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Argus Car Hire - AVOID AVOID AVOID
Avoid & go to a more credible & easy to contact company !! A month ago I had booked a car for 4 days. Due to sickness arrived 3,5 hs late to pick up the car from the airport. The provider (Hertz) said they didn't have car available anymore and we should contact our agent (Arguscarhire) to resolve and get our money back.…
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Changing €100 bank notes to smaller denominations
Aha! Finally figured out how to post a new thread on here after 2 years of trying :money: I have a couple of €100 bank notes that were given to us after my mum sold up in Spain to return to England and we withdrew her cash from her local bank. I recently tried to spend them at the hotel I stayed at in Italy but they…
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Change AUD to GBP
I have $2860 Australian money from a holiday. I get confused on when to exchange it to GBP. Do I get a better exhange when GBP is high, or when GBP is low?
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Hike in BA flight price in a couple of hours
I was trying to book a return economy flight from Gatwick to Orlando today. Price seemed not too bad (£550 ish). I needed to confirm dates then went back to book-£900+ That can't be right I thought so tried again shortly after-£1900!! Can anyone explain what's going on? Thanks
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Multiple currencies
We are doing a 1/2 world cruise and I want US DOLLARS , NEW ZEALAND DOLLARS & AED DIRHAMS Only looking for 100 of each just to start us off for coffee etc Our bank wants minimum £300 Of each, just wondering if I can order in Halifax or another bank, Prefer to go rather than post but if needs will post Also lots of places…
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Advice for no notification of flight cancellation
Hello I wonder if anyone can help? We recently travelled to Seville. 24 hours before our flight I tried to check-in online, a message returned, check-in closed. To cut a very long story short, through various investigations we established that our flight was cancelled in June, we were moved to a flight that took off the…
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YQ (Fuel) charge refund from BA?
Hi, I booked two return e-tickets online with BA to Rio on 25th October this year. The flights are not until July 2020. Something has unexpectedly come up meaning we can't travel but BA will not refund the flights. This is bad enough but i could live with it if they weren't also diddling me out of what they claim are…
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Changing flight with Qantas due to bereavement
My sil is in Australia visiting family. Sadly my mum passed away unexpectedly at the weekend. Sil has flight booked to return to UK on 23rd. But now needs to get back for the funeral on 20th. She’s flying with Qantas. Do they allow you to change flights without penalties in these circumstances? TIA for any replies.
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Emirates Skywards 20% code.
Hi All. Around this time every year Skywards Members usually get an email with a 20% off code for use on flights at the beginning of the year. I have contacted Emirates who confirm that something is due within the next couple of weeks, but was just wondering if anyone has any insider information on a definite release date?…
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sat nav hire
Are there any reputable companies which rent out sat navs for taking on holiday?
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How to exit an Easyjet flight quickly?
I've booked an easyjet flight that lands in Manchester Terminal 1 about 40 minutes before my connecting train (the last of the night), so I'm trying to minimise time on the arrivals end. Therefore I'd rather not lose time by being forced to check (or gate-check) a bag. Two questions:* With a standard seat, if I just bring…
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Pre election Currency Purchase?
I am just wondering whether it might be expeditious to buy some Euros before the General Election on Dec 12 . The Pound may get hammered on the 13th..dependng on the result. What do you experts say.....? I would be grateful for advice on the likely scenarios....
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Travel bag: They haven’t approved my payment from last night. Can I cancel my booking?
To my horror for the first time somehow the date was incorrect when booking. After searching for flights next year in March, on the Travelbag site online, my confirmation received stated March 26th and return April 9th. The first payment was rejected and second one approved. Their system still takes the payment even if…
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Refund airline extras
Recently flew to Houston from Aberdeen via Schipol with KLM. It was a long flight and daughter was travelling with me. So I treated us both to comfort economy. Neither of our seats reclined. Busy flight. Not able to move seats. Cabin manager did a refund form for the £250.20 on board. Didn’t hear anything. Tried via social…
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Car Hire Charges
A word of warning to anyone booking car hire through vehicle-rent.com. These are agents, not the hire company which was Goldcar. I booked a car from Bordeaux Merignac airport and returned it fully fuelled and without damage last month. When I received my credit card statement I see a charge of £8.47 for "environmental…
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Damaged luggage
Hi I recently flew and my suitcase came damaged. I showed it at the baggage claims desk, they confirmed it was damaged. They gave me a case number and told me to contact the airline. I just got an email: "We would appreciate it if you could provide us with the following information, for it is part of our standard…
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Easyjet double the difference guarantee
Hi all On Nov 11th I booked a car through the Easyjet website with Europcar. I then found a cheaper quote with Centauro. I followed the steps on the easyjet website and submitted my claim under the lowest price guarantee. You are meant to hear in 96 hours (my parents did and were successful). 2 weeks later and 2 follow up…
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Middle name on E-Ticket not included - China Southern Airlines (CSA)
We will be travelling to Guangzhou, China for a long stopover for four days to hopefully enjoy the sights before heading to our final destination, Philippines. On the E-Ticket, my wife's middle name is missing which is on her passport. I think I vaguely remember being told by the representative at TravelUp when booking the…
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Emirates flight changed
Hi, I have bought tickets for my family of 5 to go back home in December. I bought the ticket in June 2019 via agent but on August Emirates emailed me that the flight from Dubai to my destination has been changed to Flydubai (which is low cost airline, I need to pay extra to use the entertainment etc on board.) When I…
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Belfast Int Car Hire
Dudes I have to hire a car at Belfast International very shortly...haven't been there for decades. Which firm is closest to arrivals? I'm traveling with an elderly person who I would like to stress as little as possible and long bus rides to the car hire location aren't ideal. Can anyone shed any light onto the set up…
