Booking & Money
Duty free is a tax rule, not a discount
Duty free removes specific taxes on specific goods leaving a tax area. Whether anything is actually cheaper depends on the retail…
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Fares, cards, insurance and the small print that decides who pays.
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The cover you already hold and did not buy
Payment cards, home policies and memberships often include travel protections nobody reads. Knowing which you hold changes what you…
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Two one-ways are not always two one-ways
Return fares are sometimes cheaper than half of themselves, and sometimes a pair of singles is the only sensible purchase. The rule…
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Seat fees are priced by scarcity, not by legroom
Airlines charge for seats because some are more wanted than others, not because they cost more to provide. Scarcity is the product.
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Group bookings break the moment one person changes
A booking for several people is one contract rather than several. Any change touches everybody, and the fare rules decide how much…
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Error fares, mistake pricing and what happens next
A fare far below the market usually comes from a data error rather than a promotion. Whether it survives depends on law and on the…
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The name on the ticket has to match, and the fix is rarely free
Airline tickets are issued to a name rather than to a person. That distinction explains why a small typo can cost more than the…
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Carry two payment methods on two different networks
Cards fail abroad for reasons that have nothing to do with your balance. Redundancy across networks and issuers is what keeps a…
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Holds, deposits and money that is neither spent nor available
A pre-authorisation is not a payment, but it removes the money from your balance all the same. That gap is where trips quietly run…