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ITA Matrix
Someone just asked about this so i thought id put it up here for everyone. http://matrix.itasoftware.com/cvg/dispatch It is a piece of online software that searches for the cheapest flight including combination's. It is not always the cheapest but i would say about 90% of the time it is cheaper than any other site. The…
Web check in????
I haven't come across this before. We're considering a short break to Spain from a local airport using Travel Republic. I don't know who the carrier would be other than it's "no frills" one and requires you to check in online - presumably before you leave home! I don't suppose anyone has any info on this and does it work…
Johannesburg Flight - Cheapest Possible Please
Hello First time poster, long time lurker. Wondered if you could help please. I'm going to work at an orphanage in Mozambique in August (its a charity called vision mozambique), and could do with a hand with flights. Intially this is what we're looking at : Travel Out : 6th August Depart : Manchester Arrive : Jo'Burg…
Quick question re no shows
My in-laws are due to fly to Menorca next week. They have 2 tickets booked but one of them can't go. Will the other traveller be OK to just turn up at the airport on their own and present the ticket? I'm guessing she would be, but thought I'd check to put her mind at rest. The flight is with Monarch.
Booking flights through American websites
I'm planning to visit a few countries in July\August this year (South Africa, Argentina, Brazil and North America) and a few people have recommended booking my flights through American sites rather than UK ones to save money. Is this good advice? Any recommendations on which sites to use?
ryanair priority boarding
I was just doing a dummy run to see how any new charges would affect the price and I couldn't get priority boarding to register when I selected it. am I to assume that all the 90 priority seats have already gone. the flight is showing at £24.99 plus taxes so that made me think there were probably a good few seats left. any…
Jet2 fares - are they real.
Jet2 are advertising fares to various destinations from £2.99 including taxes. Has anybody out there ever got one ?
Given Wrong Flight Times
I booked a flight to Orlando for my family at the weekend flying in August. It was indirect with a connection in Washington to arrive in Orlando just before 5.00pm. Now my etickets have been sent through with different connection times. I now have an 11 hour wait in Washington and arrive in Orlando at midnight. I contacted…
RYANAIR - Baggage allowance...
Hi, Flying with ryanair this week to Palma. There are 2 adults and 2 children booked. What hold and cabin baggage allowance are we allowed. Also, the 2 children are aged 3 and 2 and we are taking a push chair each, what effect would this have on a allowance. Many thanks
Can anyone help please ?
Hi there , I don't know if I'm posting in the right place to ask this, but I hope someone can help me . I had a brief look around , but couldn't find my specific question answered previously . If I'm wrong please point me in the right direction . A friend of mine in Argentina is planning a trip to England in the middle of…
Ryanair - "dodgy" scales in Spain
I'm a long-time lurker on these forums by have finally been prompted to register and post due a recent problem with Ryanair. I don't want to give too many exact details away in case I decided to take legal action (if indeed I can) but this is the gist of it. I travel quite a few times each year with Ryanair, as well as…
Nationwide Flex Account News
See http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?p=22157861 and http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/banking/2009/06/nationwide-blocks-applicants-to-che
Ryanair and Baby Pushchair Query
Have booked flights for Ryanair in a month, and booked for online checkin, having decided to fly with little or no luggage! however, on reflection think we will take baby's fold up pushchair with us. Anyone know what we do now - do we need to check it in as a piece of luggage or can we just take it with us as the site says…
Avis Confusion?
Hi All, Hoping somebody might have some Avis experience and be able to confirm a price i'm being quoted. I'm going to Cyprus at the end of June and currently hiring a hire car to get from Paphos downtown to Paphos Airport seems to be cheaper than a taxi. I've found a price collecting downtown on the 4th July at 9:00am -…
online booking with ryan air
please can you help me with regard to using my electron card whilst booking online with ryan air. unfortunately on numerous occasions thy fail to recognise my card which i have used successfully with other online ferries. today i have again tried to book with ryan air using my electron card but they refuse it this is the…
Withdrawing cash on Abbey Zero
Hi, I'm going to Majorca on Saturday. I did apply for a Nationwide Flex account a couple weeks ago but unless my card is at home waiting for me I'm gona have to sort out cash a different way. I applied for an Abbey Zero card a few months ago which I still have, although the 0% interest period has now expired. Would it be…
Hiring a car in California
I hope to visit California in August and I was thinking about hiring a car to get around and maybe visit nevada as well. Will my pink paper licence be OK or do I need a new photo licence? When I was there last (1983?) I did a one way drive where someone moved house but not all their cars, so I got to use their car between…
travel insurance
hi, you no when a person books a holiday abroad from a travel agents, they include there insurance in with the price of the holiday,i need to have a health screening for insurance due to my heart problems, i then have to pay around £100 to the medical insurance, do i really need the travel agents insurance too??
Manchester Airport
We are going to Florida in August, and I'm just about to book the train tickets to get to Manchester Airport. We fly at 11.30am, so I was going to get the train that gets into Manchester Airport Station at 8.47am. How far from the airport is the station, and will that leave us enough time to get there and still leave the 2…
Flyglobespan suprised by lovely flight
We were due to take a Monarch airlines flight from Birmingham to Paphos two sundays ago and there had been a short delay for our flight. We get onto the coach to take us to the plane and we park up next to a flyglobespan airplane. We were all just a little suprised and a bit apprehensive after hearing about this airliner…

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