On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:06:38 +0100, Martin wrote:
>On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:48:42 +0100, "tim \(not at home\)"
> wrote:
>
>>
>>"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?
>
>Who knows? How often have you brought a legal action against an airline that has
>upset you?
>
>In my case it was because Swiss Air flew me home with one leg in plaster and
>gave me a whole row to myself at no extra charge.
I should add that KLM appears to accept disabled passengers nowadays. In fact
KLM is AF owned.
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Martin
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