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Car Hire Norway (Opodo/Hertz)
Been searching for car hire in Norway for a week in August, until now the best price I've seen is around £450 for the week ... [need something big enough for 2 adults/2 kids/luggage so that rules out the cheapest economy size cars] Anyway, now Opodo is showing £324 for a compact (Ford Focus) or £327 for Intermediate…
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MSE News: Ryanair to charge for Visa Electron bookings
This is the discussion thread for the following MSE News Story: "Ryanair will charge passengers to book flights using a Visa Electron card from next year..." Read the full story: Ryanair to charge for Visa Electron bookings The two threads have been merged to avoid duplication. Thanks to hsbcarter for the original post.
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Easyjet - what happens if I don't turn up for the outgoing flight?
Hi, I'm working away this week in Europe and then going away for the weekend (to a different country also in Europe!). I was thinking of not getting the outgoing Easyjet flight and going straight to my destination from work then just taking the inbound flight. Can I do this? Will it cause any problems? How will it affect…
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Exchange rate shot up - will it keep going?
I don't understand how exchange rates etc work but the SA Rand has been dropping quite a bit recently but has shot up in the last 48hrs - does anyone think it'll get any better or not as am not sure whether to wait or not before i order my money for going to the world cup.
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Florida car hire
Hi, hope you can help - we are going to florida in november and need to hire a car, i have read a few article and books about what we need and its very confusing! I know there are different levels of insurance there varying in price. All i want to know is what is the bear minimum cover that should protect me from the most…
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Crown Currency $1.5120 to £ or 1.1995 Euro to £1 August delivery
Got an email from Crown Currency this afternoon - Unallocated Currency at a Special Rate. First come, first served! Telephone orders only. For Delivery Between: 5th August 2010 - 19th August 2010: Euros: 1.1995 97540 Euro available US Dollars: 1.5120 $78500 available Offer valid until 3pm on the 26th May, or while stocks…
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Hand luggage - dumb question
Can I put my handbag in my hand luggage bag?
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Travelex Happy Hour Euro Turkish Lira SA Rand Egyptian £
Received an email from Travelex for a happy hour on Tue 25th May for special deal between 12-1 for Euro and Turk Lira and on Wed 26th for SA Rand and Egy £ presume same time but doesn't say. No further information on the website but assume other purchasers of travelex will have received this email as well.
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What's a 'reasonable' price for a LON>>Miami flight?
I'm looking to book a return flight (London to Miami) in November, but coming up with £490-530 price for Virgin and more for BA. I've only done Miami as part of a package deal, so don't know if it's reasonable. Do those who know about these things know if the price is low/high/roughly what you'd expect or there's likely to…
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Delays in Cancellations in Greece - Easyjet
I was delayed like many others coming back from Greece two weeks ago, due to the industrial action on public services. I had a 96 hr delay (4 days), does anyone know the details to send a claim to Easyjet in on, as nothing available on website... A phone number, email or postal address, anything really... Thanks x
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MSE News: Ryanair U-turn: it will care for stranded passengers
This is the discussion thread for the following MSE News Story: "The airline says it will offer food and accomodation to those hit by delays after its boss said otherwise yesterday ..." Read the full story: Ryanair U-turn: it will care for stranded passengers
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MSE News: British Airways strike back on
This is the discussion thread for the following MSE News Story: "The Unite union has today won its appeal against the High Court injunction blocking strike action by British Airways cabin crew ..." Read the full story: British Airways strike back on
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Majorca ATM's
Does anyone know which Banks don't charge a fee for withdrawing cash from their ATM's when using a Nationwide Visa Debit Card or are there some which charge less than others.
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Car Hire excess cover insurance policy
Hi Folks, I saw this website... insurance4carhire dot com and for £50 for a year it appears that you get fantastic cover for anything that happens... i know ive been stung for paying for higher levels of cover in the past amd am seriously thinking about it next time we need to hire a car. Has anyone used them.... is it too…
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Expedia inform me my flight on June 10th to Joberg is cancelled. What now?
Hi there, This is my first post on here but I honestly don't know what to do. I booked a flight from Lisbon to Jo'berg to depart on Thurs June 10th 2010 in December for the world cup. I paid in full through Expedia, and the flight was with flight company TAP with the carrier actually being South African airlines. I thought…
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Better to use ATM in the USA than get money in UK?
Hi due to the global alliance thing barclays have with bank of america in the US,is it better to get the dollars (no 2% fees) out of an ATM there or get cash here and take it or is the rate you'll get on the £ there make no difference? say for eg; if i get 140 usd out will it cost more than 100 gbp out my barclays uk…
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Beware of Travelocity-Customer service meltdown!
Quick warning for the others on this website All Travelocity flights which have been booked over the last 2 weeks have run into a backlog with tickets not being issued despite payment being taken. Unfortunately Im one of the casualties with a ticket which was booked earlier not been issued and now i have to rebook again!!…
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Nationwide card
Hi, I'm planning to go to Budapest next month, and I'm considering starting one of the Nationwide flex accounts that Martin mentions on the main site. I'm not sure however, even though it doesn't attach a load on the exchange rate, or a cash withdrawal fee, what exchange rate does it go by? Will it go by the market…
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URGENT: How can I get money to my niece who is in France?
Can anyone tell me how I can get money to my niece in France as she was supposed to be flying home into Belfast last night but her flight was cancelled? She has an Ulster bank visa debit card and there is money in her account but when she went to the atm to get the money it displayed a message stating her bank did not…
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Is this a legit site to exchange money?
I just ordered some Euros from this site and now I wander if it is a legitimate site. Please bear in mind that I have never ordered any money before, so now a little worried. Now I need to do a bank transfer, which should be nerve racking! Do you think it`s safe? here is the link: www.crowncurrencyexchange.com Thank you…