Airline Charges Rip Off Discussion

jayok

bagand96 wrote: »

Indeed it is. However the sale fares are not available on all routes on all dates, in which case you have no option?



Enlighten me as to how I can get onboard a Ryanair flight without checking in? (unless of course you work for Ryanair, but thats cheating )

What is your beef then?

a) That you have to check-in for a flight
or
b) That you have to pay a charge for said check-in

You clearly stated that there is no option but to pay the check-in charge. That is simply not true.

dmg24

Paddy_O'Moron wrote: »

Hey dmg24.

Slight correction required in your post (and knowledge). Go to the Ryanair website. Pay for a £2 flight USING JUST £2. See how you get on. Ryanair don't accept cash. Therfore if you are paying by card, you pay a charge. That's a sly way of stiffing you out of more cash.

It's not the journalism that's sensational, it's O'Leary and his bunch of gombeen money grabbers.

End the money-grabbing tricks of Ryanair, and perhaps some of the journos who report them will go away. Or go elsewhere.

See above answers. I trust your knowledge is now corrected?

phatbear

Paddy_O'Moron wrote: »

Hey dmg24.

Slight correction required in your post (and knowledge). Go to the Ryanair website. Pay for a £2 flight USING JUST £2. See how you get on. Ryanair don't accept cash. Therfore if you are paying by card, you pay a charge. That's a sly way of stiffing you out of more cash.

Why dont you go to play.com and pay for something worth £2 with USING JUST £2. See how you get on. play.com do not accept cash nor do amazon.co.uk ebay etc etc etc etc etc.

You can use a card without being surcharged as has been covered thousands of times. Sadly it appears the same people who can not read the charges on the ryanair website also cant read previous thread on this website, where this subject has been done to death.

smileyjames

Hi guys,

Having read this site for months I thought it time to do my first post! The airline charge rip offs don't stop at checking-in etc they get worse...

I regulary fly between london and budapest and can fly easyjet or wizz so pick the cheapest for each way. Unsurprisingly Easyjet have found a way of charging you more if you only fly one way - by charging in the local currency at a currency rate of their choice! For instance if I booked a return easyjet quoted me £74.99 for Budapest to london, however if I booked a single it worked out for the same flight (with their currency rate) £87.99 - £13 more expensive and you have no choice but to pay as you can't get the english price despite paying in pounds on a credit card!!

Then it gets worse - they charge you £9 credit card fee instead of their £5.

So the same flight costs £17 more because you're not leaving from UK, despite paying in pounds!?!?

I totally agree with Martin - lets get airlines to charge like every other industry - a total price! Could you imagine if the supermarkets added every little cost they have onto the price of every item at the checkout - we wouldn't accept it so why accept these charges, especially as they're not true - paying by credit card costs Ryanair pennies not pounds!!

bagand96

jayok wrote: »

What is your beef then?

a) That you have to check-in for a flight
or
b) That you have to pay a charge for said check-in

You clearly stated that there is no option but to pay the check-in charge. That is simply not true.

My point is obviously not that you have to check-in for a flight. My point is that checking in is something you have to do (it is not optional like paying for checked luggage, priority boarding, paying with a credit card etc) yet they levy a £5 charge to do so.


I didn't say there is no option but to pay the check in fee, I actually said there is no option but to check in, and that in my view charging for it is rediculous, when checking in is compulsory. That said, we could argue about semantics and interpretation until the cows come home without adding anything to the debate. :beer:

Indeed if you are booking with a promotional fare you don't need to pay the charge, but those fares are not available on all flights, on all dates on all routes; so i stand by what i said that it is rediculous to charge for online check-in as check-in is not an option....

Spider86

smileyjames wrote: »

Could you imagine if the supermarkets added every little cost they have onto the price of every item at the checkout - we wouldn't accept it so why accept these charges, especially as they're not true - paying by credit card costs Ryanair pennies not pounds!!

Some shops do!! they will charge you 5p for a carrier bag!!

SCROOGE

I don't mind paying what Mr O'Leary describes as 'discretionary' charges and for them to be shown separately in the booking. But to my mind, check-in is now not discretionary, as you have to pay whether you do it at the airport or by printing off your boarding pass beforehand; this charge should therefore be included in the basic fare.

I DO have a big problem with the level of some of the charges in these days when bank charges, e.g., must reflect actual costs. Some if not all of Ryanair's credit/debit card charges are greatly in excess of what the airline actually pays, i.e. this is a backdoor method of squeezing more money out of passengers. This should be made illegal.

jayok

bagand96 wrote: »

My point is obviously not that you have to check-in for a flight. My point is that checking in is something you have to do (it is not optional like paying for checked luggage, priority boarding, paying with a credit card etc) yet they levy a £5 charge to do so.


I didn't say there is no option but to pay the check in fee, I actually said there is no option but to check in, and that in my view charging for it is rediculous, when checking in is compulsory. That said, we could argue about semantics and interpretation until the cows come home without adding anything to the debate. :beer:

Indeed if you are booking with a promotional fare you don't need to pay the charge, but those fares are not available on all flights, on all dates on all routes; so i stand by what i said that it is rediculous to charge for online check-in as check-in is not an option....

That is true of non sale fares. Ryanair advertise sale fares that include the check-in fee therefore there you do not pay again if you choose a sale fare. The check-in fee is therefore not applicale if you pick a sale fare. They only advertise the sale fares therefore you cannot possibly get stung with this fee if you pick a sale fare.

jayok

SCROOGE wrote: »

I don't mind paying what Mr O'Leary describes as 'discretionary' charges and for them to be shown separately in the booking. But to my mind, check-in is now not discretionary, as you have to pay whether you do it at the airport or by printing off your boarding pass beforehand; this charge should therefore be included in the basic fare.

The basic fare is shown then the check-in fee if it is applicable. I see hundreds of websites that allow me to put an item in the basket only to whack on a delivery charge at the next stage of purchase. This delivery charge is not optional. I assume we will be calling for those websites to show all inclusive prices at the front page?

bagand96

jayok wrote: »

I see hundreds of websites that allow me to put an item in the basket only to whack on a delivery charge at the next stage of purchase. This delivery charge is not optional. I assume we will be calling for those websites to show all inclusive prices at the front page?

When ordering something online though the vendor actually has to pay for packaging, people to physically package it, and some sort of courier service to deliver it to your front door. So I actually feel like I am paying for a service provided.

How much does it cost Ryanair for me to sit on my !!!, in my house, and check in, using my electricity, my paper, my printer ink? What exactly am I paying £5 for? Ok, Ryanair has to have some sort of computer system, but there is no way on Earth they are paying £5 per head license fees to the systems provider.