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MSE News: Got Eurostar loyalty points? Use them before 29 October to maximise your miles
You'll need to earn MORE points to claim the same Eurostar rewards under the train operator's loyalty scheme from 29 October. So if you have a stash of points, redeem them ahead of the shake-up if you can. A 'free' standard one-way, off-peak ticket to or from London, for example, will now require 100 more points… Read the…
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Holiday Extras Asking For Payment For Parking
Holiday Extras are asking for payment before I have added any details I E name or Car Reg, is this normal? Thanks M99
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HOUSE INSURANCE WHEN OUT OF THE COUNTRY FOIR MORE THAN 60 DAYS
My wife and I are planning to be away for more than 60 days this winter I had my house insurance renewal through today and after reading the standard questions (will the property be unoccupied for 30 days which in the past I answered no - I rang to find out what teh definition of unoccupied was as I could arrange to have…
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Want some free Euros in Spain ?
Santander have announced a deal with a £240 carrot. Switch your current account to their Everyday Current Account to qualify. If you take the debit card to a Banco Santander branch based ATM in Spain or Canaries you can withdraw Euros fee free. That's approximately € 280 at today's rate if you decide to maximise the offer…
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Is this site legit?
I have already booked via Booking.Com with free cancellation on this hotel in Hamburg. It is a similar price to Hotels. Com and the official hotel site, around £130. However, the link below is the official hotel website according to Google, but they only want £88 for my three day stay. Bettenburg Hotel - Availability…
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esims
Hi all, I'm fortunate to be travelling to the US nex month and in the past I've just paid the £25 for the month with EE but they've now increased this to £25/week and £5/day so will cost me £45, therefore I'm looking at esims. I've noted the few recommended on here but does anyone have any experience? So far I've limited…
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UK Passport Expiry
I have a UK PP issue date 22 Dec 2016 & Expiry 22 July 27. Looking at both Europe & Caribbean holidays before Dec 26. ill my PP be valid 100% or not?
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Claim on insurance through booking.com
Hi, I booked accommodation through booking.com in France a couple of months ago, my partner broke his leg the day before travel in June so we had to cancel. We got insurance through booking.com, they will cover ferries so not problem with those, however I need a cancellation notice from the France accommodation and…
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Annual Travel insurance vs Single and Cancellation questions
Hi Looking into travel insurance atm and with several pre-plan trips, I assume the Annual travel insurance would be more reasonable to get. However I would like to understand a bit more in regards to the cancellation coverage. Supposedly if I have 2-3 separate trips plan and due to unexpected incident had to cancel 2 of 3…
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BA app and contacting BA
I travel a fair bit and have always found BA to be one of the worst airlines - and now I am having issues after deciding to give them another try. I have booked my flights, no problem at all using my PC. However it suggests having the BA app on the phone so I can check in on my return journey. The issue is the app won't…
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Cancellation insurance for passport potentially not being available
Hi all. I probably know the answer to this, but thought I'd check… We have recently adopted a son (13 months old), with the adoption order process ongoing. The quirk of this means that the relevant local authority are required to apply for a passport. They are doing so as we speak, but the timeframes are a little opaque……
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Ryanair: why can't I simply surrender an unused £20 booking?
I have a Ryanair flight booked for 30 August which I now know I won't be taking. The fare was only £20, so I'm not looking for a refund and I'm quite happy to write the £20 off. What I find strange is that there doesn't seem to be any way to simply cancel/surrender the booking so that Ryanair can make the seat available to…
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Travel insurance - Aviva (Nationwide FlexPlus), pre-existing conditions
Pre-existing medical conditions you need to tell us about This travel insurance is designed to cover the costs of cancellation, emergency medical treatment abroad and getting home, if any insured person becomes suddenly and unexpectedly ill or injured, due to a new illness, injury or disease. Medical conditions that an…
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Cancel or not?
My doctor has indicated that I should not take a planned trip (see the Lyon airport thread) because the extremely and unusually high temperatures are likely to make my (declared pre-existing) health issues worse. But I suppose that the travel insurers are likely to regard that as unwillingness to travel, and so not…
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Nobody to sign passport photos, anyway out of it
I would like and really need a passport. Due to ill health I haven't been able to travel so haven't ever had an adult one (only child one was when I was on my mother's old passport) but I have a chance to go away this year. The thing is, I have nobody to sign my photos. I looked at it before and gave up as I had nobody but…
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On holiday with missing luggage
Flew out on Saturday to Paphos. Landed 10.30pm and a load of passengers Inc us have missing suitcases (40 cases as we find out later) Airport staff took our details and we were told it'll be investigated TUI rep came to our hotel yesterday and took more details and comped us £100 per missing suitcase to buy essentials.…
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Beware of Travel republic
Our experience with Travel Republic was an absolute nightmare from beginning to end. We booked and fully paid for a 10-day holiday, and we received a booking confirmation from Travel Republic. We have proof of the original booking and proof of the booking details Travel Republic sent to the hotel. The problems started on…
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Travel insurance and eating disorders
Hi all, several questions. I'm in recovery from an eating disorder. I have finished all treatment, but this is fairly recent. I'm sure i need to declare it which is fine. However, lots of small print says i won't be covered for cancellation even if this is not related to my condition?! (the likelihood of me having to…
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Revised EU261 rules for implementation - mid to late 2027
These slipped under the radar, not sure why I was distracted. Some significant improvements, long overdue IMO. https://airadvisor.com/en/blog/new-eu261-rules Apologies to those who have flagged these up previously.
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Returning personal effects to the UK after less than a year abroad
Hi, Hopefully this is the right board for this but feel free to let me know. I'm returning to the UK from a working holiday in Japan. I had my PC shipped here after I arrived last autumn and will be shipping it back as it's too tedious / heavy for checked luggage. I've been in Japan for 10 months. I tried to apply for…
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