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Claiming JSA after travelling?

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  • chefchao
    chefchao Posts: 9 Forumite
    mikey_bach wrote: »
    you have at least another six week away in North America, just enjoy it don't be wasting your time fretting about JSA for when you get back. You will may make you self that ill you may have to claim ESA with the stress of it all

    It must be costing you a fortune to go on the internet to get on this forum from over there. So save your pennies and just enjoy your time there
    What time is it there anyway??

    Got another 2 weeks left in Peru, just want to make sure I land on my feet when I get back as I plan to return here asap soon as I´m fluent in Spanish.

    Only cost 1sole per hour about which is about 20p,

    6.15pm here we are 5 hours behind.

    Cheers
  • chefchao
    chefchao Posts: 9 Forumite
    thorsoak wrote: »
    :T:T:T

    That diatribe wasn't even funny when I was your age - it was yesterday's porrige then!

    As you removed your insult from your previous post, I removed mine - but now all I'll say is haud yer wheist ye bampot!

    :grouphug: Goodnight
  • MissMoneypenny
    MissMoneypenny Posts: 5,324 Forumite
    edited 20 November 2013 at 10:32AM
    chefchao wrote: »
    How do you folks assume people go away travelling? Have a garaunteed job for months down the line when they return with a chock-full bank acount?? Or perhaps they are millionaires?

    What my son did was to work and save several thousands before he back packed.
    chefchao wrote: »
    Ive done this on less than 2 grand for your information.

    The air fares are one of the biggest expenses when backpacking, but you haven't been able to go to the places you wanted to see and you are coming home broke. If you go again, save more money for your trip.
    RENTING? Have you checked to see that your landlord has permission from their mortgage lender to rent the property? If not, you could be thrown out with very little notice.
    Read the sticky on the House Buying, Renting & Selling board.


  • claire16c
    claire16c Posts: 7,074 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Seems a waste to go all that way & not do macchu picu.

    It seems you haven't saved enough if you're cutting stuff back before hand!

    I claimed jsa for about 4-5 weeks when I got back from travelling then I found a job.

    And yes people do save lots before going away, I saved for 3 years & it cost me around £15k. My husband had arranged to go back to his job & my job was also open for me - I just didn't want to go back there.
  • David_Aston
    David_Aston Posts: 1,160 Forumite
    1,000 Posts
    Yeah. You must do Machu Picchu!
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