Question Time: 5 year old TV’s faulty, can I get a refund? Your caller helped me sort my debt! When shouldn't I pay IN FULL?
The Martin Lewis Podcast
BBC
4.4 • 929 Ratings
🗓️ 30 March 2026
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
In our Question Time podcast, Martin Lewis gives you answers on anything and everything, including: if my holiday’s cancelled due to the Middle East conflict, can I get a refund on the travel insurance? Vodafone promised me a 50% discount but now they’re chipping away at it, what can I do? When is paying off a credit card IN FULL not worth it? My high-end TV is faulty after 5 years, am I due any money back? Plus, a wonderful success from Carly, who was inspired by a podcast caller to finally seek the debt help she needs.
If you want to ask Martin a question, you now can! His Question Time podcast lets you ask Martin absolutely anything and everything (within reason!) – so if you’ve always wanted to know his favourite yoga position, if he’s mastered pottery, or have a very complicated question about your personal finances, email it to MartinLewisPodcast@bbc.co.uk.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts. |
| 0:08.0 | This isn't the bottom point. |
| 0:09.6 | This is the start of the journey out of your debt. |
| 0:12.3 | I realise it's only 90p, but 90p would increase again. |
| 0:15.5 | Some of you were nodding going, yeah, that seems a sense of the thing for me. |
| 0:18.1 | If you're going to have to be charged the interest anyway, you might as well earn your £4 back. |
| 0:22.5 | Do not cancel this voluntarily yourself. |
| 0:25.6 | Hello and welcome to the cunningly named the Martin Lewis podcast. |
| 0:30.2 | I do wonder what that's going to be about. |
| 0:32.4 | And this is our question time episode where you can ask me your questions on absolutely |
| 0:36.5 | anything and everything, |
| 0:38.6 | open brackets within reason, close brackets. And this week, you ask me, if my holidays cancelled |
| 0:43.4 | due to the Middle East conflict, can I get a refund on the travel insurance? Vodafone |
| 0:48.5 | promised me a 50% discount. Now they're chipping away at it. What can I do? Then we have a wonderful |
| 0:53.8 | success story, |
| 0:54.7 | someone inspired by the pod |
| 0:56.1 | to finally seek the debt help they desperately need. |
| 0:59.4 | When is paying off a credit card in full |
| 1:02.2 | not actually worth it? |
| 1:04.1 | And my top end telly has got faulty after five years. |
| 1:07.8 | I might due any money back. |
| 1:09.4 | Play the theme tune. |
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