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Subject: Re: The real price of cut price airline tickets Posted on: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:48:42 +0100


"Martin" wrote in message
news:224or35nbdj6op6ph4ib4d9i3hu2002orv@4ax.com...
> On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 12:08:43 +0100, Erick T. Barkhuis
> wrote:
>
>>Martin:
>>> Erick wrote:
>>>
>>> >Martin:
>>> >
>>> >> The German TV Plus Minus program was playing the game of comparing
>>> >> advertised
>>> >> prices against actual final prices last night.
>>> >
>>> >And to what conclusion did they jump?
>>> >"Not fair"??
>>>
>>> Lies?
>>> AFAIR a ticket advertised for EUR 0 actually cost EUR140+
>>
>>Depends on the airline.
>>
>>
>>I just read the summary at their website.
>>http://www.daserste.de/plusminus/beitrag_dyn~uid,jpjg4qbmcaa89g27~cm.asp
>>
>>They comment specifically on Germanwings, TUIfly, Ryanair, and Easyjet.
>>The german airlines usually add "Kerosinzuschlag" (fuel costs), where the
>>latter two are creative in finding other items to add to the bill.
>>One example mentions a "wheel chair fee", to be paid by every traveller,
>>regardless of whether or not the wheel chair is needed.
>
> KLM don't have this problem they refuse to take wheel chair passengers.

And how have they managed to stay out of court then?

tim