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I would appreciate advice from anyone who has experienced problems with Etihad Airways travel vouchers or Etihad Credit. Etihad owes me access to a credit balance of £2,366.67, but despite spending approximately four months trying to resolve the problem, I still cannot use it. I received an Etihad Credit voucher worth…

Hi, I’ve just returned from a week in Tunisia, in the Eden Yasmine hotel, Hammamet, booked through Thomas Cook. The week was a disaster at best. Although there were serious issues with hygiene (mouldy food, covered in flies) and accommodation (dirty room, ants everywhere, injury sustained due to issue with door handle), my…

Having the frustration of arranging annual travel policy following prostate cancer diagnosis finally arranged cover with allclear. During my search I invariably found a company would insure my wife but not me. Has anyone had the experience of arranging separate cover for husband and wife and did it work out cheaper than a…

I need to pay over £10000 on a retirement holiday but the company do not accept Amex. I only have a debit card. I am worried about protection should something go wrong. What is the best way to make payment?

Hi, Something I hadn't considered before - are there any insurers who offer cover should you miss your boat's departure from one of the ports of call, rather than the departure port? On all our previous cruises we have had no problems with getting back in good time with one exception where fortunately, we were on a shore…

Just looking for an opinion really. In the past I have tended to take out insurance around the same time as booking a holiday, last time taking out an annual policy as I intended taking more than one holiday, however, I had to inform the company of a change in medication which meant that they wanted an additional fee,…

I have used the North terminal Mid stay and it is a very easy walk into the terminal. I see there is now a mid term option for the South terminal advertised. According to the guide its accessed via the South terminal long stay, I've been looking at the map and although its not marked there yet it doesn't look as good as…

This caught my attention. https://www.surinenglish.com/malaga/malaga-city/government-approves-million-20260915000500-nt.html

Hi, I am traveling from London to Seoul on solo trip in December, and need good flight deals recommendation. Departure date - around 15 Dec and return after new year.

I am due to renew my passport later this year, Can a neighbour who i have known over 5 years but is not a "Professional dentist etc" countersign or do i have find someone who as been a Banker. solicitor etc.I intend taking it to the Post Office to renew

This week's MoneySaver who wants advice asks… I went on a trip with my 17-year-old daughter, best friend and two of her family. The five of us stayed in a four-bedroom villa booked by my friend’s family. My daughter and I shared a room, while the other three each had their own. After the trip I was asked to pay 40% of the…

Hi there We recently hired a car to be collected at Malaga airport. I'm going to skip details about hard selling all sorts of stuff and being told we need to pay for roadside assistance when that wasn't true! On going through documents etc with a representative to get the vehicle I was asked for 2 credit cards in my name,…

We turned up at Stanstead airport at around 04.30 for our flight To Sardinia, 16/09/2026 But were refused check in as one of the passports was 'not valid' even though the expiry date is May 2027, It was my understanding that passports needed 6 months validity upon return to the UK, it had 8 months. On the Jet2 website when…

I am writing today as I have experienced and am still experiencing the worst customer support for a name change on a flight booking made in January this year via a well known third party agent. Although the airline has agreed to the name change and this could have been done weeks ago, I am travelling next week on a trip of…

Need advice please. Went on holiday to Dominican Republic in June through tui. After booking was told hotel restaurant was having a refurbishment so offered to move with 10% on top to help. Choose a hotel and was not told of any problems. Got on holiday to find the hotel was having big room refurbishments. When sat round…

Hi, I’m not sure this is really the right place to post this but I need some advice and I’m not really sure where to go. My sister and I were booked to stay in an Airbnb in the Dominican Republic from August 29th - September 27th. At 4am on the 1st of September the night security guard of the building broke into our…

Please any help. I am a UK citizen, resident in UK, but currently out in Cyprus, how many months do I need to have left on my UK passport? 6 months? 3 months? Or simply valid on the day I wish to travel back home?

My blue passport had really stubborn luggage label residue on the back cover which was proving difficult to remove. Someone suggested nail polish remover which has worked but it has lifted some of the colour from the cover and left a white patch. Is that a problem when travelling -would it count as damage and make it…

Hi My Jet2 flight to Crete on Tuesday was caught up in the NATS issues on Tuesday - was sat on plane for 7 hours & was only offered 2 cups of water during this time (no food, despite asking!) Received an email whilst still on plane to say whole holiday was cancelled - no attempt to get us to our family destination. To add…

Hello all, I have searched unsuccessfully on MSE Forum for posts specifically relating to the Airport Data Breach (Data Security Incident – 27.08.26), my interest being limited to Manchester Airport. I have found only one reference – under airport parking, which I find bizarre...so if I have missed a main thread, I…