Travel guides
Answers to the questions that come up before the trip and at the airport: from choosing a date to your rights as a passenger.
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Buy flights for less
When to book, how to find cheap dates and how to tell a real deal from a regular fare.
Flight tipsWhen to book cheap flights: how far ahead and on which day
How many weeks or months before departure to buy a ticket, whether there is a cheapest day of the week, how seasons change prices and a checklist before you pay.
Flight tipsThe low-fare calendar: how to find cheap dates
How to use a low-fare calendar step by step, what to watch for, why the cheapest date is not always the best ticket and how it fits a buying strategy.
Flight tipsMistake fares: what they are and whether to buy one
What a mistake fare is, why buying one is risky, how to act if you find a very cheap ticket and how to tell an error from a normal promotion.
Flight tipsAirline sales: how to catch discounts and avoid the traps
What kinds of airline sales exist, where to look for them, how to prepare in five minutes, how to check that a discount is real and the mistakes that cost money.
Baggage and carry-on
Weight and size limits, what you can carry and how to add a bag.
Baggage and faresChecked baggage rules: weight, size and cost
How much checked baggage is allowed, how size limits work, how much extra baggage costs, what not to pack and how to prepare a suitcase.
Baggage and faresCarry-on size and weight: what you can bring on a plane
Typical carry-on size and weight limits, how carry-on differs from checked baggage, what is banned in the cabin and how to avoid paying at the gate.
Baggage and faresNo-baggage fares: what you can take and how to add baggage
What a no-baggage fare means, what you can bring into the cabin for free, three ways to add baggage and when a basic fare is not worth it.
Baggage and faresLiquids in carry-on: the 100 ml rule and what you can take on a plane
How the 100 ml liquids rule works, what counts as a liquid, what is allowed above the limit and how to pack carry-on so you pass security without losses.
At the airport and on board
Check-in, e-tickets, flying with children and with pets.
Flight tipsOnline check-in: when it opens and how to do it
When online check-in opens and closes, how to complete it step by step, what you need, what to do if it is not available and useful tips.
Flight tipsE-tickets explained: how to check one and what to do after buying
What an electronic airline ticket is, how to check it, what to do after purchase, what you need at the airport and the most common mistakes.
Flight tipsFlying with a child: rules for children and infants
Tickets for children by age, documents for a child, baggage and what to take on board, unaccompanied minors and how to make the flight easier.
Flight tipsFlying with pets: rules, carriers and documents
Three ways airlines carry animals, what to check before you buy a ticket, how to choose a carrier and which documents are usually needed.
Passenger rights
Refunds, delays and cancellations, lost baggage: what the EU, UK and US rules give you and how to claim.
Passenger rightsFlight refund rights: when you get your money back in the EU, UK and US
When an airline must refund your ticket after a cancellation or major schedule change, how fast the money must arrive, and what to do if you booked through an agency.
Passenger rightsFlight delay and cancellation compensation: EU261, UK261 and US rules
How much compensation you can claim for a delayed or cancelled flight under EU261 and UK261, what the US offers instead, and when airlines are exempt.
Passenger rightsLost, delayed or damaged baggage: how to file a claim and what you are owed
What to do at the airport when your bag is missing or damaged, the deadlines under the Montreal Convention, the liability limit and how to get an airline to pay.
Insurance
What travel insurance covers and how to choose a policy.
