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Creative Idea for Saving on Non-Refundable Airline Tickets—Thoughts?
Hi MSE members, I recently came across an idea that I found really interesting, and I was curious what others think about it. The basic concept is this: when airlines allow free name changes for up to three letters, people with similar names could technically "swap" non-refundable tickets they no longer need. For instance,…
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Buy as soon as you book
This is not always the best strategy. If you're 80+ with pre-existing medical conditions, you'll be paying upwards of £500 for European cover, much more for worldwide or cruise. If you book a year ahead, as many of us do, your financial risk, in the event of having to cancel, is limited to the deposit until 8-10 weeks…
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Winter Cover Travel Insurance help needed
Hello All, We travel a few times per year, so tend to buy annual cover with medical specifics. We're going to Italy to stay at my family over Christmas and are looking forward to spend a few hours on the snowy Alps during the time we're there. At most we'll be sledging on a Decathlon plastic sledge for a couple of hours…
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Missed 65th birthday celebrations and 2 days holiday
Unable to contact ANYONE at British Airways to help. As a long shot I have sent an email to one department but am dubious about receiving a response. Anyone on here PLEASE be able to tell me what to expect as recompense from BA and where to go to get a response? Copy of email here so you can see my problems. Apologies for…
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Holiday quote
Hi new to the group, I have been quoted £2,775 for direct flights from Dublin to Dubai 6 nights with superior room, B&B …The company is “Away Travel”. This is a lot cheaper than NI travel agency! Would appreciate if anybody has any views etc
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Insure holiday deposit for 2027 holiday/cruise?
Hi, We're booking a holiday for August 2027 and have to start paying a deposit schedule over the next few months, starting by the end of this month. As the holiday is over 12 months in the future, I can't find any company that will give us holiday insurance for it. In August 2026 I'll be able to take out travel insurance…
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What's Open at New Year
Family of 2 adults, 2 teenagers and I'm looking at abroad holidays next new year with some sort of sun. We've been to the Canaries quite a lot and know it's all open there, however I'm interested to know if anyone has been to the tourist places in Spain, Balearics and Portugal and whether everything is open? (or majority…
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LoveHoliday booked my holiday without first telling me the total price
Hi, please please can anyone help me? I 'booked' a holiday via loveholidays and then discovered that the holiday was not actually confirmed for 72 hours. I received an email asking me to call them as the hotel was no longer available and my flight price had changed. On the phone, I asked them to look at an alternative…
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HELP! Tattered friendship leaves holiday in question
I need any help or advice anyone has. I booked a holiday with two friends last year to somewhere a long way from home. Since the price was fairly high, we all paid in monthly instalments on the app to the company directly. Long story short, these friends hadn’t been treating me well for months following this and I tried…
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Easy Jet Credit / Voucher Error
Hello, This may be a a huge longshot. However I cancelled my holiday with easy jet via the web and accidently clicked credit instead of cash refund (stupid I know) I called them straight away to see if there was anything they could do, to be told tough its part of the T&Cs and I now cant have a cash refund even though I…
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How to get refund of duplicate hotel charge?
I booked a 3 night hotel stay in Germany via Hotels.com. It was listed as 'pay at hotel' so we didn't pay upfront. The cost was around €320. They didn't ask for payment when we checked in, so I presumed it would be pay on checkout. On the last day (21st Dec) we went to reception to hand back the key and settle up. The…
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Best way to book international flights?
Wanted to book an international flight to Tokyo possibly with a stopover in Bangkok. Is 8 hrs transit enough to go out in Banglok or is it the same coast to to extend your stopover in Bangkok by a day? How do you do this online? I used to use agencies to do this sort of thing. I've tried using Skyscanner but was told it's…
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Travel insurance excluding health
Hi, does anyone know any insurance companies that will cover for everything else but not pre existing med conditions. I can’t afford to cover pre existing conditions as it’s absolutely ridiculous but I’m looking to be covered for delayed flight baggage etc and new health conditions
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breach of holiday contract?
Hi Everyone any advice would be really helpful. We unfortunately suffered a family bereavement just before Christmas. As a result we decided to book Christmas break away last minute. We booked a 3 night break to Spain staying in hotel connected to a theme park. We booked an all inclusive holiday with easy jet. For just…
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Travel insurance
I booked a holiday to Singapore, Vietnam and Cambodia with a friend - it was a joint booking. My friends mother was taken very ill two weeks prior to travel and we had to cancel the holiday. My holiday insurance will not pay out due to the fact it was not my mother and I advised my travel companion could not travel. Is…
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Jet2 (Cancelling my payment, then increasing the price)
Hey all, Anyone ever had this happen ? I was booking a holiday package via the Jet2 website, i put in the payment details, selected pay in full, they cancelled the payment whilst it was processing saying this was now not available, i put the details in and they had increased the price for the exact same package by over…
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Luggage left mistakenly at LHW
Returning to Heathrow from USA as a 4 person family unit one of our checked bags was left at arrivals and not realised until arriving home. Thankfully the bag is with Cobalt Services as advised by our airline who also inform me that only the person in whose name the bag receipt is in can collect the bag in person, even…
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Compliant to Booking.com
Dear all, a few days ago I went to Gdansk in North Poland and booked a small apartment for one night through Booking.com. When I arrived to the apartment, the door was open , the bed undone, the floor filthy and with signs that someone was there the night or nights before. The landlord did not bother cleaning the apartment…
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Renew a lost Passport
Morning all, So there I am getting all my bits together this morning for my trip to Finland on the 26th of this month, and have discovered I have lost my passport! If I was to apply today for a replacement, does anyone know how long this will take? Thanks
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Cancelling flights/bookings after FCDO advice change
Hello, This month, I am planning to book a trip departing and returning in September 2025. We have the Barclays travel (insurance) pack. Given the current political situation of this country I wouldn't be surprised if, at some point between my booking date and departing date, the FCDO decided to place it on the list of…
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