airfare

Contestants can only spend the cash equivalent of an airfare between the start and finish points, but the winners take home a £20,000 prize.

As budget airlines struggle with profitability and major airlines cater increasingly to high-end customers, inexpensive airfare could be harder to come by, experts say.

UK inflation rose sharply last month after airfares failed to fall by as much as usual and private school fees jumped.

The uptick in prices last month was wide-ranging, affecting car insurance, airfare, medicine and other basics.

The fall is entirely accounted for by falls in hotel prices and a smaller-than-usual rise in airfares in December.