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How do I set it up so I can travel to Turkey and when I get there withdraw £3000 in cash?
I'm hoping to travel to Turkey in January and need to pay for something in cash. What do I do so I can pick the cash up when I get there? Thanks.
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Debit card car rental
I recently rented a car and used my debit card to pay. The rental company returned the deposit but there was a £70 discrepancy. They said this might be a charge from the bank and I should contact them. Does anyone have experience of this and what I can do?
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Car rental options for USA
Hi guys I wanted to gauge your opinions on car rentals in the US. I am travelling to TX curing easter 2021. I want to ask how and where I could get the best rates for car hire If I was to purchase in advance from the UK. I really want an all inclusive package with insurance. I had a look at some comparison engines based…
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Starling Bank ATM withdrawal in Spain
Can anyone advise the cheapest ATM provider in Spain to withdraw cash from using Starling Bank Euro account. Many thanks
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BA Executive Club Household Account
Hi I wonder if anyone can answer the following please? We have a BA Executive Club household account and I know that if you don’t claim a new avios point every 3 years you will lose them but does everyone in the household account need to earn every 3 years or can one person do so to keep the whole account still active?…
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Car Windscreen Nightmare - Avis chasing money after 8 months
We went to South Africa in March. HIred a car from Avis with Insurance. We had an issue where a flying piece of gravel caused a crack on the car windscreen. Avis did nothing about this and 6 months later, in September, decide they will invoice us for the damage. They said Corona Virus had caused delays in picking up on…
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Do people still see value in prepaid cards like FairFX?
Just asking about this as I've had one for a few years but with other choices now like Metro bank or internet banks like Monzo do people still think there is a need for currency cards? I was wondering whether to cancel mine or keep it. Thanks
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Virgin Refund
Has anyone else dealt with Virgin Atlantic for a refund on flight tickets only to find them not honour the full amount?
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Ryanair's perverse luggage charges
I just went to add a 20kg bag to my flight home to London on Ryanair next weekend and they wanted £40. However, I noticed that the fare for the same flight was now less than £6- and when you book a new flight the bag is only £20. So, I just booked a new flight for £25.66 including the bag! How mad is that?!!
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Actual exchange rates received on no commision travel card (e.g. Halifax clarity)
I used my card abroad and then checked the actual rates I received on my statement, and compared with the actual market rate on that day as per xe historical charts, and I see a big difference (around 1.5%). Is this because Mastercard are also taking 1.5%?
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Rebooking fee
In August UK Gov instructed against all non-essential overseas travel. So had to change Ryanair flights to next May. Was charged £360 rebooking fee - wrote to Ryanair who refuse to refund. Should i go to small claims court?
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Flight rescheduled - should the airline pay for a hotel?
I have a flight booked for AMS-FRA-BOG. It was supposed to be a short transit in Frankfurt, but now Lufthansa have informed me that they’ve changed the date of the FRA-BOG sector, so I’ll be staying overnight in FRA. I know when airlines change schedules/create delays at the last minute, they’d have to pay for a hotel if…
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Speeding fine admin charge!
Long story short, I got a speeding fine last year in Germany, whilst renting a car through Sixt. They emailed me 2 attachments one was the speeding fine thr other looked like the T&C's where I agreed to pay the speeding fine. I paid the speeding fine immediately. A few months later I recieved another email saying I hadn't…
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How best to convert Yen to GBP?
Hi all, Not sure if this is the right place to ask this, but none of the other boards seem to fit... Long story short, my wife has a fairly large amount of (actual, physical) Japanese Yen that we'd like to convert to GBP. What's the best way to do that? Slightly longer version - it used to be a huge pain to transfer money…
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Sixt charging £950 for minor scratch
Hello everyone, I had recently rented a car from Sixt and I have caused no damages or accident but while returning the car it was noticed there were minor scratches, it was only noticeable when the guy who was checking was feeling it with his hands at that point. We couldn't see it before as the car was on the basement car…
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FairFX website problems
I now have a new FairFX card, and my wife has a linked card, but there is almost nothing we can do with them on the website. For our own reasons we do not want financial apps on our phones, but the old website allowed us to print detailed statements and transfer funds between the cards. The letter that came with the linked…
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Jack's Flight Club hidden subscription scam?
Hi, I signed up with Jack's flight club premium back in January to try them out and although they were surprisingly vague with the offers they sent (they only suggest you search yourself for a period), I decided not to ask for a refund in my first 30 days as I wanted to support a small business. Anyway, jump to today,…
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Contacting Ryanair
I booked Ryanair flights to France back in January. I was supposed to fly in August to France but could not go due to the isolation restrictions. I had travel insurance with a 3rd party that stated I was able to claim if there was an FCO warning against all but essential travel (which there was). The insurance company paid…
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Easyjet not offering a refund
I have flights booked to and from Amsterdam in December which due to the quarantine I now dont want to take. Easyjet are very generous offering vouchers, BUT they have recently cancelled my return flight and transferred me to a different one a few hours earlier. My original flight 1836 is not flying any more, I am now on…
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Help - car accident , threatened and scaremongered
Any help is appreciated regarding this, i have been through such distress over the whole process. Hired a car through expedia and took out their extra insurance. On picking up the car, wasnt asked if we had insurance was just given the car and sent on my way. Unfortunatlly an accident occured - there was light rain and out…
