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CMaster

Nov 22, 2024 21:47

@JackAidley in Berlin 2 years ago, I still found 50% of the bars and restraunts I visited were cash-only. Although also some street traders etc were card only.

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CMaster

Oct 9, 2024 15:20

> I believe the limits are smaller than with a physical card While individual banks can set limits, the limits for Apple/Andoird pay were something like $100k and I think may have been removed entirely now. However, both hotels and car hire companies have indicated to me before that they can't put a "hold" on digitial cards, it has to be physiscal this year,

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CMaster

May 17, 2023 15:28

€500 were discontinued for basically being only used by organised crime, hence the association. €100 don't have the same link, but high-value notes are always treated somewhat skeptically because they are attractive to counterfitters.

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CMaster

Apr 15, 2023 07:10

Would narrow-gauge railways or similar also be acceptable? There's quite a few around the UK of "cute" narrow-gauge railways operated primarily for tourists in rural locations.

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CMaster

Apr 23, 2022 08:22

I think the "180 days" thing is not so much a rule per se, but a visit visa does not allow you to reside/live in the uk. And if you've spent more than half the year there, it sure looks a lot more like you are living in the UK than you are living anywhere else.

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CMaster

Aug 24, 2020 12:30

@GiacomoCatenazzi In British usage, "twin beds" means 2 seperate, normally "single" beds, and "double bed" means a single large bed intended for two people. While I agree that etymologically it might not make much sense, that is very much how the actual usage of the words is. (US tends not to make the same usage, but even there, "double bed" for two beds in a room is not normal)

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CMaster

Jun 21, 2020 04:16

The UK is admittedly unusal in this regard. Note that under the list of permitted activiites here: gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/… "Working remoteley for a non UK employer" is not listed. Equally, the overview says "you cannot do paid or unpaid work" with no reference to who this work is for. This qustions is answered inconclusivley: travel.stackexchange.com/questions/147496/… . I can't find it now but there was a Q about US couple with remote business deined entry.

CMaster

Jun 21, 2020 04:16

More broadly though, what you are decribing wanting is being a (part time) resident, not a visitor. You may not have aspiraitaions to move perementantly but for hte next ~3 years you desire to be a resident of bnoth the UK and US. Sadly, I'm not sure if the UK immigration system gives you a good way of applying for that.

CMaster

Jun 21, 2020 04:16

UK authorities absolutely do care, and have sent pplenty of other Americans home for working remotely in the UK - we have multiple examples of that on this very site.

CMaster

Jun 21, 2020 04:16

@ChrisMelville OP has heavily implied that they are already breaking UK immigration rules. They say that they "work remotely" implying that they are working in the UK. This is not allowed for entry opn visitor visa/without a visa.

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CMaster

Dec 20, 2019 17:29

Not too relevant to the question, but its perhaps wort noting that Portsmouth is actually a much bigger city than York.

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CMaster

Dec 20, 2019 11:16

@MawgsaysreinstateMonica It's well documented that hate crime rose after the refferendum eg blogs.lse.ac.uk/brexit/2018/03/19/… - whether this has been sustained is harder to measure, especially in the scope that hate-motivated crime has been on a sustained multi-year rise anyway.

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CMaster

Jul 19, 2019 12:48

You'd also be extremely lucky if being an "au pair" really only meant 3 hours a day. Typically it means a lot of work. I think it's also subject to minimum wage laws.

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CMaster

Mar 6, 2019 00:54

I'd read it as 10kg of rice each, ans was assuming the european standard 20kg of Luggage, as opposed to the US-standard 50lbs (34kg). You are correct, 10kg between two seems reasonable.

CMaster

Mar 6, 2019 00:54

Re:Cheaper - you are aware that 10kg of air luggage is quite expensive? You're either going to take very few clothes for 18 days, or wind up paying lots extra to cover the cost of flying it.

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CMaster

Jul 13, 2018 14:31

I'm getting on a flight later today, but its purely domestic so I don't imagine that will be too helpful on this question

CMaster

Jul 13, 2018 14:29

I'd say most of the time its probably visual inspection of passport + scan of boarding pass, but I think they may have captured machine-readable passport details

CMaster

Jul 13, 2018 14:28

inconsistent

CMaster

Jul 13, 2018 14:27

but I have seen that step skipped to just BP

CMaster

Jul 13, 2018 14:27

and normally they check passport + boarding pass on boarding

CMaster

Jul 13, 2018 14:27

yes

CMaster

Jul 13, 2018 14:26

but if you do online check in, no bag drop, then the first encounter you have where somebody could check is boarding the plane

CMaster

Jul 13, 2018 14:26

and as said, I think I've only seen this level of casualness on intra-EU flights

CMaster

Jul 13, 2018 14:25

if you type your passport number incorrectly I presume it gets flagged up, and either the boarding pass is never issued in the first place, or is revoked when they have to submit the advanced passenger information and find it doesn't match up

CMaster

Jul 13, 2018 14:21

any "at airport" check in, they require passports (or ID cards) before issuing the boarding pass

CMaster

Jul 13, 2018 14:21

you provide your passport number to the online checkin service

CMaster

Jul 13, 2018 14:21

this is only when checking in online mind

CMaster

Jul 13, 2018 14:21

I certainly got asked repeatedly if I had an ESTA for flying to the US

CMaster

Jul 13, 2018 14:20

although probably within EU mind

CMaster

Jul 13, 2018 14:20

aye

CMaster

Jul 13, 2018 14:19

you'd think they'd be more bothered to check people's ID matches the boarding pass

CMaster

Jul 13, 2018 14:19

which is somewhat surprising given the number of airlines that charge for name changes

CMaster

Jul 13, 2018 14:18

@phoog in my experience, never showing your passport to a human is not unusual when boarding a flight in the UK

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CMaster

Jul 18, 2017 13:04

I'd say in most French restaurants I've been to, they bring you the tap water without prompting. However, they do also very much expect you to have a glass of wine, because of course, who wouldn't want fine French wine with fine French food. I suspect it was the lack of ordering another drink that was the issue here, rather than the act of asking for water.

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CMaster

Mar 8, 2017 11:46

@Andy ignoring such fines could cause more problems down the road. Almost all driving offenses in the UK are considered a criminal offense. If you are a visa national I'd be very nervous about having a record of conviction but not serving the punishment.

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CMaster

Mar 6, 2017 13:12

The more you edit this, the more I think your parents just take awful photos. The exposure on [8] is completely off, and that's why there's no detail to be seen. I'm pretty sure to a responsive human eye, it would have looked much better.

CMaster

Mar 6, 2017 13:12

I actually prefer the look of (5) to 3/4 as a place to go and see (although I'll acknowledge the merits of 3 and 4 as artistic photographs.)

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CMaster

Nov 17, 2016 14:06

My partner has accidentally used the wrong boarding pass before (wrong part of outward/return. The automated machines at the security check did notice that.