Are Ryanair taking the mickey on hidden "Fees" again?

richardw

2sides2everystory wrote: »

And how many of those work for OFT I wonder ?

Probably not many at all.

2sides2everystory

... i.e. about as many as would view it if I sent it to OFT directly ...

richardw

If you are not happy about how the OFT functions perhaps state your criticism to the relevant minister in the government.

malkie76

malkie76 wrote: »

Which is what exactly ? How are you measuring that ?

why do you continually dodge answering the tricky questions ?

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actually, I'm being rhetorical, I know exactly why you dodgy the tricky questions......

2sides2everystory

Might it be because generally speaking, I do not see your questions as tricky, malkie, but more of an unnecessary distraction ?

malkie76

yet you address the easy ones ?

2sides2everystory

STN-AGP
STN-AGP

Tue, 26 Apr 11 from 29.99 GBP Total Price: 35.99GBP (+20%)
Tue, 26 Apr 11 from 49.99 GBP Total Price: 49.99GBP (correct!)

Wed, 27 Apr 11 from 39.99 GBP Total Price: 45.99GBP (+28%)
Wed, 27 Apr 11 from 50.99 GBP Total Price: 50.99GBP (correct!)

Thu, 28 Apr 11 from 29.99 GBP Total Price: 35.99GBP (+20%)
Thu, 28 Apr 11 from 68.99 GBP Total Price: 68.99GBP (correct!)

Fri, 29 Apr 11 from 29.99 GBP Total Price: 35.99GBP (+20%)
Fri, 29 Apr 11 from 60.99 GBP Total Price: 60.99GBP (correct!)

Sat, 30 Apr 11 from 21.99 GBP Total Price: 27.99GBP (+27%)
Sat, 30 Apr 11 from 37.99 GBP Total Price: 37.99GBP (correct!)

Sun, 1 May 11 from 21.99 GBP Total Price: 27.99GBP (+27%)
Sun, 1 May 11 from 49.99 GBP Total Price: 49.99GBP (correct!)

Mon, 2 May 11 from 29.99 GBP Total Price: 35.99GBP (+20%)
Mon, 2 May 11 from 42.99 GBP Total Price: 42.99GBP (correct!)

Blue v. Orange to Malaga ... there's plainly no earthly reason for the blue prices to include false figures, or is there? Maybe it's just about enhancing the clickthrough rate at any price ?

tingtong

Perhaps this will put an end to the dodgy advertising brigade:

http://www.atab.org.uk/2011/03/atab-wins-battle-as-ryanair-and-jet2-com-agree-to-be-upfront-about-prices/

I think the title says it all "Ryanair and Jet2.com agree to be upfront about prices"

Which presumably means they're not upfront about prices at the moment .........

2sides2everystory

Thanks tingtong, I had taken to looking at Jet2 just before you posted and in one case I found a Leeds-Malaga flight marked up front as Lowest Fare £3.99 which became a minimum of £29.99 two clicks later !

I am sure that Channel Express, Jet2's ancestor company has more than once been described as fly-by-night (mail flights, flowers and newspapers, silly ) but an unlawful markup of +650% :eek: would surely be beyond the pale* for even Jet2's wannabelike competitor Ryanair !

The booking engines of Jet2, Easyjet and Ryanair look so similar now that the false-pricing of two out of the three sticks out like a sore-thumb. I guess Jet2 and Ryanair are holding out another month or THREE :mad: just so they can grab an inflated share of one more summer market using the nefarious practice.

* The Pale, a demarcation line in Ireland while under English dominion; a usage that led to the phrase "beyond the pale", meaning unacceptable behaviour

jammin_2

2sides2everystory wrote: »

* The Pale, a demarcation line in Ireland while under English dominion; a usage that led to the phrase "beyond the pale", meaning unacceptable behaviour

The Pale is Dublin.