TheFiend

Do you use cashback sites like http://www.topcashback.co.uk ??? They're paying out £9.45 cashback on long haul flight bookings(todays rate) if you click through to Travel Trolley with them. I've had about £200 cashback this year using topcashback.co.uk.... Best deal I had was with my house insurance...... £70 cashback on a £125 building and contents policy

I've used Travel Trolley twice with no problems what so ever....

I stopped flying with Emirates when they started charging for selecting seats ahead of check-in on the "el cheapo" fares. As long as Qatar keep that option I'll stick to flying with them....

When I've booked with Travel Trolley once I've got the Qatar reference number I just log into my booking with Qatar and picked our seats without any problems... Same with the other agencies I've used.

Cheers for spotting my error!!!

I've had no problems booking via an agent, and no problems for things like seat selection...... Last year my daughter was due to fly to Thailand to spend 2 weeks gaining work experience at a maternity hospital in Phitsanulok. She is currently doing a midwifery degree. Sadly the placement got cancelled 10 days before her flight..... Her flight tickets with Etihad were "non-refundable" cheapies..... the travel agent she booked with obtained a full refund for her, she would not have got that if she'd booked directly with Etihad.

I use a mixture of both and use Cashback links before making my actual booking . I do plenty of researching the options before doing the actual booking. My October trip was booked using Traveltrolley via a cashback link, but my internal flights in Thailand was via Thai Airways and Bangkok Airways websites.

Latest news is the upgrade to A350 has been brought forward to the 1st October!!! https://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/280117/qatar-airways-accelerates-a350-manchester-service-to-early-oct-2018/

Thank you BigD!!!

Surprised the BIB haven't started a crackdown on the squirrel terrorists after all the harm they're causing to Pattaya...

Careful, we're going off-topic.... accyboy was enquiring about Bunion surgery in Thailand..... Prior to being offered treatment at a private hospital, but funded by the NHS I was actually starting to think about getting the injections done in Thailand... I would have to pay of course, but at least I would get the treatment...... It's hilarious that the cost of my treatment is a fraction of the cost to the UK taxpayers who still have to pay my salary when I get signed off sick due to the back pain...... the company I work owned by and funded by the UK government

The NHS in the UK is becoming a joke at the moment...... For the last 4 years I've been having injections in my lower back to ease lower back pain.... Been diagnosed with 2 badly bulging discs, one prolapsed disc and also facet joint arthritis..... earlier this year I was told funding had been withdrawn for those type of injections. After a visit to my GP to seek advice about what can be done 2 months later I am told attend an appointment at a Private hospital as the NHS were willing to fund my treatment at a private hospital, but they won't fund it at an NHS hospital... Private hospital wants to do another MRI scan on my back.... I've already had one recently but this private hospital is going to charge the NHS for another one.... Ker-ching!!! My mother is going through a similar experience with a badly needed hip replacement..... they referred her to another private hospital... Instead of ensuring NHS funds are spent within the NHS it is being wasted paying for treatment provided by private healthcare companies.

You can make several calls with a 100 baht top-up....

That's what I do every trip. We use my mobile as a hot-spot when up at our house.

She tried to enter on an expired Swedish passport and when that was refused she suddenly produces a valid Iranian one.... They only offered her entry for 96 hours which would have meant her having to pay the cost of changing flights for her and her daughter.... That's probably the point at which she lost her temper........ Interesting that it took so long for the papers to pick up on the story as it happened on the 13th July....

I went to see Rowan Atkinson on stage in 1980..... That was while he was part of the "Not the Nine O'clock News" gang...... He was brilliant on-stage....

Just came across this.... http://www.mediaoffice.ae/en/media-center/news/11/8/2018/statement-by-the-attorney-general-of-dubai.aspx The British press obviously went to "press" on limited information about the whole incident.... They were willing to allow her to enter the UAE, on an Iranian Passport, but she had to depart within 96 hours... Obviously she didn't want to pay the cost of changing her return flight. Interesting that she holds an Iranian passport, despite being born in Sweden.....

Many years ago there was a reality TV series in the UK about Easyjet...... some travelers on that series on that program exhibited holier than thou attitudes if they turned up late for check-in or turned up without the right documents..... Plenty of Brits believe rules don't apply to them. A spin-off series was done in the U with Southwestern Airlines....

Visas don't give automatic right of entry..... the final decision is up to the Immigration Officer stamping the Passport... Bad idea to start arguing with an Immigration Officer anywhere in the world, and not just Dubai.

Considering the incident happened July 13th I'm surprised it took so long for the "news" to hit the British press...... It's good that the UAE authorities have now dropped all charges and allowed her to fly home..... Perhaps she will be more careful in future.

It's like after the Brexit vote.......Some Brexiteers claimed the big drop immediately after the result was only a temporary dip....... We're still waiting for the bounce back over 2 years later!!!!

Wrong, I haven't picked a side, just illustrating how the press sensationalise articles..... Notice how the fact that she is a Swedish national has been missed out on most of the articles. She made a big mistake in deciding to film the immigration official. If she had stayed calm she could have used the argument it was Emirates responsibility to fly them back to the UK as they allowed her to fly with an invalid visa. She wouldn't qualify for Visa on Arrival with a Swedish passport.

As always there are two sides to every story..... https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/dubai-police-claim-brit-mum-13065053

He raised the rate and the £ has been dropping ever since!!!

As always totally one sided reporting by the Daily Fail... She tried to enter Dubai without a valid visa so no doubt got snotty with the immigration official when refused entry and then started filming immigration official..... bad idea!!!