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Short answers to the questions people type before they pay for something on a trip, each built around one figure we read ourselves on a public page, with the date we read it and the page it came from. 44 posts so far, two new ones a week, every one linked to the guide that goes deeper and to the partner that sells the thing, marked as such.

eSIM
Why an India eSIM costs 78% more than China
Airalo prices India well above every other big Asia Pacific destination on its own site, and no round-up puts the two country pages side by side on the same day. $20.50 vs $11.50 for 3 days, $99.00 vs $69.00 for 30 days, observed 2026-09-17
Compensation
Two refund triggers only disabled flyers get
The general explainers list the three hour and six hour thresholds and stop. The regulation keeps going, and so do the airline contracts. Two, change in connecting airports and change in aircraft, neither with a time threshold, observed 2026-09-17
Compensation
Why an airline page says $640 for a bag
Two liability figures sit on the same page, from two different treaties, and only one of them usually governs your flight. $9.07 per lb up to $640 per bag, observed 2026-09-17
Compensation
Package holiday refund runs on 14 days, not 7
Two regulations, two companies, two deadlines. The package price comes back within 14 days under the 2018 Regulations. Flight compensation is a different claim against the airline, and only the overlap gets deducted. 14 days, observed 2026-09-17
Compensation
Avios ticket delayed, EU261 still pays
The top results say yes and stop. The clause that says yes also says who is shut out, and the payout does not look at what you paid. It shall apply to passengers having tickets issued under a frequent flyer programme or other commercial programme by an air carrier or tour operator, observed 2026-09-17
Compensation
Airline would not rebook you, buy your own and claim
One brand page says there is no upper limit, another says the cost is generally not recoverable. The official guidelines set a three-word test, and the airline's own offer is your best evidence. It must reimburse the costs for an alternative flight to the passenger's final destination, limited to what is necessary, appropriate and reasonable, observed 2026-09-17
Compensation
Missed outbound, cancelled return, the new EU ban
Parliament approved the ban in July 2026, but most airlines' conditions of carriage still let them cancel a return over a missed outbound. Conciliation Committee approved 15 June 2026, Parliament approved 7 July 2026, observed 2026-09-17
Ground transport
Lisbon 11.40 day ticket covers Sintra trains
Every roundup sends you to the 7.25 ticket. At Rossio the gate rejects it. The version that works costs 4.15 more and is on the same price table. €11.40, against €7.25 for Carris/Metro only, observed 2026-09-17
eSIM
Does a Japan eSIM cost more in Golden Week
The purchase page has no travel-date field, so there is nothing for the calendar to change. Here is the ladder as read, and the costs that really move in late April. $26.50, observed 2026-09-17
Trip costs
Europcar charges missing fuel at 2.5 times the pump price
Most articles say hire companies charge above pump price. Europcar's UK Tariff Guide publishes the multiplier, so the bill can be worked out before you skip the petrol station. Pump price per litre multiplied by 2.5, times the litres required to refill, observed 2026-09-17
Money
7-Eleven Japan does not publish its ATM fee
The roundups quote a two-tier fee as settled fact. Seven Bank's own pages, read on 17 September 2026, say only that the fee varies by card brand. Not published, varies by card brand, observed 2026-09-17
Flight prices
The 21 day rule is really a 14 day rule
Kayak and every roundup put the first price step at 21 days before departure. The one measured split of US fare rules puts 3% of discounted fares on that deadline and 47% on 14 days. 21 days 3%, 14 days 47%, 7 days 32%, 3 days 12%, observed 2026-09-17
Flight prices
Skyscanner says 40 days for every route
Fourteen Skyscanner destination and route pages, read on the same day, give the same booking window word for word. The cheapest month changes from page to page. The number of days never does. around 40 days in advance, observed 2026-09-17
Ground transport
Gatwick short stay costs less than the kerb
The airport prices the forecourt on one page and the car park on another. Cross the two and the kerb turns out to be the expensive option. £8.00 for up to 30 minutes in Short Stay, against a minimum £10 covering 10 minutes on the forecourt, observed 2026-09-17
Flight prices
One travel site, two answers on flight prices
Four passages, three pages, one route read twice. The page telling you to install a VPN sits on the same site as the page saying you do not need one. GBP 360 and AUD 683, observed 2026-09-15
Entry rules
A Nairobi layover needs no Kenya eTA
The official rules exempt airside transit flatly. Every page ranking for the question hedges with usually and may. 34 exemption classes, the sixth covering passengers in transit who do not leave the precincts of Airports in Kenya, observed 2026-09-17
Trip costs
What forgetting to touch out costs in London
TfL will not publish a single price for a missed touch out. It publishes something more costly, the rule that a maximum fare sits outside your daily cap. £100, reduced to £50 if paid within 21 days, observed 2026-09-17
Trip costs
JR Pass refunds, 560 yen or 10 to 20 percent
The official handling fee is flat and small. The overseas agencies selling the identical Exchange Order keep a slice of it instead, and they do not agree on how big. 560 yen, observed 2026-09-15
Ground transport
The NT$20 Taipei charges for lingering in a station
Tap in, realise you are on the wrong side, tap out. The gate takes NT$20 once a 15 minute clock runs out, and that NT$20 never counts towards the monthly cashback. NT$20, observed 2026-09-17
Trip costs
Eurail is gone, what an Interrail pass costs now
The Eurail Pass was folded into Interrail on 10 September 2026. Most price tables still online copy the page's youth default and call it adult. Here is the full ladder, read from the live page, with the traveller, class and residence selectors named next to every figure. €283, observed 2026-09-17
eSIM
A Canada eSIM month nearly doubles the fortnight
