Travel

Almost a fifth of airline passengers have been separated from the rest of their group because they didn't pay extra to sit together, according to the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), as it launched an investigation into allocated seating policies.

Budget airline Ryanair has pledged to pay flight delay compensation to customers within 10 days, rather than its current 28 day target.

The number of vehicles breaking down after hitting a pothole has jumped dramatically, according to the RAC.

From Saturday you should no longer be charged a fee for opting to pay by credit or debit card – but companies will still be able to add booking or admin fees as long as they also apply to other forms of payment. 

Ryanair has cut its hand luggage allowance – if you want to take a standard hand luggage suitcase into the cabin, you'll now have to pay at least £5.

Uber passengers who are wrongly charged for a cancelled trip are often given credit by the cab app rather than a refund. But if you're affected, there's an easy way to get your money back instead

If you're eligible for a 16-25 Railcard, National Rail's offering you the chance to get paid £10,000 to travel by train, in what's been dubbed "Britain's ultimate part-time job".

Passengers are still not being told they could get a cheaper fare at 70% of train station ticket machines, according to a progress report from the Department for Transport into promised improvements to train ticketing.

Train passengers face disruption while travelling over Christmas with more than 250 sets of engineering works planned, plus industrial action on a number of routes.

Passengers travelling home for Christmas are being sold tickets for trains that won't run, according to the transport watchdog.