On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:52:25 +0000, d4g4h4@yahoo.co.uk (David Horne, _the_
chancellor (*)) wrote:
>tim (not at home) wrote:
>
>> "Erick T. Barkhuis" wrote in message
>> news:MPG.2226289734d6c2dd9896dd@news.individual.net...
>> > 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.
>>
>> As was demanded by the courts under the DDA.
>>
>> Airlines (or anybody else) are not allowed to charge disabled passengers for
>> handling their disability. As there's no magic money to pay for it, all the
>> other pax have to share the cost.
>
>But, who accounts that it's the real cost?
It doesn't cost KLM anything, they don't take disabled passengers, they wouldn't
even take the Dutch team to the Paraplegic Olympics, not to mention them
refusing to fly me home from Switzerland because I had a leg in plaster.
--
Martin
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