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London to Phuket flight cancelled
My friend and I booked return flights to Phuket from London next year in Feb/March 2020. We were booked to fly AirChina and the route was as follows: London to Chengdu Chengdu to Phuket Phuket to Beijing Beijing to London We booked through lastminute.com. We then received an email saying AirChina had cancelled the London…
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Turkish Airlines - any good?
We have booked our hotel for a week's holiday in Antalya, Turkey and currently looking for flights. Most of the flights are either really late at night going out or morning hours coming back, so we would effectively lose 2 days of our holiday. We have found reasonable flight times with Turkish Airlines, and will be paying…
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Austria September 2020 - When to book flights and car hire?
I'm new to booking flights and car hire. I've only ever been abroad twice and both times were package holidays. My mum and I are going to Sportcamp Woferlgut through Eurocamp. So far, we have booked the caravan for Septmeber 2020 for 2 weeks. It's a long way off yet but as we are a low income family, we've had to book so…
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Euros - when to convert
We had to cancel a holiday to Estonia early this year, for which I had stockpiled some Euros. I'm thinking about reconverting them to pounds, but at the current exchange rate I'm around £50 down. Should I exchange the euros now or wait? I know nothing of exchange rates really, but at a wild guess I would say that if we…
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Kuna for Dubrovnik trip
Morning, my wife and I will be travelling to Dubrovnik soon for a 4 day trip away. Is it best to convert cash at the post office or am I better off converting it while we are over there ? Many thanks
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Ryanair automatically increasing fare during booking process
I am wondering if anyone else has experienced the following problem? I booked a Ryanair flight on 4/7/19 and noticed that the initial fare had increased when it was added to the basket. This has never happened before and I have booked hundreds of flights with Ryanair. To satisfy my curiosity I decided to go through the…
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Currency Card for Under 18s
Hi all, Later this month I will be travelling to Majorca and was wondering if there’s any currency cards for U18s? (as it’s a lot safer than carrying cash everywhere) Thanks
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ATM Fees in Czech Republic
Was back in the Czech Republic last week having been there roughly once a year for last five or six. Noticed the ATMs of several leading banks (including Česk! spořitelna) even on ATMs attached to their own branches in city centres are charging CZK125 (£4.40 approx) withdrawal fee including anything else on top your own…
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1 euro for £1.23 via a 'moneycorp' foreign currency atm at Stansted?
Ok now you've all nearly died laughing...yes I did fall into the trap of confirming acceptance of this rate, and paid £197.90 for €160 on 18th June. I didnt believe pigs could fly when I saw the rate in front of me, so quickly and almost on auto pilot while in transit I assumed I must have got the exchange rate the wrong…
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British Airways to be fined £183m over data breach - MSE News
British Airways is facing a fine of £183.39 million after a data breach last year which compromised the details of around 500,000 customers...Read the full story: 'British Airways to be fined £183m over data breach' Click reply below to discuss. If you haven’t already, join the forum to reply.
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Can a student fly without a passport?? (Europe)
We are dropping some German 16 year olds at the airport and have just been told that one of them travelled here without a passport, just an ID card. They are flying UK-> Luxembourg and flew out the same route. They say that it was challenged but they were allowed to travel. Is this even possible? I'm a bit worried about…
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Interrent/Goldcar/Europecar SCAM
In November 2018 I arrived at the Stansted airport hut for Interrent/Goldcar. After handing over the required mandatory documents as advised by the link from Ryanair,) from whom I had booked the car through, I was presented with a list of other required documentation highlighted and on a clipboard. These included an…
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Traffic Penalty in Italy - Points on my License?!?
I would be grateful for any advice from those with specific knowledge of European (specifically Italian) traffic road infringements. Last October I went on holiday to Italy and rented a car. I am by nature a cautious driver and do not have any points or endorsements on my license in 25 years of driving. Driving on the…
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Travel money cards
Hi me and my partner are planning to travel around America next year flying from UK. We are looking for travel cash card where: -You can put all your money on and use different currency - can used it in the UK or get the money back off the card if we have any money left over - able to withdraw but only limited amount a day
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Low denomination notes again
For children going on trips with scouts/guides, the leaders want them to have their money divided up into envelopes, with spending money for a single day in each envelope. They don't want the children to carry high denomination notes. We also don't want to change large amounts of money as it's only pocket money. Is there…
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One way or return?
Can someone please throw some light on this? I am planning a holiday to Canada, arriving in Montreal then working my way west to Vancouver before returning home. So, a direct flight from Heathrow to Montreal with British Airways costs £1,395 (Economy Standard). I thought this a bit expensive so looked at a return fare,…
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RyanAir flight change without notice. Where do I stand?
Hi, I have recently booked a trip to Krakow to visit Auschwitz with 20 pupils from my school. I have visited the Ryanair site to add one more pupil but the flight has disappeared. Turns out they have rescheduled the flight to the day later meaning we have to purchase an extra nights accommodation or cancel the whole trip.…
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Ryanair Plus service heads up!
Ryanair advertise three levels of travel on their flights; Standard, Plus and Flexi Plus. With the Plus ticket, they state that priority boarding and two cabin bags are included in the price. I recently booked a return flight to Spain and it came to my attention that, although I had purchased Plus tickets in both…
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Flight purchase terms through travel agent
If you’ve agreed to terms of sale for flights over the phone but you haven’t yet made payment, are you under any contractual or legal obligation to pay that deposit if you are unsure of anything in the terms of sale? Am I right in thinking that unless otherwise specified on the phone, the terms of sale don’t become live…
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Can I buy Croatian kuna over the counter at post office/M&S
I am just wondering if I can buy Croatian kuna over the counter for example at the post office or M&S exchange. Apologies if this is obvious, I've only ever exchanged euros before. Want to know if need to order in advance or if can just walk in and exchange? Thank you :o