Fifteen days cost $45.00 and thirty cost $86.00 on one seller on one day. That ratio makes the 30-day plan the wrong buy for most trips shorter than a month. $86.00 for 30 days against $45.00 for 15 days, observed 2026-09-17
Compensation
Two DOT pages, two bumping caps
One DOT page says $1,350, another says $2,150, and the gap is $800. The footer dates settle it. $1,075 and $2,150 on DOT's bumping page against $675 and $1,350 on DOT's consumer FAQ, observed 2026-09-17
Compensation
Ryanair wants each passenger's own myRyanair
Two Ryanair pages, one contract clause, and the account that decides who can file for a family of four. Through their own myRyanair account, observed 2026-09-17
Compensation
Two airlines, one booking, who pays
The guidelines name every carrier on the reservation, not only the one that was late. Any operating air carrier that performed at least one connecting flight is liable, against Article 7(1) bands of 250, 400 and 600 euro, observed 2026-09-17
Insurance
Can your insurer deduct your EU261 payout?
One Financial Ombudsman decision, the clause verbatim, and the reason a term the ombudsman called clear still lost. £221.24, observed 2026-09-15
Compensation
When the meal voucher is owed, 2, 3 or 4 hours
The threshold is set by how far you are flying, not by what went wrong, and not by what the airline promised in its own customer service plan. 2 hours under 1,500km, 3 hours from 1,500km to 3,500km, 4 hours over 3,500km, observed 2026-09-17
Money
The Global ATM Alliance keeps the 3 percent
Two Bank of America pages, read on the same day, say the alliance drops two charges and keeps the one that scales with the amount you take out. 3% of the converted US dollar amount, with the $5 non-Bank of America ATM usage fee and the operator access fee avoided at partner ATMs, observed 2026-09-17
eSIM
Kenya eSIM, a week and a month cost the same
The gap between the shortest window and the longest is a dollar and a half. Every round-up ranking these plans sorts by cost per gigabyte, which is the one number here that does not move. $30.50 for 7 days against $32.00 for 30 days, observed 2026-09-17
Compensation
Sweden's flight complaint board charges 150 kronor
The board charges 150 kronor per application and keeps it even when it decides not to look at your case. Here is what that buys, and when a UK passenger should not be filing with ARN at all. 150 SEK, observed 2026-09-17
Ground transport
Santander Cycles day pass is £3.50 for 60 minutes
Two official London pages give different prices and different ride windows for the same bike. The window is the part that costs money. £3.50, unlimited rides of up to 60 minutes in 24 hours, observed 2026-09-17
Ground transport
Miami airport taxi flat fares no longer exist
Every page still printing a zone table for MIA is quoting a price list the county deleted. Two charges replaced the whole thing. $15 minimum fare for trips originated at MIA plus a $2.00 per trip airport origination fee, metered fares only, observed 2026-09-17
Compensation
Booked via an agency, who owes you the refund
The agency's deadline does not wait for the airline's money, and in most bookings the money was never with the agency. 7 business days or 20 calendar days, observed 2026-09-15
eSIM
EE charges £8 a day in Japan for 500MB
The EE Japan pass is not Roam Like Home. It is 500MB a day, and Japan is one of the few major Asian destinations parked in ROW Zone 3. £8.00 per day for unlimited calls and texts plus 500 MB of data, observed 2026-09-17
eSIM
Four countries, one price for a three-day eSIM
One price on four different host networks, then a $28 gap by the time you reach the monthly tier. $12.50 USD in Chile, Israel, Saudi Arabia and the UAE, while the 30-day tiers on the same pages ran $69.00 to $97.00, observed 2026-09-17
Insurance
Turkey's insurance rule and who it reaches
The ministry sets no sum, a consulate checklist does, and most British tourists never file the application either one attaches to. EUR 30,000 or USD 50,000 plus repatriation costs, observed 2026-09-17
Compensation
The 24 hour rule skips Expedia bookings
The rule everyone quotes binds airlines, not the site that sold you the seat, and an airline is allowed to satisfy it with a hold instead of a refund. Does not apply to tickets booked through online travel agencies, travel agents or other third party agents, observed 2026-09-17
eSIM
Airalo's Croatia page names Telemach today
The top results argue Croatian coverage on the strength of Hrvatski Telekom. The page they point you at names a different carrier. Telemach, with a +1 other button that resolves to A1, observed 2026-09-16
Compensation
Jet2 will not accept a bank statement as a receipt
The fallback document almost everyone reaches for a week later is the one Jet2 names and rules out. Not accepted, an itemised receipt is required, observed 2026-09-17
Ground transport
Airport transfer no-show, what it costs you
Two different events wear the same word. One costs you the whole fare, the other owes it back to you. 40 minutes in one clause, 1 hour 30 minutes in the next, observed 2026-09-15
Insurance
What 50,000 dollars buys in four wards
Two hospital fee pages, one policy tier and one central bank rate, so a limit reads in days instead of dollars. 17 days on a CAD 4,005 ward, 4 days in CAD 15,642 intensive care, observed 2026-09-16
eSIM
Colombia eSIM, a month costs nearly double 15 days
The month is about 90 percent more than the fortnight, which sounds like a reason to buy two fortnights. It is the opposite. The number that actually saves money sits behind another filter on the same page. $92.00 for 30 days against $48.50 for 15 days, observed 2026-09-16
Compensation
easyJet pays 25 pounds a day for hotel meals
The regulation sets no cash limit on care. easyJet does, and publishes it on a page almost nobody quotes. £25 per person per day, observed 2026-09-16
eSIM
Mexico or Canada, nearly double for the same eSIM
Same seller, same day, same product. The premium on Canada ran from 5 percent to 81 percent depending only on how long the unlimited plan lasts. $10.50 Mexico, $19.00 Canada, observed 2026-09-16
Compensation
What Compensair takes, 30 percent plus 10
The payment policy sets the rate at 30 percent, with 10 percent more if the case needs a lawyer. Here is what lands in your account, and what the rest of the document takes. 30 %, observed 2026-09-15

