General   (General discussion, talk about anything.)

We pay everything possible by credit card. We are lucky to be able to pay it off every month and have just booked free return flights to Manchester in August using the points accrued. It is a while since I hired a car when visiting but we had to leave a substantial deposit on our credit card ( around 15,000 pounds I think last time). They never took it but needed the number. We bring a covering letter off our insurance to cover the insurance costs. We do use the car hire companies located at Manchester Airport and reserve on line in advance.