Eurostar beats low cost carriers

Let's face it, train travel is a mess. Getting a fair deal on ticketing often feels like a lottery.

But some routes beat air travel hands down.

So it was a pleasure to see Ryan Air come put of its latest scrap with the Advertising Standards Agency (ASA), bloodied and down. The ASA judged the airline's claims to being cheaper and faster over its London to Brussels route than going by Eurostar false and misleading once the true cost of going door to door was taken into account.

The company's impression that they are more punctual was also found to be delusory.

The lesson, kids? Ryan Air doesn't do what it says on the tin.