May 17th - In praise of train operator apps
The sermon today is Smart Save. Never heard of it? Well, it’s the name given by LNER, the train operator on the East Coast main line from London to Yorkshire, northeast England and Scotland, for speci...
17 Touko 20227min
May 16th - Fact-checking the latest train fare-bashing news story
A Sunderland football fan is travelling to London via Menorca to watch a match at Wembley, as it’s cheaper to fly on a budget airline than getting a train or bus, papers have reported this week. Jame...
16 Touko 20229min
May 13th - The trains, they are a-changing
On Sunday the rail schedules in Great Britain will undergo their usual summer update – with winners and losers across the nation.Of course this podcast is completely free, as is my weekly travel email...
13 Touko 20225min
May 12th - The Foreign Office comes to their senses on passports
Since Brexit, the rules on passport validity for British visitors to the European Union have tightened. But the UK government tells travellers the regulations are worse than they actually are.After re...
12 Touko 20227min
May 11th - The busiest day of the year for the number of available airline seats revealed
Friday 12 August will be the busiest day of the year for the number of available airline seats, a leading analyst has predicted.John Grant, chief analyst at OAG, calculates that 16.1 million seats are...
11 Touko 20225min
May 10th - In praise of overbooking
Today's sermon: in praise of overbooking. Selling more tickets than there are seats on an aircraft can be a real benefit. When airlines do it right – and are generous in incentivising passengers to vo...
10 Touko 20227min
May 9th - Could Ireland's public transport fare plans be the blueprint for the UK?
Back to the future on the railways: for the first time since 1947, fares across Ireland on trains and buses have been cut by 20 per cent. It follows the astonishing 100 per cent cut in fares in Luxemb...
9 Touko 20227min
May 6th - Sale of the half-century is upon us for European rail enthusiasts
Two bits of good news has put a spring in my step into the weekend. Overnight Ryanair has aligned with the actual European rules on passport validity. And even better than that, the sale of the half-c...
6 Touko 20227min
