Easyjet ends fee-free bookings as it now charges for Visa Electron

mad_rich

SaveTheEuro wrote: »

How does easyjet's new arrangement compare to that?

A lot easier to understand. And they don't have your money upfront

TO be honest, that's the problem. I've always thought of easyJet as pretty decent. Sure, they're no-frills, but the charges have always been pretty rational, the fares are easy to understand, and I generally know where I stand with them. I'm happy to pay a bit more than Ryanair if it means I don't to go through everything with a fine tooth comb every time I book.

They're still in that category, but they;ve taken a big step in the wrong direction in my book.

jayok

zagfles wrote: »

So you've paid your fee up front then? Or is the Ryanair cash passport free now? I thought they charged for it, and charged if you didn't use it for so long.

The Ryanair cash passport is £6 which you use against your first flight therefore nil. Any flight booked after that is zero therefore I have booked 7 return flights since getting my Ryanair cash passport and I have paid what is on the flight page - nothing more. No payment fees whatsoever (saving me £84!)

jayok

zagfles wrote: »

And you have to pay to get that!

Which is deducted off your flight therefore no cost

And you have to pay almost every time you use it.

Untrue when buying ryanair flights, you are making things up

And you have to pay even if you don't use it (there is an inactivity fee!).

Which can be avoided by buying something in the supermarket when near to the inactivity period - cost 50p!!

It might be cheaper if you make a lot of Ryanair flights, but the cost is not zero.

It has been zero for me

balletshoes

richardw wrote: »

easyJet's admin fee is a carte blanche £9 add on per booking and isn't dependent on which card you pay with, so there isn't any argument that it is a card fee.

Whereas Ryanair's fee is waived if you pay with a certain card, so it is dependent on which card you pay with.

It would be interesting to see if a legal expert takes easyJet to task with their admin fee, being that it has no relation to actual admin cost.

is there a difference between an admin fee and a handling fee? its just that some holiday providers also charge a "handling fee" when you book your hotel etc with them, regardless of which way you pay for it. the company I'm thinking of didn't used to charge anything, then last year they started charging £9 per booking, now its increasing to £14 per booking from the beginning of April.

mad_rich

@jayok - Good luck if it works for you.

For me, it's too much hassle. The chances are that the goalposts will have moved long before I've got round to using it (as they did with the previous hoop-jumping exercise).

alanrowell

So for anyone who in the past used a credit or debit card to book Easyjet flights, they'll now pay an extra £1. If they used to use an Electron Card then it's an extra £9.

zagfles

jayok wrote: »

Which is deducted off your flight therefore no cost

Well that'll be a first, Ryanair giving a discount they don't advertise!

Can't see anything about the £6 fee being refunded in their fees schedule here: http://www.cashpassport.com/1/en/Ryanair/About-Cash-Passport/Fees-Limits/

Untrue when buying ryanair flights, you are making things up

What part of "almost" don't you understand? According to their fees schedule they charge for all POS transactions except UK ones only up till 31 March 2012. They might still have an exception for Ryanair flights but they don't make that clear.

Which can be avoided by buying something in the supermarket when near to the inactivity period - cost 50p!!

So not zero then.

It has been zero for me

It seems you have to load it a minimum of £150. You presumably have to wait for the card to come, by which time your "bargain" flight might have gone up in price. You need to find other stuff to spend the rest of the £150 on. Then you'll probably find they've brought out a new card and your card is no longer the "free" one (as they did before).

Far too much hassle for just booking a flight. Even if their advertised fees are wrong as some are claiming and you can get it free.

Maybe all retailers should follow suit, you could get a card specific to every retailer you purchase from. I'd need a bigger wallet though, and bigger pockets. And spend half my life reading statements and making sure I didn't incur inactivity fees on any of them...

On the other hand I think I prefer paying Easyjet £9 and having a life...;)

SaveTheEuro

zagfles wrote: »

Far too much hassle for just booking a flight. Even if their advertised fees are wrong as some are claiming and you can get it free.

It is hassle but you paid £48 extra because you didn't have one. It's the question we all have to ask ourselves with Ryanair -- will I go through the hoops or pay?

With easyjet we now have no choice. We have to pay.

jayok

zagfles wrote: »

Well that'll be a first, Ryanair giving a discount they don't advertise!

Can't see anything about the £6 fee being refunded in their fees schedule here: http://www.cashpassport.com/1/en/Ryanair/About-Cash-Passport/Fees-Limits/

You get a voucher code when you buy the card and redeeming this voucher code off your flight deducts the £6 off your flight cost.

What part of "almost" don't you understand? According to their fees schedule they charge for all POS transactions except UK ones only up till 31 March 2012. They might still have an exception for Ryanair flights but they don't make that clear.

I understand almost to mean the vast majority. It is reasonable to assume that someone who gets the card is using it for Ryanair therefore almost does not even come close. You do not seem to understand the T&Cs of the card!

So not zero then.

£48 versus £0.5 - enough said

Grouchy

That's me boycotting EasyJet as well as Ryanair.

Have got two trips coming up, found cheaper fares with Norwegian Air and surprisingly Aer Lingus.