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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. 
9 January 2018
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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.
9 January 2018
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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
8 January 2018
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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".
28 December 2017
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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.
22 December 2017
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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.
19 December 2017
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Passengers travelling home for Christmas are being sold tickets for trains that won't run, according to the transport watchdog.
12 December 2017
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Major travel disruption is continuing today (Monday) due to wintry weather across the UK, with disruption to some flights, many struggling to get to work and 100s of schools closed.
10 December 2017
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Passengers face the biggest hike in rail fares for five years with ticket costs set to rise by an average 3.4% next month.
5 December 2017
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A new railcard to cut the cost of peak-time travel for 16 to 18-year-olds who are studying or training is to be trialled from early next year.
4 December 2017

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