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Flying with British Airways during Heathrow Strike - a few questions
Hi again So I've tried calling BA but am just stuck on hold the whole time. I'll continue to try and will update here if I get some answers. In the meantime, I wondered if anyone more experienced in such matters might have any thoughts or answers on the following... (I'm flying on the 6th August at 07:30 to Prague)... 1.…
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Heathrow strike when I'm flying in August. Time to start panicking??
Hi all I've been nervous ever since hearing about the potential BA strikes, as I am flying with them on 6th August (and back again on 11th August). So I'm waiting with bated breath to see what happens there... I checked this morning for any more news only to learn that staff at Heathrow are planning to strike on the 6th!…
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Virgin/Delta flights - worried about seat availability
My wife and I booked flights/hotel to Vegas for the end of September. We booked via Virgin Atlantic. The flights are; Outbound: LHR -> LAX -> LAS Inbound: LAS -> JFK -> LHR All of the legs bar the first one are operated by Delta. We were aware of this up-front. We were able to choose upgraded seats for the Delta flights…
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Interrent issues
Hi, I booked a car via Doyouspain last week, after returning the car Interrent sent me a final bill and charged me 64.40€ for kms extras. My contract says unlimited km, I have tried to contact them but I haven’t received any help, after waiting 30 minutes they gave me the website where I can make a claim but I don’t have…
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Ryanair Customer Service!!
I am a Ryanair Fan and fly with them regularly and I always say they are great until something goes wrong and if it does forget any kind of customer service. This is a long post btw. I have been lucky and it has always gone right until my recent flight when my hubbys case did not get put onto our flight. I know we should…
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Budget Airlines Cabin Luggage Overweight? What happen
I understand budget airlines have restriction to the weight of the luggage you could take to the cabin. This is in addition to fit to luggage sizer. Wizz Air and or Ryan Air for Instance will restrict the weight of up to 10 Kg for priority customer. While other budget airlines such as Euro Wing, Norwegian air have limit of…
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Cashplus dollar travel card
Hi has anyone had any experience of using the cashplus prepaid dollar card in the usa ? I took out this card to pre load my spending money before I left the uk. The advertising on their website stated that there are no additional charges to use the card in the usa for purchases and spending. I found this to be true a…
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Possible BA strike
If british airways staff go on strike what are my options as I have a flight bookend of August coming back first week September from Gatwick to Malta will they transfer booking to another airline or cancel altogether I have hotel booking separately but its not a flight but operates every day and I'm in business class as I…
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Selling leftover Japanese currency to Tesco, Sainsburys
I recently came back from a holiday in Japan and have quite a bit of left over yen. Looking on travelmoney.moneysavingexpert.com/holiday-money Sainsburys and Tesco have best rates, is it simply a case of me just taking my yen down to these supermarkets and selling them for UK currency?
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Euros - change here in the UK or in Amsterdam??
We are due to fly out as a last minute break to Amsterdam and wondered if it would be better to change into Euros in the UK or Amsterdam? I have been told not to bother at all and just use a card while out there? Thank you in advance
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Paying holiday hotel ... cash or currency card ?
I’m due to go away next week and have booked the hotel Direct , to be paid locally . Obviously the euro is awful at the moment , the price has gone up by £15 per person from When we booked it ! I have the money loaded onto a monzo currency card however I’m not sure if I will get a better rate paying it through the card…
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FairFX should I be worried?
I never used a prepaid travel card before but decided to give these guys ago after seeing an offer on MSE. I'm worried now as after a search they seem to have so many negative reviews, mostly about pin codes not being right and effectively and getting locked out of accounts. Even more worrying seems to be customer service…
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Question regarding WeSwap card
If I have say £10 left after a trip to Europe and intend travelling to USA next year, is it better to leave the money on the card, or pay £1.50 to draw it out?
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Sending money to USA via global cash card
Hi Hope someone can help please. My son is in America working over the summer, he is being paid via Global Cash Card (seems to be a common way of employers paying employees in the states who don’t have a bank account). I would like to send him some money as a one off and just wondered if anyone had experience of sending to…
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Rented airbnb car unsafe to drive, causing scrape damage
Hi, my pal rented a car through airbnb. We are in Spain. From the first, the car has been stalling in 1st and 2nd gear... My pal thought she simply wasn't driving well due to not being used to it. We drove up a large mountain. At the top, the car was stalling more, maybe due to thinner atmosphere? The engine management…
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Car Rental Northern Ireland
Be aware of cross border charges. These must be unlawful? Most rental companies charge you at the desk and sneakily ask where you are travelling to and try to decipher if you are crossing the border into Southern Ireland.Usually an extra charge per day, they say for insurance purposes! Any advise fellow MSEs?
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Easyjet Hands Free with Three trick
If you are with Three you get Hands Free which means you can check your Hand Luggage for free at check in. You also get speedy boarding. Trick is they don’t do any further checks so you can still take another piece of hand luggage with you on the flight.
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Norweigan Air flight cancellation policy discrepency
Hi! Hoping someone can help. My friend has just cancelled his flights with Norweigan Air within the specified 24 hours in order to get a full refund but they are disputing the timings When the flights were booked, they stated that nothing was confirmed until an email was received. An email was received at 12.16pm. Flights…
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Travel agent margins: what is reasonable?
One of those "what do you think" questions... We all know that travel agents have to get paid, and their wages, office costs and so forth come from the passenger. I suppose that usually they get a percentage of the flights and hotels and so forth that they sell, and we never really know how much. And so long as they add…
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Saying flight is cancelled, but its not??
Hi, I have flights booked for Friday travelling from London city - Milan - Rome - Tokyo The Milan - Rome flight changed last month as it was cancelled, so they sorted out the same flight but different time, which was fine. Last night I got another email saying that the flights have now been cancelled and I am now flying on…
