Robbing, thieving, money grabbing fucking bastards.
Both Ryanair and Easy Jet charge you £5 & £7 for using your credit card to book flights over the internet. How the fuck else are you expected to pay on-line? Squeeze cash into your pooter? Send off a postal order (for which the wonderful PO charge you anyway)? Write them a cheque?
And it gets better.
Ryanair charge each traveller for their luggage too, at £7 per case per passenger- as if you're going to go on holiday without a case. Greedy fuckers!
So get this. Wifey's mum & aunt are coming to visit us in a few week's time and we've just arranged the tickets (for 2 x passengers):
Air Fare: £1.60 yup, 80 pence per head!)
Baggage Fee: £14.00
Credit Card Fee: £7.00
"Taxes": £63.48
Total- £86.08
So you actually pay less than a couple of quid for your flights and yet end up with a bill for over £85!
I repeat, robbing, thieving, money grabbing fucking bastards.
GRRRRRRRRRRRrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr..........
Try to get a train to Manchester for that money!
ReplyDeleteFlying is dirt cheap. You could condemn the way the cheap flight airways are breaking down their prices, but at the end of the day you know what you pay for. The same cost occure at other airlines, just that they have only one final price.
For example I actually hate it that when you buy at M&S cash you pay 2.5% of the purchase to their credit card handling company although I have not paid by credit card.
Same with cars. German car manufacturers are always accused to charge extra for extras. But why should I pay for a heated seat if I don't want it? With Japanese cars (e.g.) I don't have a choice, I have to take the whole package.
It's just the way looking at it. And with Ryanair, if you have a Visa Electron (such as I have) you don't pay fees and that's fair enough as I don't want to pay, if they don't have the expense. And I also don't want to pay a share of your credit card charges in a "mixed calculation model".
So, calm down dear... ;)
airways? I meant airlines of course.
ReplyDeleteYeah, yeah, but why not just call the seat on the plane "£blah" and be done with it?
ReplyDeleteI KNOW it's good value it just pisses me off when they add on extra charges.
And who the fuck charges for luggage? You don't pay for that on a train do you?
Nah- I still think they are thievin' money grabbing gets. :)