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Old 6th June 2008, 04:26 AM   #22 (permalink)
Roland Perry
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In message <ojkg44hffld6i5n5merf80q6d3hsbuuion@>, at 20:57:04 on
Thu, 5 Jun 2008, Joe Curry <egph@blueyonder.co.uk> remarked:
>>"Following the OFT's warning to the holiday and travel industry in
>>February, the OFT has successfully taken action against 13 airlines that
>>did not include all fixed, non-optional costs, such as taxes, in prices
>>on their websites."

>
>>The grey area is still the "optional" charges, like check-in!

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>Plus a few more 'optionals' Roland... Wouldn't it be nice if consumers
>could navigate these confusing booking engines with confidence?


And faster, too. Some of the sites (Easyjet is bad and BMIBaby has
become even worse recently) make you click through half a dozen pages
nagging you to buy extras, until you can get to the final "buy now"
page.

Or is this just the quid pro quo for having a cheap flight?
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Roland Perry
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