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Advice sought re: FlightCatchers.com
I am wondering whether anyone could help me with the below. I lost my grandfather late last year and he left some money to my partner and I to go to Thailand with some family. On 28th June my partner went onto FlightCatchers.com to book flights to Thailand. He attempted to book but received an email saying the booking was…
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Forced to buy insurance at Hertz desk
Hi, I've been fairly loyal to Hertz for hiring cars abroad over the last few years, not the cheapest but fairly hassle-free, but last week at Santiago de Compostela in Spain, we were told we had to pay an extra E150 for insurance. We said this has never happened before, and that we had separate excess insurance. He said…
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Credit Card declined - forced to pay for insurance when picking up hire car
Without wishing to name names as it might have been a complete coincidence but... Booked car hire online, paid full amount. This was 2 months ago and was the only use of the credit card in the last 3 months. A few days before we were going away I got a txt asking me to confirm or otherwise a transaction. Not knowing…
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Gatwick Airport Long Stay Car Parks
Since the pandemic parking costs at both Gatwick North and South Long Stay Car Parks has risen enormously. If travelling from London or the Midlands the car parks where you leave your car and get a courtesy bus in are some easy out many of which you have to actually pass the Airport turn off to drive to. By the time one…
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Car hire after flight cancellation
While on holiday, our return flight was cancelled due to a mechanical breakdown. We found a hotel for the night and then the next day were told that we would not be rescheduled to fly for several days and, due to scheduled runway repairs, would be leaving from a different airport 200 miles away. The next day we hired a car…
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Beware Manchester airport Meet & Greet price increase
We booked Terminal 1 M&G for 4 weeks in March for £219. Just tried booking for 4 weeks from Friday and they are quoting £366. That's an increase of 67% !!! There's crtainly a cost-of-living crisis but how can they possibly justify this?
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Moving between terminals at Manchester Airport (MIA)
Would appreciate some advice on what the current situation is like moving between MIA terminals ?, I know there is alot of building work going on. We have car parking booked for 8 days in terminal 2 multi story in two weeks time, but we've just noticed that our flight has been moved to terminal 1. We've tried changing our…
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Self-transfer flights Tallinn-Stockholm-Manchester (security? insurance?)
Hello all So, at last minute my partner decided to join me for a city break in Estonia. We couldn't get her the same flight back, so had to go for a flight that involves a self-transfer. 1 hour 45 minute layover. We won't have any checked baggage. I've done a self-transfer before, and it was absolutely fine, but wanted to…
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Recommendations for car hire in Faro airport
Hi all, I am looking to book care hire in September abroad for the first time collecting at Faro airport. I have been a bit overwhelmed trying to do this as using comparison sites such as Kayak, Travel supermarket etc which then take you to an intermediary site, i presume the broker, but your booking is then with a…
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Edreams/EasyJet refunds
Hi all, I’m hoping one of you lovely experts can help……. My husband booked a holiday for our family last January, sadly he died five months later. I contacted EasyJet and requested a refund which they processed to the card that made the booking, unfortunately the booking was passed to Edreams via Travel Fusion, so Edreams…
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Halifax Clarity or Chase Debit
We're off to Germany for a few days soon, which would be better for us to use to pay for things, our Halifax Clarity credit card, or Chase Debit card where we get 1% cashback? I screwed up booking the hotel on my John Lewis card and got stung for over £14 in currency conversion fees (the hotel charged our card in Euros).…
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Long term car hire Australia
Hi we are going to Australia for 3-4 months winter of 2024 and am looking for any advice on long term car hire - has anyone got any tips thanks
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Travel Money Max Flawed?
Why is it on Travel Money Max that "Currency Online Group Waterloo" always comes out on top but when you click on the "Get It" link which takes you to their site the rate is much lower?
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Buying Currency vs ATM and fees
Hi, I was wondering if somebody could please help me work out what would be the best option to buy dollars. I have two cards which allow me to withdraw cash for no charge or fees however it seems that most ATMs in Las Vegas will charge up to $10 per withdrawal. Would it therefore be cheaper to just buy/exchange to dollars…
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Vouchers not refund
Hello I hope someone out there in Forum land might be able to advise on this issue. My son is in Thailand and had arranged flights to Bogota. Phillippine Airlines have contacted him to say they are changing flights. This is a problem for his connections which he will miss. They have offered vouchers not a cash refund.…
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Overseas cash withdrawal on credit card impacting credit file
Hi. I’ve just used an RBS black credit card abroad for cash withdrawals, there’s 0 fees etc and I get 1% cashback, so it beats any of the recommended cards on MSE. You have to have a premier account to get one though so it’s not widely available, presume that’s why it’s not on here. However, my clearscore file is moaning…
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Vueling name change costs!
Looking for some thoughts or help. I have a booking to fly from Florence to London Gatwick on 3rd Oct and due to illness would like to change one of the 3 passengers names. When changing a name on the Vueling website, the first page shows that a name change will cost €50/passenger, which I am more than happy to pay. Once I…
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Refund f
I booked a flight with Ryanair with my wife and 2 kids, I pre-purchased a large bag. It was one single booking for all of us. I couldn't fly because I had to help with a family medical emergency. When my wife got to the airport Ryanair wouldn't let her check in the bag as it was under my name on their system and, as I…
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USA Car Rental without CDW
Hi, Looking to rent a car in the USA but prices are high as all policies quoted from the UK include CDW and SLI. I have an annual excess cover policy via moneymaxim as recommended by MSE which includes CDW and SLI for USA and Canada. As a result, I am assuming I can rent a car without CDW/SLI and save money on the rental.…
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Do I book our holiday - Urgent
So we haven't had a holiday for 5 years. Work have given me a one week window.. This weekend! I was due to book a last minute but have read the ATC situation is still cancelling. I don't want to loose £4k 💓😭🙈 Would you book to fly out this Sunday? Travel agent were no help xxxxx