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Unashamedly poached from the BBC website here:
"The European Parliament has agreed to ban airlines from advertising fares that do not include the taxes and charges passengers have to pay.
The assembly heard that the "common position" of the parliament had been approved, which meant the issue was not formally voted on.
The new regulation is expected to come into force across the EU by the end of this year. "
About time I say  . Click on the link above to read the whole story.
Mark
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Couldn't agree more Mark, I've just got used to doubling anything quoted to get a realistic idea of what I will be paying for a flight.
Now, they need to take on the car hire places. I have just been on to book a car from Manchester Airport when I go back tomorrow. I found a good quote but when I phoned them and asked what insurance excess applied they told me £650, to waive any excess doubled the cost of the hire. How many people realise that the excesses are so high - I didn't until recently.
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How much???????  .
Would something like this (I got it from the Ryanair magazine) be of any use? It seems that a small policy could save a lot in excess payments and would allow you to tae the cheap option.
Mark
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We bought the European policy & they seemed pretty efficient with everything coming through quickly. Thankfully we haven't had to test out their claims department.
The great thing is that as long as the policy holders name is on the car rental agreement, it covers all other drivers as well.
I thought the airlines already had to advertise their fares including taxes. Wasn't that the reason why Ryanair shut their website down for 3 days so that they could revamp it. Although I have noticed in the last couple of weeks that they have gone back to the old way of quoting their prices.
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Apparently Ryanair say this
We regret, due to system slow down issues, we have been unable to display the tax inclusive fare box on this page, since 25/06/2008. We are currently working with our suppliers, including Navitaire & Microsoft to resolve these problems and hope to restore the tax, fees & charges inclusive display shortly.
Amazingly all others have done it with no issues.
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What about the charges they add on at the end. On another forum someone had booked a return flight for 4 people all on the same booking ref. When paying the cr/dr fee was multiplied by 8 (each person x outward and inward journey) they later had to change the name of one person and had to pay the same fee again - outrageous.
Easyjet only charge you once at the end of the booking when you go to pay. If you are booking more than one return flight under the same booking reference you only pay one fee.
As we are the people who are doing all the work I believe that's how it should be.
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I agree that the credit charge per person is totally unjustified.
The company that supplies the facility for the airline to take credit card payments would charge a % on the value (as Easyjet do) so it is just another money making scam.
I have to say that I am quite impressed with Easyjet because I changed the outward date of my flight in August & the agent that I spoke to immediately told me that it was cheaper to do myself online (long story because I already knew this). Eventually got online & changed it all & it was cheaper than the online price the agent had indicated & they didn't make me pay for luggage & speedy boarding all over again (which I understand some do).
In total had to pay £135 to change 2 flights but it still means that we paid only £150 for peak season flight & best of all it means that I get an extra 4 days in Spain & it is 4 days less until I go 
Noreen This message was last edited by nfm2862 on 7/9/2008.
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On our last trip out I was checking all the paperwork and realised that I'd only booked one case between the two of us, panic stations but I logged on EasyJet site and updated the booking for another case. I paid another £10 and printed off an updated booking form, didn't have to pay anything else so very happy also with EasyJet.
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I think everything that is compulsory (taxes/ surcharge/ wheelchair assistance premium/ credit card fee/ etc) should all be shown on the first page so that you know straight away what your basic flight will cost. Options, such as travel insurance, luggage, etc should then be clearly set out on the next page. From there on, there should be no extra surprises. Jet2 make you go through the whole process (including £2pp each way credit card fee), filling in passenger details and you then get to click the submit button to find the fuel surcarge added at the very last moment (up to £5pp each way)  .
Mark
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Semi, ONE CASE between the pair of you ?? Blimey, HOWEVER did you manage that, seeing as Easyjet's default setting gives you a case each !!
You only ever leave the kitchen sink out of your case, don't you ? 
Thanks for saying what happened when you changed it to two as we've booked one case between us for October & wondered how much Easyjet would charge should we later opt for a second case.
Did you see we bought two small carry on cases from Argos dirt cheap in HERE ?
This message was last edited by morerosado on 7/10/2008.
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Oi Missis, stop keep away trade secrets on a public forum 
I still can't work out where I went wrong, the only thing I can say in my defence is that we don't normally travel out together.
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Semi, one only have to search your posts to see you take half the town's £1 shop items over each trip !! 
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At my ladies lunch today I heard that these shops are increasing in popularity due the credit crunch.
Looks like I'm going to have to find another treasure trove as the shelves will soon be empty 
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