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The rise is below inflation but comes after a year of travel disruption for passengers.

Golden Arrow Bus Services (GABS) says rising operational costs, including fuel prices, will see passenger fares in Cape Town increase by 2.7% from September 18.

Golden Arrow Bus Services (GABS) says rising operational costs, including fuel prices, will see passenger fares in Cape Town increase by 2.7% from September 18.

Celebrity Cruises is raising gratuity rates in just a few days; will other cruise lines follow suit and raise their gratuities as well?

What you pay to ride New York City’s subways, buses and paratransit services is expected to rise this summer for the first time in seven years. Commuter train fares and bridge and tunnel tolls are also expected to increase. But before the MTA gives the hikes final approval, it’s gathering public opinions about its plans at public hearings you can attend in-person or online. You can also submit ...

After a year's postponement due to Governor Hogan reallocating funds, the MTA has increased some ticket prices by 10 cents.

Campaign group Railfuture accused the UK Government of ‘stoking the fire of the cost of living crisis’.

Despite budget busting fare increases, and meltdowns, weve seen those frofling flight attendants and even a pilot over the last week. doug zader is working on this story. what were they rating they seemed to be doing so well on? >> reporter: the first thing is time performance, this is the annual report card for 2011. the news, believe it or not, is good for the 15 largest airlines. better last year than the year before, but were playing on the margins here. first this study is based on data fro...

Customers, contrary to what you might think. a new report shows airlines are slowly recovering from the industrys meltdown about five years ago or so. many of them performed better in areas like on-time arrivals in 2011 than they did the priest year. patti ann brown has more on that. >> reporter: the report released today says airlines have improved in four key areas; lost bags, delayed flights, poor onboard service and getting bumped from full planes. but that improvement is slight. for example...

Of wait around until about easter when the airlines start to drop a few air fare sales for the summer but easter is late this year on april 24th. so we are look at that and then we are looking at a lot of increases, fare increases, and we are also expecting fuel surcharges. so if you see a fare that seems reasonable it is time to go ahead and grab that because otherwise it is just going fly away. >> shannon: any examples about what kind of numbers we are talking about and locations? >> ing. >> l...