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BA Codeshare with AA?
OK, if I book a flight on BA website, its coming up as an American Airlines booking, albeit on a BA flight anyway. Will I then have, in effect, booked with AA? i.e. any customer service issues I need to speak to AA not BA? Reason is wife has mobility issues and BA are usually very good at sorting out seat assignments. Not…
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French car hire breathalyser and Ryan Air hand-luggage size.
Hi there. I am off to France at the end of the week and have a few last minute questions: 1. I have booked a hire car for the trip, with easyCar.com. There are a few odd rules about driving in France, including the need for a breathalyser, hi-vis jackets and spare bulbs etc. Would you expect these to be provided or would I…
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Flight change to day before - no offer to cancel and rebook different flights!
Hi. I booked flights for myself and two others for a holiday using the website "travelup". The flights are BA flights at the end of November. Unfortunately BA have cancelled the flight and there is now a new flight but going the day before. Not only do we not have accommodation for that extra night but we have also booked…
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Best Credit or Prepaid Card for Japan
Hi My husband is travelling to Japan in a couple of months. He has a Halifax Clarity Credit Card which we use when we are away and was going to use it there. One of his colleagues has told him he would be better using WeSwap and the other person travelling with him will be using Revolut. Having looked online I'm not sure…
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Hire car fuel - caught out?
We hired a car in Mallorca with the fuel clause as full to full. When we picked up the car we checked everything, took photos of scratches etc. But didn’t notice that the tank was only a quarter full. Feeling very silly at present. The paperwork supplied by the hire company says the tank is full at pickup. We have left a…
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London to Phuket flight cancelled
My friend and I booked return flights to Phuket from London next year in Feb/March 2020. We were booked to fly AirChina and the route was as follows: London to Chengdu Chengdu to Phuket Phuket to Beijing Beijing to London We booked through lastminute.com. We then received an email saying AirChina had cancelled the London…
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Turkish Airlines - any good?
We have booked our hotel for a week's holiday in Antalya, Turkey and currently looking for flights. Most of the flights are either really late at night going out or morning hours coming back, so we would effectively lose 2 days of our holiday. We have found reasonable flight times with Turkish Airlines, and will be paying…
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Austria September 2020 - When to book flights and car hire?
I'm new to booking flights and car hire. I've only ever been abroad twice and both times were package holidays. My mum and I are going to Sportcamp Woferlgut through Eurocamp. So far, we have booked the caravan for Septmeber 2020 for 2 weeks. It's a long way off yet but as we are a low income family, we've had to book so…
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Euros - when to convert
We had to cancel a holiday to Estonia early this year, for which I had stockpiled some Euros. I'm thinking about reconverting them to pounds, but at the current exchange rate I'm around £50 down. Should I exchange the euros now or wait? I know nothing of exchange rates really, but at a wild guess I would say that if we…
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Kuna for Dubrovnik trip
Morning, my wife and I will be travelling to Dubrovnik soon for a 4 day trip away. Is it best to convert cash at the post office or am I better off converting it while we are over there ? Many thanks
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Ryanair automatically increasing fare during booking process
I am wondering if anyone else has experienced the following problem? I booked a Ryanair flight on 4/7/19 and noticed that the initial fare had increased when it was added to the basket. This has never happened before and I have booked hundreds of flights with Ryanair. To satisfy my curiosity I decided to go through the…
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Currency Card for Under 18s
Hi all, Later this month I will be travelling to Majorca and was wondering if there’s any currency cards for U18s? (as it’s a lot safer than carrying cash everywhere) Thanks
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ATM Fees in Czech Republic
Was back in the Czech Republic last week having been there roughly once a year for last five or six. Noticed the ATMs of several leading banks (including Česk! spořitelna) even on ATMs attached to their own branches in city centres are charging CZK125 (£4.40 approx) withdrawal fee including anything else on top your own…
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1 euro for £1.23 via a 'moneycorp' foreign currency atm at Stansted?
Ok now you've all nearly died laughing...yes I did fall into the trap of confirming acceptance of this rate, and paid £197.90 for €160 on 18th June. I didnt believe pigs could fly when I saw the rate in front of me, so quickly and almost on auto pilot while in transit I assumed I must have got the exchange rate the wrong…
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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…
