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Subject: Re: Rip off extras Posted on: Sat, 8 Mar 2008 12:36:26 +0100


"chundabunny" wrote in message
news:b3b2ada7-e225-464e-834e-c3bd426627ed@p25g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
> On 8 Mar, 10:46, "tim \(not at home\)"
> wrote:
>> "chundabunny" wrote in message
>>
>> news:09a8fa58-99b4-4315-9913-2d897a421ef9@q78g2000hsh.googlegroups.com...
>>
>>
>>
>> > On 7 Mar, 19:37, "tim \(not at home\)"
>> > wrote:
>> >> I've just booked a return flight with Sterling and they charged me
>> >> 100DKK,
>> >> about GBP 10.30 or 11% of the fare, for a credit card payment.
>>
>> >> And because they aren't a British company, they don't understand the
>> >> concept
>> >> of Visa Debit cards, so had I opted to pay with that they still charge
>> >> GBP
>> >> 10.30 for a transaction that would cost them about 40 pence.
>>
>> >> What a ****ing rip off.
>>
>> >> OTOH, they did only charge me 50 DKK for 40 kilos of luggage.
>>
>> >> tim
>>
>> > what other options did you have for payment ?
>>
>> Did I personally or do other people.
>>
>> Me, none at all.
>>
>> Other people have the option of some funny Danish only card which seems
>> to
>> attract a lower fee, but so few people (in the world) have this card that
>> it
>> doesn't seem reasonable to treat this as the base.
>>
>> tim
>
> I tried doing a RTN from LGW-CPH
>
> Total price
> 114 GBP
> (Incl. taxes and fees)
>
> Price includes taxes and fees if payment is made with Visa Electron.

What's a Visa Electron?

> If you use international credit cards a fee of 4,00 GBP per person per
> oneway will be applied

I went the other way and it's 100 DKK round trip.

tim




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