Fares, baggage rules and passenger rights, the parts of flying where knowing the rule is worth real money.
Airlines are not required to tell you what you are owed, and most passengers never find out. These guides work from the regulations themselves, Regulation 261/2004, the Montreal Convention, the UK’s retained version, and link to every source so you can check any claim before you act on it.
Start with what you’re owed for a delay or cancellation. If your flight touched the UK, the UK rules differ in three ways, one of them strongly in your favour.
Everything in this section
Delayed, Lost or Damaged Baggage: What You’re Actually Owed (2026)
The airline’s liability for your bag is capped at 1,519 SDR, about 1,900 euro. The deadlines are brutally short: seven days for damage, twenty-one…
Bumped Off Your Flight? What to Do at the Gate (2026)
Overbooking is legal, but bumping you is expensive for the airline. What you are owed, why volunteering can pay far more than the statutory…
UK Flight Compensation After Brexit: What Changed and What Didn’t (2026)
UK261 kept the EU rules almost exactly – same three-hour threshold, same distance bands, paid in pounds. The real differences are the currency, the…
Flight Delayed or Cancelled in Europe? What You’re Owed (2026)
Delayed three hours or more in Europe? You may be owed 250 to 600 euro in cash, separate from any refund. The exact thresholds,…