Las Vegas thread and MSE guide 2009

The advantage of the exit row legroom seats is that if you can snag 25A-B if you are a couple is that A is not charged for. It has the exit shoot stored in a bulkhead type thing, so encroaches into your leg room a bit, but I like putting my feet up on it to stretch out, and you get to exit the plane first. Not bad for £75 for 2 people.

luci wrote: »

Thanks for that. Been doing a bit of digging and it appears the construction starts tonight so the reports should appear on any trip reports from now on.

Thanks for the heads up on this, Luci...likely that we wouldn't have heard anything about it until we were stuck in a traffic jam, so really grateful. Luckily this time we're driving from LA so hopefully can work around it without too much hassle while we're in town.

ferf1223 wrote: »

OK - wow - received my Fairfx card today...I only ordered it on the 19th and they said 7-10 business days. So far I am impressed.

Cool, I ordered mine on Saturday so will keep an eye out for it arriving :beer: dont go until Sept though but then 10 days in Vegas followed by 4 in Chicago

Indout96 wrote: »

Cool, I ordered mine on Saturday so will keep an eye out for it arriving :beer: dont go until Sept though but then 10 days in Vegas followed by 4 in Chicago

I just read the T&Cs on the back of the letter that came with the card and number 17 says:

The Prepaid Card is an electronic money product and although it is a product regulated by the FSA, it is not covered by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme. No other compensation scheme exists to cover losses claimed in connection with the Prepaid Card. This means that in the unlikely event that Newcastle Building Society becomes insolvent your funds may become valueless and unusable and as a result you may lose your money.

Now I wouldn't say that this is in complete opposition to the email FairFX sent me (which I posted part of) as perhaps it's standard language they have to include, but neverthless, wanted to point it out.

ferf, sure seems to contradict what they told you before.
BTW when you "bought" £500 on the card, was that in dollars, and was it at the rate on the day you purchased the card. Only reason for asking is that the £-$ is doing well again today, so you might have lost a bit by buying at that time.
I am going to see if it gets anywhere near $1.50 to the £ in the next couple of weeks then I will pull the trigger on some. Only just over 3 weeks to go now.