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Why an India eSIM costs 78% more than China

Two refund triggers only disabled flyers get

Why an airline page says $640 for a bag

Package holiday refund runs on 14 days, not 7

Avios ticket delayed, EU261 still pays

Airline would not rebook you, buy your own and claim

Missed outbound, cancelled return, the new EU ban

Lisbon 11.40 day ticket covers Sintra trains

Does a Japan eSIM cost more in Golden Week

Europcar charges missing fuel at 2.5 times the pump price

7-Eleven Japan does not publish its ATM fee

The 21 day rule is really a 14 day rule

Skyscanner says 40 days for every route

Gatwick short stay costs less than the kerb

One travel site, two answers on flight prices

A Nairobi layover needs no Kenya eTA

What forgetting to touch out costs in London

JR Pass refunds, 560 yen or 10 to 20 percent

The NT$20 Taipei charges for lingering in a station

Eurail is gone, what an Interrail pass costs now

A Canada eSIM month nearly doubles the fortnight

Two DOT pages, two bumping caps

Ryanair wants each passenger's own myRyanair

Two airlines, one booking, who pays

Can your insurer deduct your EU261 payout?

When the meal voucher is owed, 2, 3 or 4 hours

The Global ATM Alliance keeps the 3 percent

Kenya eSIM, a week and a month cost the same

Sweden's flight complaint board charges 150 kronor

Santander Cycles day pass is £3.50 for 60 minutes

Miami airport taxi flat fares no longer exist

Booked via an agency, who owes you the refund

EE charges £8 a day in Japan for 500MB

Four countries, one price for a three-day eSIM

Turkey's insurance rule and who it reaches

The 24 hour rule skips Expedia bookings

Airalo's Croatia page names Telemach today

Jet2 will not accept a bank statement as a receipt

Airport transfer no-show, what it costs you

What 50,000 dollars buys in four wards

Colombia eSIM, a month costs nearly double 15 days

easyJet pays 25 pounds a day for hotel meals

Mexico or Canada, nearly double for the same eSIM

What Compensair takes, 30 percent plus 10