Scooby_Loo

I was looking for a flight home for a weekend in november, and managed to find myself, from east midlands to edinburgh, an outbound flight for £4.69 and return for £1.49 with easyjet!

Only when I came to pay for them, the whacked on £22 tax!

WTF is that all about, it never used to be that much! [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img]

Money grabbing w@nkers!

RB170

So let me get this straight...

In all a return flight to scotland is going to cost you £28.18 and you're not happy with that price ??

I understand that the point is that you feel ripped off like that guy in the egg advert but surley this is still a good price

AK47

well you do live a jet-set life!

Scooby_Loo

I'm a tight fisted Jock, what do you expect [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img]

Shortest arms and the deepest pockets

Stephen Read

I've just noted that the 'charges and taxes' on an Edinburgh-Exeter return flight are £33.80 with flybe.com

There is no breakdown between the actuals taxes and their charges are though...

Still, the flights are £2.10 each way so muzntgrrrumble.


[Edited by Stephen Read - 10/17/2003 1:56:09 PM]

LG John

Not so long ago man could only go as fast as he could run or fall of a cliff. Now man (or rather women in this instance) can soar like a bird in the skys for little over £25 bucks. Seems pretty reasonable to me I'll warn Edinburgh you're coming

NotoriousREV

You could always get the train, it'll take 4 times as long and cost 4 times as much and you'll probably have to get a coach for some of the journey, but you'll avoid airport tax

Scooby96

I agree that the overall cost still isnt much but thats a 400% tax on the ticket price - t h i e v i n g c u n t s

[Edited by Scooby96 - 10/17/2003 2:26:07 PM]

Chris L

In slight defence of the airports - 400% it may well be, but the plane hasn't got any smaller and it doesn't carry any less passengers or luggage, just because the airlines see fit to have a price war. Airports don't operate out of some misplaced charity to passengers, they are a business and they have to cover their costs.

The overall price of the ticket is pretty reasonable to me.

Chris

Scooby_Loo

I agree that overall price of the ticket is great. But it is a little decieving when they are advertising flights that cheaply. Wasn't airport tax like £5 not too long ago?

Kenny,

I wouldn't worry about letting Edinburgh know I'm coming, I will be spending most of my visit being fitted for a sodding PINK bridesmaid dress! (I'm hitting the town on the Friday night tho Courtesy of Big sister & Co!)

[Edited by Scooby_Loo - 10/17/2003 5:04:22 PM]

mart360

good ol lung disease!! as he said " we wont put up income tax"

but well screw every last penny out of you...

if only guy fawkes had succeeded......

Mart

Scooby_Loo

mart, are you drunk?

workshy_fopp

Little known fact - if you don't actually fly (i.e. you cancel or whatever) you can get the tax back, but the airlines keep quiet about that one. Wonder why?

mart360

nope not drunk,,,, just taking the p*** out of our glorious (not) pm


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a2jcy

Them taxes cost a fortune at the airports into town