Government to allow Ryanair to continue using unfair premium rate phone numbers
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Why should the call centres be subsedised by those who don't use them or need them.
I'd charge them £5 a minute, and keep the costs of flights down.
Alternatively use another airline or mode of transport.
Nothing unfair about this, hence your thread title needs editing!Legal team on standby0 -
I've never needed to phone them in 300+ bookings so per booking that still works out at.................0
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Why should the call centres be subsedised by those who don't use them or need them.
I'd charge them £5 a minute, and keep the costs of flights down.0 -
I know. Ryanair must stop using 0871 numbers when everybody else stops using them. That's a fair compromise I think.0
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Like any other business, this cost should be absorbed by the airline.
I disagree in so far as the service offered over the phone is one which the customer could do himself online or by looking at the T&C. I'm sure those calls must make out the vast majority of calls to Ryanair. In fact, I'm struggling to think of a reason for calling them which could not be handled by the passenger.0 -
I have already answered this question above. See post 3.Ryanair is one of the few airlines which can be contacted for complaints and customer service issues only via a premium rate phone number.
Easyjet
BA
Jet2.com
KLM
Virgin
etc
The only 'sin' that Ryanair is guilty of is to have an 09 number for people who struggle to use the website for their booking. That I think is fair enough if somebody has to hold their hand to talk them through things.
However it is not just limited to air travel. National Express, First Great Western, Virgin trains to name but a few other transport companies also only have premium rate contact numbers.
Whether you like it or not, premium rate numbers throughout all industries have become the standard for customer services, even doctors surgeries are cashing in on them as well (although this directive may sort that)0 -
Answering phone calls is one of the costs of doing business. Like any other business, this cost should be absorbed by the airline.
Totally disagree here. Their model is budget, not full service. Every element of their service is broken into bits, and you only pay for what you need to.
Full service airlines give you free bags and absorb the cost in the overall ticket price - that's a waste of your money if you travel with no luggage or carry-on only.
Conversely RyanAir charge you a cheaper fare, and offer you checked bags at a fee, hence saving the light traveller money.
Similarly they charge you to call them - hence the call centres are being paid for by the people that use them, and hence this cost isn't passed onto the customer who doesn't use them.
However, as I suggested above - it's a free market, and you are able to chose any airline you wish, or another mode of transport.Legal team on standby0
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