Roland Perry

In message <MPG.22b309e688cf21b29897b1@news.> , at 09:47:05
on Fri, 6 Jun 2008, Jim Mason <jim.mason@removethisukonline.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!
>> >
>> >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?
>
>If they are selling you a flight for 1p all in then it is worth the
>trawling ;)

I wish they were all that cheap. In the past week I've declined to buy a
Ryanair return flight (for as far away as next August, but it was 4 hrs
each way) that was £400 return; but was 'forced' to buy a BMIBaby flight
that's almost £250 return for a 1-hour flight.

Swings and roundabouts.
--
Roland Perry