Airport tax refund rip off?

neil9313 · 1 July 2008 at 4:56PM

easyjet do not charge an admin fee for refund of airport tax.

dmg24 · 1 July 2008 at 4:56PM

Thailand wrote: »

Fair do's. There does appear to be something in this breach of contract stuff, and maybe loss of profits, which would be different to the banks, apparantly.

Can I assure you, I wasn't intending to give false information.. it was what I whole-heartedly believed, and I'm still not sure I'm wrong. I will of course digest everything I hearing, because I wouldn't want to give out bad advice.

Can I show you my thread on CAG, because right or wrong, this is what I was led to believe.

http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/holiday-companies/52879-ryanair-getting-your-taxes.html

All that said, wether challengable or not, I would still believe they withold taxes with the sole intention of profiteering out of them!

I don't doubt that you believed what you have said, but possibly the reason that you have this misinformation is because you digest everything that you hear?

A great deal of information on the internet, and indeed on the MSE forums, is wholly incorrect. Most people make statements with good intentions, but really are just passing on hearsay.

If you are looking for someone that knows their stuff in this area, then Tozer is the person that you should be listening to.

dmg24 · 1 July 2008 at 4:58PM

neil9313 wrote: »

easyjet do not charge an admin fee for refund of airport tax.

That is true. Think they were fed up of people bringing up the bank charges argument!

dmg24 · 1 July 2008 at 5:00PM

Tozer wrote: »

On a separate topic, I do find this thread slightly scary. Do people expect that all charges for any service can be challenged on the basis of being "penalties"?

The problem with people jumping on the bandwagon when they don't really know what they are talking about!

(Not aimed at you Thailand, just a general observation.)

Sam_Bee · 1 July 2008 at 5:02PM

neil9313 wrote: »

easyjet do not charge an admin fee for refund of airport tax.

Why would they only refund me £10 per person then when the tax was a lot higher? Or are they playing with words?? :rolleyes2

Anyway, it's an oft repeated topic (maybe should all be merged to reduce mutual head banging?).

Thailand · 1 July 2008 at 5:05PM

dmg24 wrote: »

I don't doubt that you believed what you have said, but possibly the reason that you have this misinformation is because you digest everything that you hear?

A great deal of information on the internet, and indeed on the MSE forums, is wholly incorrect. Most people make statements with good intentions, but really are just passing on hearsay.

If you are looking for someone that knows their stuff in this area, then Tozer is the person that you should be listening to.

This is horrible! lol. I always try to back up my opinion with fact, and I know you are right about the hearsay! I'm sure Tozer is great, but then I have lots of respect for people on CAG who say differently! One of whom tirelessly pumps out factual information!

I've some reading up to do, that's for sure.

neil9313 · 1 July 2008 at 5:06PM

Sam_Bee wrote: »

Why would they only refund me £10 per person then when the tax was a lot higher? Or are they playing with words?? :rolleyes2

Anyway, it's an oft repeated topic (maybe should all be merged to reduce mutual head banging?).

no idea, i got a refund of APT after 15 months of missing the flight, this is fact!

Thailand · 1 July 2008 at 5:09PM

dmg24 wrote: »

That is true. Think they were fed up of people bringing up the bank charges argument!

They really should have stuck it out, and seen it through...because they were right!? The message would soon of filtered down?

Thailand · 1 July 2008 at 5:42PM

Airlines would not want to set a precedent and will fight it.

I'm trying to digest all this, but this part has me stumped. If a claim were to be made, then surely it would be on the small claims track, and no precedent could be set?

Sorry to bang on people, but I would like to understand it all.

stoneman · 1 July 2008 at 6:12PM

There you go, another reason not to fly with the LCC's. Come on people, stump up reasonable money and fly with a "proper" airline, after of course reading the T&C's to make sure they are not pulling the same trick, then you don't have to worry about things like changing your name on a booking because you missed one letter out, reclaiming airport duty, going 1 KG over the weight limit, paying double what the leading price says because of the obligatory add on's, being charged 4 times for 1 card transaction, not giving you food and drink vouchers or trying to wriggle out of compensation under the EU treaty, landing at Barcelona only to find out you are a 1 hour coach drive and 23 euros extra away. I know this is a money saving website, but sometimes money saving doesn't turn out to be money saving