Amid reports that consumers are in a “frenzy” over airline fees, here comes an astonishingly obnoxious story of a budget airline actively misleading and screwing over its customers.
Ryanair, Europe’s favorite budget airline, made headlines yesterday when they announced their intent to offer barstool seating for some flights. From the Telegraph: The low-cost airline would charge passengers less on “bar stools” with seat belts around their waists. Michael O’Leary, the chief executive, has already held talks with US plane manufacturer Boeing about designing [...]
There’s now proof that air passengers will eventually pay a fee for every single step of taking a flight. It’s not like we’re frogs unwittingly boiling to death; we know this sucks, but what’s to be done?
I’ve got mixed feelings about this story that’s making the rounds in the UK press: A six-year-old girl was banned from taking her teddy bear aboard an easyJet flight after a check-in clerk deemed it ‘excess baggage’. Tearful Alba Apreciado-Peris was told by a check-in worker that Bebe the bear was too big to join [...]
It’s nearly impossible to tell the difference between Ryanair’s provocative + insincere and provocative + genuine cost-cutting proposals. That $1.50 charge to use the bathroom? Was never gonna happen. A tax on fat passengers, levied according to excess kilos? Headline bait. Today’s announcement isn’t as inflammatory, but it’s still pissing people off. From Reuters: Europe’s [...]
Last week, United faced a fat-fueled backlash over its policy of charging large passengers for a second seat. Yesterday, Ryanair — the lad mag of European airlines — announced it may go one step further: Ryanair is now considering the introduction of a ‘fat tax’ on its flights after almost 30 per cent of users [...]
Ryanair, Europe’s favorite whipping boy/cheap airline, made headlines and inspired ire for proposing a bathroom charge. In a brilliant move, the airline is not only taking the criticism on the chin — they’re turning it around. If this announcement is to believed, they’re offering €1,000 for the next great fee: Since we confirmed that we are [...]
