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Flights, currency & car hire

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Tesco Bank or not Tesco bank
I had a really bizarre experience today when wanting to buy some euros. I went online and saw that Tesco Bank were advertising a rate of 1.146, which could be either delivered of click and collect at my local store. As our local store had a 'Tesco Bank' counter in store I thought I would pop down and collect them. When I…
Advice please- NO REFUND on virgin flights
my partner and i booked flights with virgin atlantic to new york for the end of june 2019. we booked them before we surprisingly got pregnant (a lovely surprise). the baby is due 13th june and so we cannot fly to new york. We've contacted virgin with our circumstances and their policy is: "I'm sorry to hear you cannot…
Desperately need help.. Virgin Holidays!
Hi all, I am new here but desperate for some help please. Tonight I booked a holiday through the Virgin website. I paid £700 deposit. The first time I tried to pay it came up with an error after I had entered my OTP & said it hadn't been processed & I needed to call them. Tried to call but as it was after 9 they were…
Cabin bags taken at the gate
As a result of more and more passengers taking the maximum sized cabin bags, most airlines now seem to issue warnings that if the flight is full, some passengers (usually those towards the end of boarding) may not be able to take their cabin bags with them into the cabin, due to lack of sufficient space in overhead…
Best pre paid card for Morocco
My son is travelling to Morocco next month and I'm a bit bamboozled by the selection of pre paid cards out there. I understand that he would get better rates with euros rather than pounds. Can anyone advise which pre paid card would be best as I don't think it's advisable to use his bank debit card?
EasyJet refund
Hi guys, sorry if this is in the incorrect section. I recently flew Bristol > Edinburgh and reserved seats due to having a little one and a nervous flyer wife. Just before we got onto the plane we were told the plane had been changed and the seating plan was out of the window. We got onboard and found someone in my seat,…
Avoiding BAnk charges Abroad
Hi, Anybody know any tips for avoiding bank charges when you're abroad ? I was in the far east recently an wracked up nearly £100 in bank charges-which is what I'd like to avoid the next time I'm out there. I bank with first direct and they offered me another bank card for £15 per month where my bank charges would be…
Trick for cheaper long trips by ADDING extra flights
Hi I just found by chance a new trick (for me) for booking return flights to the US. Using Kayak, I searched an open-jaw London-San Francisco then San Diego-London in May, (thinking I would either drive or take a local low-cost flight between the two Californian cities). Got a few options, with reasonable prices as they…
Ryanair debited wrong amount
Hi, I booked a return flight from Prague to Bournemouth on Ryanair and the receipt clearly states "Total paid via Visa Debit / Delta ending in XXXX - 1514.98 CZK". I booked this flight as a Czech national from within the Czech Republic using a Czech IP address and a Czech debit card. There is a Czech email address…
British Airways name change policy
We have a family wedding in america this summer, unfortunately one member can no longer go. He already has a ticket which cost around £920, but BA were only willing to refund £130 which is shocking as they can just sell the ticket at full price again. We have another family member who would take the ticket, but on the BA…
Old Style Driving Licence to Hire Car in France?
Ive resisted changing to the new style licence as I still live at the same address for the past 25 years. So I still have the old paper pink licence and obviously never had the photo one. Can I hire a car in France with it, and if so are there any precautions I need to take before doing so.
737 Max 8 grounding issue - who is at fault here?
Hi there, So last month I was in brazil when the 737 Max 8s were being grounded internationally. My flights home were salvador to fortaleza, to amsterdam, to london. Provided through KLM, but outsourced to a different company, GOL, for the domestic brazilian flight to fortaleza. Whom messaged me with check in details and I…
Comparison websites for minibus
My friends and I are planning to hire a minibus for our upcoming weekend road trip because none of us owns a car that can accommodate the eight of us and all of our baggage. When I told my sister about this, she told me about a website that compares prices from various minibus operators. I’ve looked through the website and…
Insurance on hire car
Hi, My work have hired me a company car that is insured in the UK on the fleet insurance. I'm taking the car to france for a long weekend and have everything in place apart from insurance which won't be covered by the fleet insurance while in france. Nearly every quote I've looked at does not cover hire/rental cars or the…
Credit Card scam in India
You will be aware of the banks scam to Rob you by asking which currency you want to pay in. Well in India they get round that by not telling you. The first you know that your transaction currency is GBP is when you get the credit card slip saying that you have expressly agreed to have them charge you in GBP. You have…
When flying to Isle of man do you need a passport or is driving licence ok
Just wanted to know if a driving licence is OK to get on a flybe flight to the Isle of man
Flybe keep Chang flight times
Flybe have changed my flight time from Birmingham to Isles of man twice the 2nd time after I have booked train tickets to the airport so are going to have to spend even longer waiting around at the airport is it useral for airlines to change flight times has anyone else had a problem with this at least it's a later time…
Unreasonable flight price increase
Hi We’d be grateful for any help please with a problem we’ve encountered with Swiss Air. We booked flights via the Swiss Air website from Heathrow to Geneva in February to visit our son, his wife and newborn son. The price was £230 pp. Unfortunately, 2 weeks later we realised that we had made a mistake while making the…
Late pickup for car hire?
I recently arranged a hire car for a trip to Tenerife. Unfortunately I booked the pickup for 7am instead of 7pm so we turned up 12 hours late to be told that as we were late, the car is no longer available and the hire was cancelled with no refund. Is this normal? I'm thinking that as we've paid for a car for the week, it…
Cyprus Flights
Can anyone recommend where to get the cheapest flights to Cyprus please? This isn't until next year so am I likely to get a better deal booing now or waiting until last minute? Thanks

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