Travel

Dublin-based airline Ryanair has told a customer seeking flight delay compensation that it won't accept the jurisdiction of the British legal system, in a move that has raised questions over the future of how delay compensation is dealt with once a claim's been escalated to the courts.

Holidaymakers who'd already paid for their trips in full have been left stunned after their tour operator added a surcharge of up to £50 per person, blaming currency fluctuations after the Brexit vote.

Currency bureau Travelex has continued to accept applications from new customers for its Supercard, despite the fact that a technical glitch has meant that delivery of the travel cards has been suspended. If you don't want to wait for your Supercard, there are rival cards available offering similar exchange rates.

Airline and tour operator Monarch has scrapped its credit card charges for holiday and flight bookings, three weeks after Virgin Atlantic stopped charging the fees on its own flight bookings.

If you're a passenger on Great Northern, Southern, Gatwick Express or Thameslink trains and you experience a delay of 15 minutes or more you'll be able to claim compensation from Sunday (11 December).

Train passengers are facing being "priced off the railways" ahead of a hike to fares by an average of 2.3% next year. However, there are routes you can take to get around the price rises.

Fuel duty will remain frozen until April 2018, Chancellor Philip Hammond has announced.

Two-thirds of rail passengers are still missing out on compensation for train delays, and more than half are unaware a claim is possible, new research has found.

If you've been stashing away Avios points to fund a Eurostar trip, a stay in a Disneyland Paris hotel, a package holiday, a cruise or a ferry crossing, you'll need to make your booking before the end of the year.

If you're planning a trip to India before the end of the year make sure to pack any 500 or 1,000 rupee notes that you've been keeping hold of – because the notes will become worthless unless you exchange them in the country before 30 December.