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Martin Lewis, 47, offered advice in ISAs to a caller on the BBC radio show yesterday. Angus, 23, asked the money saving expert: “Which is better - LISA or Help to Buy?” The financial

journalist broke down the differences, and responded: “You probably don’t have money to save right now. What I would do right now is go and put a quid in both. “A quid in the Help to Buy ISA

because that closes on the 20th November and if you don’t have one open you can’t open one after that, but if you open one the facility lasts for 10 years. “A quid in the Lifetime ISA

because you have to have a Lifetime ISA for a year before you can use it but just putting a quid in it starts off that years countdown so that you’ve got it open.” Explaining what to do

next, Martin said: “Then the question is - and it is quite a complicated one - if you are definitely going to buy a house then a Lifetime ISA is better because you can put more money in to

it and the 25 percent bonus they give you is better. “If you are not definitely going to buy a house, a Help to Buy ISA is better because you can withdraw money from that not for a house

penalty free. “If you are going to buy a house worth over £250K and you are outside London, a Lifetime ISA is better because the cap on property size is £250K with a Help to Buy ISA except

London, but it is £450K on the Lifetime ISA. It is quite a complicated one.” Martin also responded to a text sent in for him seeking advice on what to do with an inheritance of £10,000. The

listener’s son wanted to put the money away for three years, and wanted to know which account Martin most recommended for the money. Martin advised: “If he wants to put it away for three

years, he would go for one of the top three year fix savings accounts on the market - is that a bit too long for fix? Maybe go for two. “If he doesn’t want to touch the money at all in that

time, you’re looking at something like Access Bank is paying 2.1 percent on a two year fixed account, £10K sits within the savings safety limits, also Wylans Bank is up there too, top easy

access is around 1.5 percent but that’s going to drop - they are all dropping to around 1.4 percent at the moment. “So that would be the simple answer. I’m assuming the fact that he’s a

student would mean that he doesn’t have any other debts. “That’s quite important, if he did and he had debts he was paying interest on (excluding the official student loan), then I would be

looking at using the money to clear the debts but putting it in a fixed rate savings account would be the easy answer.” Yesterday Martin offered advice to those affected by the British

Airways pilot strikes, which are ongoing in the UK. He revealed passengers could be entitled to up to £540 if their flight has been delayed or cancelled - but does that include BA fliers?

The MoneySavingExpert pointed out that claiming is much easier if you’re on an EU regulated flight. This is thanks to EU regulation 261/2004 - which you should reference when making a claim.

Lewis shared a top tip with ITV audiences and advises travellers to write down the reason for the delay or cancellation given by the pilot or person giving the announcement.