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Travel insurance - group of young women
So our 17YO ( 18 in September ) is going away for a week with friends in Tenerife in July, some are 18 and some are 17. I can't seem to get her individual insurance because of her age, but would I get group insurance for the lot of them? I've not asked for quotes yet as I don't have all their details yet. If anyone can…
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Expedia package via Dubai
We booked a package with Expedia prior to the start of the middle east conflict. Flights from uk via Dubai to Singapore and a hotel in Singapore. We are due to travel on 9 July. I have contacted Expedia via their agent chat function a couple of times to ask what will haopen if the FCDO advice does not change for travel to…
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Getting from Longstay South Carpark to North Terminal Gatwick
Staying at the Courtyard Marriott with parking in Long Stay South, but flying from North terminal. It mentions online that there's a shuttle bus from the carpark to the terminal but doesn't say whether it just goes to South terminal or whether it goes to both. Trying to establish if we will need to get the shuttle train…
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TUI rebooking incentive
The local travel agent has just advised me that TUI offer a £100 incentive if you book another deal within a month of returning from holiday with them - and that it applies to us having just made a reservation for same hotel etc. next year. I have no idea if this is a new initiative or not, or of the small print detail.
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Package holiday with flights via Dubai
We are due to travel to Mauritius in October. We’ve booked a Virgin package holiday so flights and accommodation and transfers but the flights are with Emirates. I’ve currently only paid a £400 deposit and I’m due to pay my balance mid-July (about £12k). We are not staying in Dubai, only a layover of about 2-3hours. I…
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Expired passport - travel tomorrow?
I think we're out of luck but I'm asking here in case anyone has a bright idea! Mrs QrizB and me are due to fly tomorrow to Vienna for a long weekend break (an ATOL-certified package holiday booked via BA). Mrs QrizB has just checked her passport and it expired in February ... Yes, I know. Is there anything we can do now…
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Dubai package holiday.
Hi please can anyone help me? I have a package holiday to Dubai booked at the end of June with last min.com. I have repeatedly tried to contact them for info on whether this holiday will go ahead, but I can’t get my questions answered. It does look like they will cancel as it’s is only recommended for essential travel at…
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Signing a Waiver
we are due to travel to Dubai end June and have been told by Gold Star which is a third party trade ticketing agent for our travel agent we have to sign a waiver to say we still want to go despite the FCDO , even though we don’t, or we lose £1800 on Tuesday. I can’t lose this amount of money, they have told us we have to…
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Avios/Amex Questions
Hi All, I was hoping for some advice regarding various Avios and AMEX questions. Thanks in advance to anyone who can help! Current situation - My household BA Avios account balance is around 185-190,000 Avios points. I have a Barclaycard Avios plus Cabin upgrade voucher to use. I am about to reach the spending threshold to…
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TUI Travel have rejected our complaint despite raising an issue at the time of arrival
Need a bit of guidance please, I'll try to make this as brief as possible. In March we travelled to Florida with our Autistic daughter, travel can be very difficult for her, but she now has a lanyard and we also pre-empted with TUI. On arrival at our hotel, check in was at 4pm. So we joined a queue!! It soon became evident…
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TUI Smiles Reward Club
I was curious to see what this new initiative on offer might be - so attempted to register - not sure if it worked or not - but it brought up a Scandanavian language (Swedish ?) application link and seems to have accepted my TUI account details !!! TUI customer services were unable to help much - I suspect this is as new…
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THE SUN SO CALLED £9.50 DEALS
I made the mistake of collecting the vouchers in the sun newspaper. Went to do my booking, booked october so out of season as it was the only weekend available. I really wish i had not booked it! It did not include any entertainment passes or swimming pool and to add them it was another £45. Out of curiosity I checked the…
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Travelling to Malaysia via Dubai
I booked a holiday to Malaysia in Jan 2026 for June 2026. The flight is indirect via emirates with a stopover in Dubai. My flight is in few weeks and I still have not heard from Emirates or Carlton Leisure (where I booked my flight) of if the flight will go ahead or needs to be cancelled. I don't know if it needs to be…
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Travel insurance costs
I'm aged 92 and, not surprisingly, have various medical conditions (high blood pressure, atrial fibrillation, etc). Take lots of pills, have never needed hospital admission, can walk fine. Insureandgo have quoted me £450 for a one week single trip to France, and £1700 for an annual policy for Europe. I'm wondering if these…
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Travel insurance when already in Europe?
We apparently dropped the ball and didn't get travel insurance sorted before leaving the UK. Are there any insurers that will cover us our 60 day trip, either a a single trip or as part of annual cover? We have cover for our campervan(insurance and breakdown cover), and our ghic cards.
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Where to apply for holiday travel insurance if i have ongoing DVT treatment?
hi All I would love to go to Turkey for 9 days from UK however beginning of January i had deep vein thrombosis discovered in my led and started blood thinning pills. I am 47 and feel normal but to improve my treatment i decided not to drink any alcohol for the whole treatment which should last about 12 month - does it…
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2 Days in Oslo suggestions & recommendations?
Hi. I have two days in Oslo booked for a party of 5 (2 adults, 3 kids (8-13)) during the first weekend of November. Does anyone have any great suggestions / recommendations of where to go, what to do, where to eat, etc? Apparently the timing of this trip is out of the main tourist season, so I there'll be less queues and I…
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Ryanair keeping APD for Teens
Ok I am not sure if this is a scam but here is what I have found, this is the advice from uk-gov website on APD for childern Children Children under 2 years old without a seat are exempt from Air Passenger Duty, it does not matter what class they travel in. However, if a seat is purchased for an infant, they will only by…
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Turkish Airlines Miles and Smiles Rewards
I have had problems trying to convert miles for a gift card. My wife and I have around 16000 miles, each equating to about £80 in vouchers. I tried to convert these but the TA App suggested I had to verify my account first. They offer several ways to do this but none are really suitable. Examples are "Quick Verification "…
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Any dealings with Hainan airlines?
I have a flight booked with Hainan through Expedia. To book seats you have to go through Hainan's website which is proving very difficult. Any done it? Expedia have told me to call them which I will try tomorrow but very frustrated with how difficult it is. I get to the payment page and am directed to pay through Paypal…
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