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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
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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…
