What’s worse than a long, winding security line at an airport with no visible end in sight? A closed line — with no access to your flight — as one traveller recently discovered.

I have commitment issues — at least when it comes to booking flights. I’ll sit there, staring at my screen, my mouse hovering over a flight I’ve found on Google thinking to myself: What if it’s too expensive? What if I’m booking too early? And what if there’s a much better deal around the corner, just out of my reach?

What’s worse than a middle seat with zero leg room? Discovering that your seat doesn’t recline — and you’re stuck on a cross-country flight, tensely bracing both armrests while seated upright.

You’ve heard it all. Buy on Tuesday! Wake up at 5 AM! Buy a separate returning flight! But travel advice is rarely one-size-fits-all.

When you’re planning a holiday one of the biggest factors to consider, or at least the priciest, is airfare. When you buy your plane ticket can often have as much impact on its price as where you’re travelling to.

Few things are more frustrating than a canceled flight. You can be strung along for hours, waiting with your increasingly agitated fellow travellers, only to be told you’ll have to wait until the next day to actually take your flight.

So you’re finally headed on that overseas vacation that’s been marked on your calendar for months now. Congratulations!

Between wet toilet seats and those mysterious crumbs in your seat, aeroplane hygiene, well, leaves a lot to be desired.

New aircraft, like the 787 Dreamliner, Airbus AS350 and new 777X, give airlines the opportunity to run longer routes without annoying stopovers. But there is a challenge. How do you keep people entertained and healthy when they're stuck on a plane for so long?

If you’re planning on buying a plane ticket soon you might want to set an alarm.

If you’re planning a trip for the New Year, you may want to consider flying back home on a Monday rather than a Sunday.

The problem with overseas travel from Australia is that everything is so bloody far. By the time you reach your destination, you're usually grumpy, jet lagged and sleep-deprived, which isn't an ideal way to start a work trip or holiday. A good night's sleep can make a world of difference -- but that's easier said that done. The following infographic from Work the World explains everything you need to sleep on planes effectively; including some novel positions that you might not have thought of.

It's back! Jetstar is offering free return flights for a couple of travel periods next year, with international destinations like Hawaii, Bali, Vietnam and Thailand on the cards, as well as cheap domestic flights across the country. Here are some of the best deals.

If you’re a nervous flyer, turbulence of any kind is alarming. It’s especially bad when you’re coming in closer to the ground during landing. There are a lot of bumps and jolts that can feel frightening as they’re happening — but they’re nothing your pilot isn’t trained to handle.

G'day! Here are some cracking online deals for Lifehacker readers, including: huge sales on PlayStation games, discounts on Dyson cordless vacuums, cheap Paris flights and more!

I recently spent a week in Scotland, a journey that started for me at 5AM Tuesday and thanks to weather on the US east coast ended in me not arriving in Edinburgh until 9AM on Thursday.

The issue came when my flight from San Francisco to JFK wasn’t allowed to land because of approaching weather, a problem that forced the plane to divert to Philadelphia and sit for three hours, the three hours that just happened to be when my flight to Edinburgh took off. The best news? The next flight wasn’t until 7PM the next day.

Every time a flight takes off on time, it seems like a little miracle. Despite airlines' set schedules, there's a lot working against getting to your destination on time.

Parents, you've heard the advice: When taking a long flight or road trip with little kids, make sure to bring activities. And so you do. As soon as the young travellers buckle their seat belts, you hand over a backpack or box full of fun stuff to keep them entertained for the duration of the ride, and then recline your seat in bliss. Your job, you believe, is complete. Holiday, here we come!

In 2015, Lifehacker tried to answer the question "Does Tiger Airways still suck?" and the results were almost positive. In 2017, I flew on both budget airlines at least once a month, alternating between the two based on price and convenience -- and I learnt a lot about flying low-cost.