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Latest Ryanair Scam
We have a place in Spain and regularly book a flights with Ryanair as they are released. We find this is a good way to get good prices. We also do it so that we can choose flights in the middle of the day. I currently have 6 return flights booked with them. At the weekend I was looking at my Ryanair app and noticed that…
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Should I Rebook or Take the Risk? Air Ticket Name Issue with Juneyao and Asiana
I booked air tickets via Trip.com for a trip from the UK to Seoul with a layover in Shanghai, flying with Juneyao Airlines and Asiana Airlines. Unfortunately, I mistakenly left out the middle names on the booking. When I contacted Juneyao, they told me that since two airlines are involved, they can’t make any changes. They…
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Sixt AVOID - Car Hire Excess
In Italy its third party only I discovered last week. So you must have excess cover for entire vehicle - loss or damage or buy their waiver product. Seems to be all over europe.
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Easyjet keeps batting me off!
Easyjet cancelled an outbound and return flight (both on a Sunday) and put us on another flight the previous day. The flight details and booking reference were exactly the same. When I tried to Manage my booking and get my refund, it just took me to the new flight therefore I unable to get a refund. I sent an email to…
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Avoid Ryanair currency exchange
Considering booking flightsOut with Jet2Back with RyanairRyanair is priced in Euros. Last time I did this I used my Nationwide card that has a good exchange rate etc but RY (of course) did their own unfavourable exchange as it was a UK card.Is there a way of avoiding this?(We still have a valid card with our Cypriot bank…
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Is Section 75 or Chargeback appplicable or other option?
Apologies for posting this here but someone suggested I transfer my post from 'Credit cards' to here and I don't know how to do that so reposting the same text: I paid £829.25 to Booking.com for a return flight by cc. The flights were in 2 legs each way. For the inward journey one of the legs was cancelled by the airline…
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Nectar to Avios manual conversion failing
My question is based on the following: The manual conversion for points to Avios is still failing for me - this is after a day of trying and exhausting Nectar colleagues, by chat, this morning. I do this manual conversion probably twice a month without issues normally. AFTER the stage when I have successfully used the SMS…
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Flights to Australia
It would be brilliant to travel business class to Australia. We want to keep the total travel time down and have looked at premium economy - which doesn't seem to offer huge advantages over economy - but tend to be about twice the cost. So, has anyone some thoughts on which airline offers the nicest, low total transit time…
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Argentina - Local cash from ATM, Dollars or Credit Card
How widely used is credit card in Argentina nowadays? We will be mainly in tourist areas and generally use Chase car abroad (no fees etc) Is it worth using local ATM? Is it better to take Dollars (or Euros?) and exchange locally? Lot's of questions I know but very confused by research so far!
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Is using my FairFX card a decent option in Australia?
I have a pre-paid travel card with FairFX (Mastercard "debit" essentially I believe). Does anyone have any guidance on whether this is a reasonable option for purchases out in Oz? I will be getting some Australian dollars as cash just in case, but wanted to know whether people had found FairFX to be widely accepted. The…
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RBoS or Monzo (which to use in Turkey.
We have a holiday booked in the next few weeks to Turkey. The holiday is all inclusive, so we don't need to worry about money for food etc. However we still want to take a bank card for experiences etc. Our current bank account is Royal Bank of Scotland (which we use for every day uses) And I have a Monzo account. Which…
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What's the best way to ensure someone in Germany can access funds from me without a bank account
Not really about holidays but I couldn't see better place to ask this question. My nephew lives in Germany and is struggling for cash. I don't want to transfer into his bank account. I need to keep any money I send as a back up separate. Hopefully he may not need to draw on it for months or even ever, but needs it as a…
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Purchasing flight tickets
Hello It is my first time buying multiple tickets: 18th February London – Singapore 22nd Singapore – Auckland Late March: Auckland - Tokyo around 4th April Tokyo - London The affordable results require 2 or 3 different airlines. I have used google flights and skyscanner to find flights
and they suggests different ways to…
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BBC- morning live- Car Hire- Can I claim money back
Hi, I was watching BBC Morning Live and they had a scene regarding car hire. A situation where you get it from the UK- then you get to your destination (in my case Sicily). Get to the desk- they have your info. Then say you should take out this extra insurance. Can't remember what she said but along the lines of you need…
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Third party flight travel agents
Hi, I'm currently browsing for return flights to Chile. There are specific dates I need to travel on. One thing I have noticed is that booking a Heathrow > Sao Paulo > Santiago flight is generally about £200 cheaper than Heathrow > Santiago, or Paris > Santiago. The catch is the Heathrow > Sao Paulo > Santiago flight is…
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Flight change consumer rights
Hi All, I have an issue where I have booked a flight and the
connection has changed. I booked through Booking.com on Qatar. Booking.com have
moved a 50 minute layover to a 7 hour layover and not options they can see to
change. My issue is who is accountable? Booking.com says there are
no options, they can refund but not…
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Car Rental Prices with booking.com for Canada
Hi, I booked a car through Booking.com with National Car Rental in Canada. I found out when in Canada that I had been charged almost double for the same rental had I just turned up at the counter. Even the agent at the desk was surprised how much I had paid. I might expect to pay a little more for the ease of booking a…
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Love Holidays issue
I booked with Love Holidays at a hotel that advertised adult only facilities and other amenities. However, the hotel has removed these facilities and if I want what I booked, I have to pay more. LH are saying we can move but will charge us whatever the difference in cost plus an amendment fee. They are refusing a refund of…
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Sixt Austria
I am being chased for damage payment that I have already paid via their link they sent me. They are saying they cannot find the payment and have asked for evidence. I have sent a PDF of my CC statement showing payment. I have sent them their link which when clicked on says ‘This has already been paid’. I have another…
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Refunds due to pregnancy
Me and the wife had prebooked, paying £615 for the flights for June '25. However, we've since found out she is pregnant and will not be able to fly under their conditions (beyond 36 weeks). We also had purchased travel insurance through them but are being refused any refund or compensation. Do we have any leg to stand on…
