Ryanair Credit Card Charges

GHogan

I recently booked a flight for 7 people for a weekend trip on the Ryanair website. When I came to pay for the flights I was charged an additional £56 in credit card fees (£4 each way for all 7 passengers). Is this legal? Surely the charges charged by the card companies relate to the transaction and not the number of people. I understand that the flights are generally cheap but these additional charges, surely must be based on actual costs and not merely a method of supplementing the low flight prices.

Incapuppy

This subject has been done to death recently on this forum. If you do a search I'm sure you can find plenty more threads where you can vent your rage ;0)

Pollycat

If you search on here, there's hundreds of threads about the exact same thing, not only about Ryanair but other budget flight companies too.

Surely the charges charged by the card companies relate to the transaction and not the number of people.

The charge is levied by RyanAir, therefore they can charge what they like.

but these additional charges, surely must be based on actual costs and not merely a method of supplementing the low flight prices.

You've hit the nail on the head!
Of course they are a method of supplementing the low flight charges.
In exactly the same way as charging if you don't wish to (or can't) check in on-line, or if you want to check in luggage or have priority boarding.

I don't want to sound like a champion of RyanAir, but my personal experience with them is that they do some pretty cheap deals from my local airport - even taking debit/credit charges into account.
I book city breaks, take only hand luggage, check in on-line, don't pay for priority boarding and still think the cost is good.

Your option is to choose to fly with another airline, if you can get flights cheaper.

How much would flights from the same airport to the same destination cost with BA?

alanrowell

Pollycat wrote: »

If you search on here, there's hundreds of threads about the exact same thing, not only about Ryanair but other budget flight companies too.

Who else charges per person per flight? Most charge per booking

phatbear

Does anyone know when the euro wil be going up?

If you dont like it then dont book with them simple as.


all the best

the bear

Saint_Chris

lets go round and round

Incapuppy

Saint_Chris wrote: »

lets go round and round

Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

Pollycat

Who else charges per person per flight? Most charge per booking

If you read THIS thread:
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1036781
I guess you'll find the answer is Flybe, according to dn197sj!!!!

I just can't see the problem here.
Either you book with a particular airline and pay what they are asking, or you book with another company.

Either accept the T&Cs, or don't.
Just don't moan about how a 2p flight has turned into £x because of extra charges.
Do some research and if you can find equivalent flights (similar departure times, same airports) cheaper with another company, book it.
Nobody forces people to use budget carriers.

fifeken

alanrowell wrote: »

Who else charges per person per flight? Most charge per booking

Wizz Air are another one.

Pollycat

Wizz Air are another one.

Really? So maybe the statement

Who else charges per person per flight? Most charge per booking

is not looking too accurate, then.

I know if you book a package holiday and pay on credit card, there is a charge PER BOOKING but we're not talking about package holidays here, are we?

GHogan

Hi,

Thanks for the various responses. It seems I'm not the first person to mention this topic!!