[TRV] Nieuws en aanbiedingen - 25 procent korting bij Easyjet

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Op donderdag 11 januari 2007 23:22 schreef DutchTrain het volgende:
Geheel gratis 2e vlucht bij Ryanair

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Belangrijkste actievoorwaarden:
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Lees meer op: http://www.ryanair.com/si(...)0111-freeflightoffer

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Op vrijdag 12 januari 2007 21:45 schreef Thetallguy het volgende:
Net 2 retourtjes Dublin geboekt met Ryanair, voor in totaal EUR 0.04

Total for 2 Passengers
Fare Price 0.04 EUR
Credit card fee 10.00 EUR
Taxes, Fees & Charges 0.00 EUR
Insurance
Total Price 10.04 EUR

_{ok plus CC-toeslag, maar die is onvermijdelijk}

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Op vrijdag 12 januari 2007 21:59 schreef Jaguarized het volgende:
Credit Card Fee ¤2.50
Booked on www.ryanair.com

En jij hebt 10 euro betaald?

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Op vrijdag 12 januari 2007 22:00 schreef Thetallguy het volgende:
ik en vriendinnetje maken allemaal dagtripjes met Ryanair, voor 1 dag is handbagage genoeg en Ryanair reisverzekering doe ik niet aan, airporttax had ie ook geen zin in

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Op vrijdag 12 januari 2007 22:04 schreef Thetallguy het volgende:
handbagage is wel gratis

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Op vrijdag 12 januari 2007 22:10 schreef Thetallguy het volgende:
online inchecken kan je ook uitzetten als je echt aan het kostenbesparen bent moet je alleen wel in de rij staan om in te checken op het vliegveld natuurlijk ipv gewoon door kunnen lopen maar dat is opzich ook niet zo'n probleem

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Op vrijdag 12 januari 2007 22:00 schreef Thetallguy het volgende:
ik en vriendinnetje maken allemaal dagtripjes met Ryanair, voor 1 dag is handbagage genoeg en Ryanair reisverzekering doe ik niet aan, airporttax had ie ook geen zin in
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Das per enkele reis

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Op vrijdag 12 januari 2007 23:51 schreef Jaguarized het volgende:

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Ok die 0,04 euro kan ik begrijpen, 4 x 0,01 euro. Maar de airporttax mist ie? Ik kom voor een retourtje Londen niet lager als 25,01 waarvan 24,99 tax.

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Passengers are being warned of possible chaos at airports next month as some airlines seek to charge extra air tax for tickets bought months ago. From 1 February the Air Passenger Duty will go up by between £5 and £40.

Most airlines raised fares as soon as Chancellor Gordon Brown announced the hike on 6 December.

But some are demanding further payment for tickets booked before the rise. Ryanair said those who do not pay before flying will be turned away.

The chancellor's critics say two months was too short notice for the duty increase and it is unfair to charge customers who booked months earlier but will fly after 1 February.

Many airlines say they will make a loss if they do not charge passengers the extra duty.

But not all agree how they should charge, causing confusion for travellers.

Ryanair chief executive Michael O'Leary said all passengers will be emailed and if they fail to pay the day before their flight, they will not be able to fly.

Leeds-based Jet2 is automatically taking the increase from travellers, using their card details held on computer.

British Airways says it will absorb the costs of duty on passengers who booked before the announcement.

Toby Nichol, of Easyjet, said: "It's absolutely chaotic. Come 1 February, there is going to be a lot of uncertainty.

"There will be an awful lot of airlines walking up and down check-in aisles in places like Luton Airport, with a bucket collecting the tax."

Check-in payments

Roger Wiltshire, of the British Air Transport Association, said plenty of notice would usually be given to duty changes.

"It's a mess because the chancellor brought this in at such short notice," he told BBC's Five Live Breakfast.

"They have caught millions of passengers who had booked in advance and paid already."

But the Treasury says the aviation industry was not meeting its environmental responsibilities so a decision was taken to introduce the duty increase swiftly.

It says the extra £1bn in duty will go towards better public transport and the environment.

A spokesman said the Air Passenger Duty was a tax on airlines for the number of passengers they carry and it was up to the airline to decide whether they pass that levy on to passengers.

Overdrawn accounts

Sean Tipton, of the Association of British Travel Agents (Abta), said it would have preferred the duty rise to be postponed until the summer but airlines should be collecting the extra payment at check-in.

He advised passengers who booked before 6 December 2006 to check with their airline whether payment was due before travelling.

James McLean, of Allseasons Travel in Hereford, said despite Easyjet demanding payment by Monday, the budget airline had sent emails to only one out of five of their customers.

"We have had to chase Easyjet. It's time and it's also our phone bill," he said.

The rise will mean for example that tax on a short-haul flight in Europe, including internal UK flights, will double to £10 per passenger and to £80 per passenger on long haul business flights.

Simon Calder, travel editor of the Independent, said that while the duty rise had been expected, the liability of those who had already booked had not.

For a family of four travelling between Leeds and Belfast that could mean an extra £40 which could make some people's account overdrawn, he said.

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Op vrijdag 12 januari 2007 09:23 schreef DutchTrain het volgende:Nee, return flight = retour vlucht = heen én terug.

(teveel beïnvloed door de Franse betekenis van "retourtje" waarschijnlijk... )

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Op vrijdag 12 januari 2007 23:53 schreef Thetallguy het volgende:

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ik ben dinsdag met Ryanair naar Madrid geweest dus had daar nog een reserveringsnummer van, en daardoor was dit gratis, kwam ik net pas achter. Wat wel grappig is, is dat ik nu ik een vluchtje Dublin gratis geboekt heb ik daarmee weer 2 nieuwe kan boeken waardoor je dus oneindig door kan gaan