Renewed my car insurance with Axa. Renewal quote was higher than last year for 2 cars so contacted them to ask why. After confirming there were no changes to either driver the price was reduced by £93. Whilst the call centre was good to deal with, question remains why can insurance companies not just offer you the most competitive quote without having to call them? Advice to others is never ever accept the renewal quote, always challenge it and see if you can get it cheaper.
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Arrival at Faro is quite good and well signposted with good facilities. Departure is more challenging. Airport security is slow and not as efficient as it should be including not enough security channels open leading to large queues of people. Retail outlets are fine although food and beverages are quite expensive. Departure boards are readily visible and the airport departure area facilities are well signposted. Due to the slow security processing make sure you arrive in plenty of time to allow for this.
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Flew with Aer Lingus to Faro and the passenger experience was fairly good. Staff on board were pleasant and polite and the aircraft departed on time including the return from Faro to Belfast City Airport. One drawback is the price of baggage to put in the hold, it is quite expensive in comparison with other airlines. On checking a flight from Dublin to Athens two hold bags were €100 more expensive than Aegean Air for the same return journey. Customers should check baggage charges where a choice of airline is available to your destination. This may affect the total price of your flight.
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Flew to Faro from Belfast City last week and pleasantly surprised by the speed of bag drop and the processing through security which was efficient. It was an early morning flight on a Friday so not sure how good it might be on a Monday morning with lots of commuter traffic. Reasonably good range of retail outlets and whilst not the fault of Belfast City airport the coffee at Starbucks was awful (weak coloured water, please sort out Starbucks). Airport car parking could be more reasonably priced as there is no other choice. However, all in all a fairly good passenger experience from Belfast City Airport.
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