Air Travel Tips
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Airport Security Checklist: How to Get Through Airport Security Faster?
Airport security checklist, updated in 2022. Going through airport security. Oh, it can feel like a hell. Especially, if you aren’t prepared for it. If you are a newbie traveler, you may be overwhelmed by the whole airport security check experience. What exactly should you be prepared for? What items are and what aren’t allowed…
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10 Best Layover Cities
What are the best layover cities in the world? And how to make the most of your layover there? These are the main questions you’ll find answers to in this guide to top layover cities. Because, yes, there’s a huge difference whether you’re having a layover in Singapore or Bangkok, or in Bhubaneswar, India (I’ve…
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What to Do During a Long Layover?
What to do during a long layover? Long layovers don’t have to be boring or tiring. Many airports around the world offer interesting attractions and opportunities for the layover passengers. Even if you are staying at a relatively small airport, you can use your time efficiently and productively, or just rest — so, what to…
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The 2022 Travel Chaos: Can You Get Flight Compensation?
The 2022 travel chaos has affected more than a million travelers. Just today, Lufthansa cancelled more than 600 flights. It’s a very big deal, even for the summer of 2022. It affected more than 100,000 passengers. And this is just one day. One example. There have been many more similar travel mishaps this summer. A…
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Airport Strike, Missed Connecting Flight?
Airport strike? Can you get flight compensation? You have missed a flight. It was because of an airport strike. Almost every summer, there are at least a few airline staff strikes in Europe. Ryanair and easyJet staff go on strikes regularly. Pilot strikes are less common, but still they happen. In what situations can you…
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Connecting Flights vs Self-Transfer Flights
Connecting flights vs self-transfer flights. To put it simply — these are two types of connecting flights. First are airline-protected, the other are kind of DIY connecting flights. While only the first are “proper connecting flights”, in reality, when self transfer often is the only option, people tend to call self transfer flights connecting flights…
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Are Self-Transfer Flights Safe?
Self-transfer flights can be safe. More or less. However, unlike with airline-protected connecting flights, there are some extra steps necessary to achieve that. There are things you need to know and do, in order to have a safe airport transfer. One of the easiest options is to book a Kiwi self-transfer connecting flights. Or to…
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45-Minute Layover? Risky?
30-minute layover. 45-minute layover. Is it risky? Here’s a thing about super short layovers. If they are airline-made, airline-protected layovers, mostly it’s very safe. If you miss a connecting flight, this is considered airline’s fault, not your fault. And in some situations, it may also be beneficial for you — as you may get compensation…
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Sleeping in Airport? Possible, Doable, Can be Relaxing
Travel. As fun as it is, it can also be tiring. Sleeping in airport. As tough as it sounds, it can also be relaxing. If you prepare for it. Sometimes you don’t have a choice, and staying overnight at airport is your best option. Other times you may choose to spend the night at the…
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Changing Airports: Things You Need to Know
Connecting flight leaving from another airport? Have you been looking for cheap flights, and noticed that there non-protected self-transfer connecting flights which involve change of airports? This means that you need to change airport because your connecting flight leaves from another airport that might be located at the other end of the city, or even further away — in…
