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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
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Flight price when adding luggage
does anyone have a answer to this or knows about! this but!feel as passengers on flights that charge separate for luggage ,we are being ripped off, theses are examples & are visible with most operators ive been looking for a holiday to spain mainland, for 3 travellers when you put in the drop boxes departure airport…
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Buying Euros from Debenhams
Just about to buy euros, and did a bit of MSE searching for a good deal, followed the link for MSEs 'TravelMoneyMax' and Debenhams seems like the best one at the moment for cash, the MSE link said that they had a deal with Debenhams for a 'special rate' for MSErs, but I can't see how much that is, the only quote I can get…
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First Holiday Abroad
Hi, At the grand age of 26 I'm getting my first ever passport (which is a huge step for me as I have anxiety). We are looking at flying from East Midlands in the second week of September. Can anyone recommend which airlines are good to use? I've heard JET2 are one of the best. Also, we are looking at going to Majorca as…
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Multi destination holiday cash.
Hello Visiting the following destinations on a 14 day coach tour shortly, Berlin, Warsaw, Prague, Vienna and Budapest. Obviously the eurozone destinations pose no problem but will need cash for the non eurozones. As we will have to buy evening meals at these destinations plus lunches what suggestions do you have for the…
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Buying euros in uk
Son going to travel to Dublin for a festival. Is it better to buy euros in uk or use ATM in Dublin? Thanks
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Onthebeach.com payment charges
I booked a holiday through Onthebeach.co.uk I’ve just noticed that I’ve been charged £4.95 for every payment I’ve made to them despite it saying debit card payments are free. What they disclose in very small print is that £4.95 will be charged for every payment over £34.99. So in total I’ve not paid £90 in charges for…
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Travel money: How to get low-denomination notes?
Hi, When traveling to Africa & South America, I take plenty of US Dollars -- but find that high-value notes are difficult to spend. And changing them fo low-value notes at the destination is costly. I prefer to use the online Travel Money Comparison site (…
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Holiday Car Hire Sector – more competition needed?
After a long journey, does anyone like to start their holiday by arguing with a car hire company at the airport? Following a search on comparison site, I recently got stung by two common rip-offs. I hired a car from Firefly (part of Hertz) via broker Economy Bookings (EB -part of Booking Group based in Latvia). 1) Paying…
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Skyscanner cheapest price safe?
Quick question in relation to previous post. Found flights I want to book LHR to LAX with Air New Zealand. Skyscanner cheapest price is £924 for 3 of us return, this is not booking with airline direct. Booking with them direct would be £999. Are there any disadvantages of booking through an online travel agent rather than…
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Uzbekistan Airways
Has anybody flown with Uzbekistan Airways? We are flying from Tashkent to Bishkek in September, and may have too much baggage! Does anybody know whether UZ are strict on weight, and what the excess baggage charges are?
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Catania Airport Car Hire
Hello all, Taking a family holiday in Sicily in late-August, and I know I need to organise car hire but of course when you put 'car hire Sicily' into google you are immediately hit by hundreds of horror stories! So I would be very interested to hear anyone's experiences of hiring a car from Catania airport in the last year…
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TUI Flights to Boa vista changes on a sunday now non direct
Hi, I am flight to Cape Verdee (Boa Vista) in September 2019. This was booked as a Med haul direct flight. We did similar in 2017- this was a direct 6 hour flight No entertainment on the plan and limited seat space. I was told its a smaller plan due to it being Med haul. They have now changed this since May.. the plane now…
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Barclaycard Platinum Cashback Plus vs Platinum Barclaycard
I applied for the Barclaycard Platinum Cashback Plus to use abroad as suggested on MSE, but they've offered me the standard Platinum Barclaycard only. Does this matter? It says on the letter "you'll still benefit from our non-sterling transaction fee offer". So should I presume it is still a good card to use abroad? Don't…
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Do flight prices with smaller airlines / airports tend to only go up?
Hi all Having recently moved house, for the first time ever I'm looking to fly from a smaller airport (most likely Cardiff, but maybe Bristol or Birmingham). In the past I've always used Stansted and Luton. I usually keep an eye on prices and strike when I feel they're at a good point. With the likes of Easy Jet and…
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ATM fees in Portugal?
Hi, I already have some euros for my vacation in a couple of weeks but will need some more. I have a Starling account so was thinking I'd be better using local atms but I'm not sure if they charge fees. My other thought is the uk airport atms that let you withdraw euros but I'm guessing the airport will charge you in gbp…
