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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
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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…
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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 -…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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??
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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…
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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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Advice needed on last minute long haul flights
Hi, my aim is to get to Bali this weekend, flying from London on Friday (very last minute and a bit ambitious I know.) I've read Martin's guide and tried the screenscrapers but what's on offer is still out of my budget. My question is whether I'm likely to get a better deal on a long haul flight or are they more likely to…
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Egypt questions!!
Sorry if these questions are covered elsewhere or this is in the wrong forum, I just have some small questions. Having read other posts I was wondering if its better to take Travellers Cheques or the prepaid card to Egypt (Sharm). I am taking some Egyptian pounds with me just to tide us over for the first few days, as I…
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Do one-way flights fluctuate in price?
I need to book a one-way flight for myself and OH as we are moving back to Australia to live at the end of November. I have been monitoring flight prices and so far the one-way price seems fairly stable at approx £600. Question is - do one-way flights fluctuate in price the way that return airfares do? I know that Nov is…
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RYANAIR pre-tax losses £155 million
Ryanair report pre-tax losses £155 million for year ending March 31st Could this be the end of all our cheap flights???
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Currency Express - Pricing Error
Hi, This morning I ordered some currency form the Currency Express website, where they were offering a rate of 2.3731 Bulgarian Levs to the Pound. A relative at my house received a phone call 3 hours later informing them that an order from a Mr Warwood had been cancelled due to the exchange rate being incorrect. I have not…
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Flights to India
Can anyone recommend airlines or websites for booking cheap flights to India (that don't stop in too many places!). Want to fly from Manchester or London to Delhi around the 25th of September and back from Mumbai to London/MAN around 10 October. Thanks, PS if anyone can recommend a hill station near Chandigarh to visit…
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Ryanair flight disappeared: what does this mean?!
Hello I've been keeping an eye on flights from Glasgow to Krakow to book for a stag do, and when I last checked, around a week ago, for around 10 people, there were plenty flights available and all at good prices. There were flights for the day I planned to go and come back, and also the surrounding days. I've just checked…
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Heathrow T4, Continental to USA - checkin time?
Hi All Off to the USA on Saturday morning, 8.30am flight and wondered what how long I should leave check in time? I will do the actually checkin in online and then hand my luggae into Continental, Terminal 4 at Heathrow when I get there. For international flights they tend to state 3hrs but as T4 is pretty deserted since…
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Travelex & Price Guarantee - anyone claimed?
HI All I need to get some US dollars for my flight this Saturday. So I was thinking of ordering them Thursday to pickup Saturday morning. Anyway as there rate is not always the best I was thinking I'll send them an email with some of the sites with better rates eg fairfx and get them to refind the difference. Has anyone…
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Dollar against the Pound
Myself and my Girlfriend travel on 2 month trip to USA. We have £8000 and we wanted some advice on what t do with our cash. Should we buy dollars now? Should we open a new account that offers better access to our cash whilst abroad? I currently bank with Abbey and My girlfriend banks with Halifax. Some advice would be…
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Turkey - Visa Debit card
Hi, my wife if going to turkey in two weeks for a girly holiday. Can anyone advise if you can use a normal visa debit bank card over there in the ATM's? Also is it £10 to pay for the visa on entering passport control? And lastly I have booked the Myra hotel, anyone know of it and is it in a good spot for marmaris?