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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…
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EasyJet Flexi - what to do when the best return is BEFORE the departure date?
Hi all Is anyone familiar with this situation? I want to use the EasyJet Flexi trick and book some tickets for the wrong dates, then change them to the correct dates 24 hours later. The trouble is that the return date is a couple of weeks before the departure date. I can get around this by booking them as two separate…
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Trip for a week to Canada
I will be going to Canada. you're some interesting information share me?
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Sixt new damage report - advice please
Hi there, I've just returned from Slovenia where I hired a car with Sixt for 3 days. Unfortunately, during the hire period, I clipped a curb and scratched the alloy wheel and damaged the tyre wall. The car was pristine when I received it, and to be fair Sixt have described the damage fairly accurately and with clear…
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In France - Cash? Debit? Or Credit card?
Hi - travelling to France this summer. Normally get euros out from post office or online depending on best rates at time and only use cash/euros during holiday. But would it be cheaper to use debit or credit cards? I’ve got Barclays, Halifax, Santander and Nationwide debit cards and Barclaycard visa credit card and…
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Monzo debit v credit card
What wins out, a Monzo debit card or a travel credit card eg Halifax? This is for a traveller that wants the ability to withdraw money whilst on holiday and pay directly with that card too.
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Goldcar have got me....
As mentioned in a previous thread, I’m currently on holiday with a goldcar rental. I picked up the car last night and let’s just say it’s not been plain sailing. Yes, I know they’re well known to be terrible and in hindsight I wouldn’t have booked with them, however this is the situation I’m currently in. When picking up…
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Pre paid card and SIM card
Hi guys Next year we will be traveling to the Florida. I've got myself a credit card but would like to use this as a back up while using a pre paid card mainly. Someone mentioned the post office card as an option. We don't plant to travel abroad for a few years afterwards so the US is the only requirement for now. Any…
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Arrived at the airport. Delayed luggage. Vueling don’t care. It might turn up tomorrow or in 5 days
I’m so angry. I’ve kicked the luggage carrousel 3 times. My girlfriend went to the lost luggage desk and the tittle explains what happened. Are we entitlited to anything?
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Alitalia Check in and Boarding Process
Hello, I was wondering if anyone has had a similar experience with Alitalia check in and boarding process as we encountered at Rome airport this weekend where the staff were so unapproachable and rude that one would think they don't want any custom! We arrived to check in at 15:00 for our flight departing at 17:20 to…
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USA Requiremets
We are travelling as a group of 4 to New York on 25th November & returning 5 days later , our passports expire in January 2020, will we need to renew before travelling? Do we need 6 months valid on our passports & is ESTA all we need or do we also need a visa? TIA
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BA Car Hire Florida - Insurance?
Have got a good deal with BA and hired a Mustang! _party_ (Class K) However, I am a bit worried on the insurance front. Have copied and pasted the Rental Inclusions below. Does this mean I am now fully comp? We land quite late at night and dont want to end up being hassled for hundreds of extra dollars in add on insurance…
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Flight delayed but without notice
If you booked a flight to come back to uk at 9PM...you then sorted out hotel booking and transfer to airport based on this. Then by chance you find out from the transfer company that there is no flight at 9PM, its been delayed to 12AM what can you do if anything about this? Bearing in mind: * Its been delayed over 3 hours…
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Euros -- where can We exchange them?
Sorry it this is in the wrong board, I want sure where to post it. My daughter has recently returned from being an au pair in France. she was paid in cash,, and has returned with 700 euros. How can she exchange them to sterling? I see that most places (M&S, post office ) offer a buy back service, but as she didn't buy…
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Help with unexpected flight change
I need help from the forum. We have been planning and saving for the Rugby world cup in Japan for a long time. We booked business class flights from Bristol with ANA to Tokyo back in November. The flights have already been changed once when Flybmi went bust. ANA were really helpful and offered us new flights from London or…
