Articles
Travel rules, explained and sourced
Guides and dated updates on flight compensation, EES, ETIAS and travel insurance appeals. Each one opens with its source, shows the day we checked it, and links to the matching tool. Legal information, not legal advice.
Guides.
Evergreen explainers. We change the checked date only after re-reading the sources.
- Guide
Delayed flight: getting food and hotel costs back
Care while you wait is a separate right from compensation. What the CAA and Your Europe say, why receipts matter, and how it connects to travel insurance.
- Guide
Denied boarding compensation by region
What the published rules say if you are bumped from an oversold flight in the UK, the EU, the US and Canada, and why volunteering changes the answer.
- Guide
EU261, UK261 or APPR: which rules apply?
Which flight compensation rules cover your flight depends on where it left, where it landed and which airline flew it. Here is how each rule set describes its own scope.
- Guide
Extraordinary circumstances explained
Airlines do not have to pay compensation when the cause was an extraordinary circumstance. What the CAA lists, what courts have said, and what the airline must explain.
- Guide
Flight cancelled: your options by region
A cancelled flight can mean a refund or a new flight, care while you wait, and sometimes fixed compensation. Notice and cause decide the compensation.
- Guide
Separate tickets or one booking: what protection
If a delay makes you miss a connection, your rights can depend on whether the flights were on one booking or separate bookings. What the CAA and Your Europe say.
- Guide
Travel insurance claim denied: where to complain
Why travel insurers deny delay and cancellation claims, what the UK ombudsman data shows, and the published complaint route in Canada, the UK, the US and Australia.
Updates.
Dated explainers on events and rule changes, with what is confirmed and what is not.
- Update
EES at the border: what changed in 2026
How EES works, where the check happens, what the reported queues were, and what happened when the congestion pause ended in September 2026.
- Update
ETIAS: what we know and what is unconfirmed
ETIAS is the planned travel authorisation for visa-exempt visitors to Europe. Here is what the sources say about the fee and the date, and what they do not.
- Update
The NATS disruption: what the CAA said
On 8 September 2026 a technical issue at NATS disrupted UK flights. What the CAA said about compensation, care and costs, and why it calls its view guidance.