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Air travel guides
Practical guides to the rules that cost travellers money: baggage charges, fare restrictions, refund entitlements, identification requirements and booking timing. Every page links to its primary source and carries the date we last checked it.
What ID you need to fly within the United States
REAL ID enforcement, acceptable alternatives, what happens if you turn up without compliant identification, and the rules for minors.
Read the guideAirline baggage fees, compared
Carry-on and checked bag charges across the main US carriers, and the situations where the fee multiplies.
Read the guideBasic Economy: what you actually give up
The restrictions differ meaningfully by airline. Here is what each one takes away, and when it is still worth booking.
Read the guideYour refund rights when a flight is cancelled or delayed
When you are owed money rather than a travel credit, what counts as a significant delay, and how to make the claim.
Read the guideWhen to book a flight, and what does not matter
Booking windows that hold up, myths that do not, and the one rule that gives you a free 24 hours to change your mind.
Read the guideWrong name on your ticket: what can actually be fixed
A misspelling is usually fixable. A transfer to a different person almost never is. Knowing which you have is the whole problem.
Read the guideChanging or cancelling a flight without losing the money
Change fees are mostly gone. The fare difference is not. Here is what a change actually costs you.
Read the guideBooking US domestic flights from the UK or Canada
Payment declines, connection times after an international arrival, and why a separate domestic ticket can cost you your bag.
Read the guideLooking for something more specific?
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