European Budget airline crackdown - Ryanair & Easyjet
By Nick July 17, 2006
Today DailyMail.co.uk has an article about the EU cracking down the dishonest advertised prices for tickets thay some budget European airlines have. The main European airlines guilty of this practice are Ryanair and easyJet.
The EU is gettting fed up with the bogus low advertised prices, because in most cases the prices are a lot higher because of extra surcharges that every customer encounters.
It gives an example of a ticket purchased from Ryanair, which costed 2400% more than its advertised price. The ticket was for a flight between Dublin and London, which after all of the surcharges, costed £20 ($38) - still a good deal.
It gives one example where the price for a purchased ticket from Ryanair between Dublin and London had a 2400% difference than the advertised price. Even with the many extra surcharges, the ticket was only £20.22, or $37, a pretty good deal.
It’s good that the EU is going to crackdown on this because it can really mislead airpassengers, especially those with a tight budget. Tyanair and easyJet might as well advertise their ticket prices honestly, because they are still a good deal at around $40, and their customers would definitely appreciate it.
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