Comments on: Airline Fees in Europe http://travel.booklocker.com/2009/10/21/airline-fees-in-europe/ Bargain destinations and the cheapest places to travel Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:25:16 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: tim http://travel.booklocker.com/2009/10/21/airline-fees-in-europe/comment-page-1/#comment-156182 tim Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:30:03 +0000 http://travel.booklocker.com/?p=1471#comment-156182 Good points Renato. People really do look at the overall total cost (usually) when making plans, so if it comes out lower even with all the fees, then still worth it. But as your tactics show, you pretty much have to game the system and really work at it to get around all the gotchas. Definitely a different model than Southwest and JetBlue. Good points Renato. People really do look at the overall total cost (usually) when making plans, so if it comes out lower even with all the fees, then still worth it. But as your tactics show, you pretty much have to game the system and really work at it to get around all the gotchas. Definitely a different model than Southwest and JetBlue.

]]> By: Renato http://travel.booklocker.com/2009/10/21/airline-fees-in-europe/comment-page-1/#comment-156064 Renato Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:52:00 +0000 http://travel.booklocker.com/?p=1471#comment-156064 Not really a fan of Ryanair but for credit card fees the main competitor in Europe (easyjet) has the same policy. Moreover the fee applies to their own credit card as well, there is a fee for debit card as well, the only one 'free' is VISA ELECTRON, not a very popular in Europe. That said, if you are a frequent flyer you simply get one and use it for all those cheap flights: less secure? Maybe. But if I pay 10€ returns inclusive why bother? (yes you can still find those tickets, if the one way is over 50€ I choose some other airlines, not value for money) £80 round trip for printing the boarding card? True. But if you are charged £40 on the way out and you still forget on the way back, can I say you almost deserve it? Half kidding but I still value the option to print my boarding card, fly without a luggage, travel by bus to a remote airport, checkin at 5AM. But for €10. Not really a fan of Ryanair but for credit card fees the main competitor in Europe (easyjet) has the same policy. Moreover the fee applies to their own credit card as well, there is a fee for debit card as well, the only one ‘free’ is VISA ELECTRON, not a very popular in Europe. That said, if you are a frequent flyer you simply get one and use it for all those cheap flights: less secure? Maybe. But if I pay 10€ returns inclusive why bother? (yes you can still find those tickets, if the one way is over 50€ I choose some other airlines, not value for money)

£80 round trip for printing the boarding card? True. But if you are charged £40 on the way out and you still forget on the way back, can I say you almost deserve it? Half kidding but I still value the option to print my boarding card, fly without a luggage, travel by bus to a remote airport, checkin at 5AM. But for €10.

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