MSE News: Ryanair 'sticks two fingers up at passengers' with new card fees

MeanExpat

Just been travelling to my homeland with partner and no luggage.

Total cost for 2 people: £250, of which under £40 for the longest, fastest leg of the journey, in an expensive aircraft.

RyanAir staff is lovely, flights on time, what more do you want?

Remember the 70s when it cost over 10 TIMES MORE because you had a "free" bag in the hold and a "free" drink.

Get real and stop moaning.

MiraculousM

do you work for ryanair?

i mean, you posted the same post on two different threads.

Are you M O'L?

and unless you are staying in hotels, which i doubt you are if that is your homeland, then you are paying way over the odds.

MarkBargain

MeanExpat wrote: »

RyanAir staff is lovely, flights on time, what more do you want?

What people want, as per the topic of this thread, is to be able to pay for their flights at the advertised price without being hit with a £24 card fee (two people return) sneeked onto the booking at the final page of the check out.

MeanExpat

Of course I don't work for RyanAir. I use RyanAir as best I can.

I should have spelt out that RyanAir runs a business not a charity.

Follow their rules and you'll have no problems.

They allow me to visit my old dad frequently and I am aware that I pay extra taxes in homeland to support my local airport.

tingtong

MeanExpat wrote: »

Just been travelling to my homeland with partner and no luggage.

Total cost for 2 people: £250, of which under £40 for the longest, fastest leg of the journey, in an expensive aircraft.

RyanAir staff is lovely, flights on time, what more do you want?

Remember the 70s when it cost over 10 TIMES MORE because you had a "free" bag in the hold and a "free" drink.

Get real and stop moaning.

You are completely missing the point.

The argument is not whether Ryanair are cheap or not (on many flights they can be) but whether or not they mislead people with their 'headline' prices which many people cannot actually pay (without obtaining their card in advance). They also add in ridiculously over the top 'fines' for petty things and seem to enjoy people falling foul of them.

Personally, I believe the OFT should insist that all retailers that accept payment by card must not charge for debit card payments. They could also put a cap on the 'fines' much like what happened with the banks.

Like Ryanair say, if you want to use us, play by our rules, the OFT should be saying to them if you want to trade in the UK, you play by our rules.

MeanExpat

[They could also put a cap on the 'fines' much like what happened with the banks.[/QUOTE]

So bank charges are fair? A good argument for a money forum.
They still pay obscene amounts to their top people and use tax heavens, etc, and I have to use them.

Also, a lot of my taxes are used for stuff I completely disagree with (like paying MPs false expenses and wars), and I have no choice there either (Yes, I vote).

I wonder whether all our chit chat has any echo in the right places.

Thanks to those who explained how the new fee-avoiding card works.

Let me know if there is anything we can do to help change RyanAir rules.

Doc_N

This should at least put an end to some of Ryanair's nasty little tricks:

"Excessive" fees for using a debit or credit card to buy items such as travel or cinema tickets will be banned by the end of 2012, under government plans.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-16301923

apt

This move by the government is too little too late. The charge for a debit card is only around 20p per transaction. This should be included in the headline price with no additional surcharge. There is no need for a consultation exercise or waiting until the end of 2012. It should be done now.

2010

Doc_N wrote: »

This should at least put an end to some of Ryanair's nasty little tricks:

"Excessive" fees for using a debit or credit card to buy items such as travel or cinema tickets will be banned by the end of 2012, under government plans.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-16301923

RA is an Irish company so won`t be affected.

Doc_N

2010 wrote: »

RA is an Irish company so won`t be affected.

I think you'll find it will.