Rip off Britain strikes again!

Cheap flights ain't what they used to be!! Recently I booked flights for 5 of us to go to Germany for Brother in Law's wedding in June. Remarkably we got the flights for about £17 each outbound and a mere £7 inbound (total £24 each). But then taxes and fees put them up to £75 each!

Still not too bad until you realise that a bag in the hold is another £28 each way, and if you want to check in at the airport check in desk it's another £14 each way! Not only that, if you wanted to reserve seats together is was a further £5.50 each - each way (£9.50 if you want an aisle seat with a bit more leg room).

But the final insult was when I booked by credit card. Now most of us are used to getting "stung" by a £2.50 or £3 credit card charge but this company stated:

• No booking fees apply when paying with VISA Electron
• For all other card types a booking fee per person per flight of £3.00 is applied
• Credit card supplement is £1.50per person per flight

So although I was paying for all 5 of us (so 10 flights) with ONE credit card transaction, they charged me £3 plus £1.50 per flight - so that added a fee of £45 just becasue I paid by credit card! What a rip off. I shan't use that company again!