment they'll accept (unless I know somebody who lives in the US, which I don't).
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Stansted airport, queues and how early to arrive?
Hi I have just booked to fly to Ancona, Italy on Tuesday 23rd November at 17.50 from Stansted. I normally arrive at airports a couple of hours before for European flights and am through with loads of time to spare. I booked a train to arrive at Stansted at 15.30, (coming from Bristol via London). So I arrive with 2hrs 20…
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Overseas car hire booking agent has been declared bankrupt - how do I get my money back?
I booked car hire in February 2020 for a trip to Portugal due to take place in July 2020 through HolidayCars.com, paying by credit card. The UK government travel advice in July was not to travel and both our outbound and inbound flights were subsequently cancelled by the airline. As a result I cancelled our car hire but I…
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Money to Cyprus?
I tried to send some money (€375) to someone in Cyprus from my Starling account but they say that CY don't accept their cheaper transfer fee and that I had to pay a fiver for Swift (?) - I declined! I usually use currency fair, who charge £3, and thought Starling may be cheaper ... alas, no! Any other alternatives?
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Emirates Skywards miles due to expire - is there anything I can do with them?
Hi... I've got around 12,000 Emirates Skywards miles which expire at the end of this month. It's not enough to get a flight anywhere and unlike some of the other airlines there doesn't seem to be anything tangible I can do with them. Does anyone know of any other ways to spend them or extend them? Or even gift them to…
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Manchester T1 transit time
Anybody arrived through Manchester T1 recently? I have to collect my daughter coming in from Spain on Monday and wonder how long it's taking to get through all the checks, baggage reclaim etc.
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Extra airline charge
I am flying to the Canary islands with Jet2 soon, having booked yesterday. They have this sneaky new charge they have added. £3.50 each way for guaranteed hand luggage in the cabin, whereas if you don't pay it they may tell you it has to go in the hold. I wouldn't normally entertain this sort of charging but am taking my…
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Do VA still run 747s to the USA ?
Thinking of booking a city-break to the USA and would ideally like to have a (possibly final) flight on a 747 before they're all retired. Any info on routes, destinations, pls?
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The price of car hire in florida .
$1000 a week . Apparently all the major companies have trimmed their stock bare to save money but now that travel is back up and running there are no or very few cars left to hire . Also the american public are travelling more in their own country . Hopefully the price will go down by summer 2022 . Anyone recomend a good…
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CarFlexi - Car hire broker
My step father and recently attended a funeral in the Republic of Ireland, he rented a car for the duration through CarFlexi.com and purchased total insurance cover including excess protection. Unfortunately the car was damaged and upon return to the hire company at the airport (Budget Rentals) they charged the full excess…
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Avios Points via the BA shopping site
I'm a little confused on what points can be earned via the BA shopping site.For instance, if you order a meal on Just eat via the BA site, it says you get 1 point per pound. Now, is that on top of the 1.5 points i get using my Amex card? so 2.5 points per pound. As i don't seem to be getting this.Also, if not, whats the…
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Opodo prime and edream discount on flights
Can anybody help with a query I have regarding flights I have booked using Opodo prime and edream prime. Booked outgoing flight is with Opodo and separate flight for return is with edream. I have 30 day free trial of both which ends 6 11 21. Flight dates are 5 11 21 and 12 11 21. If I cancel both Opodo and edream would my…
