"Martin" wrote in message
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On Wed, 21 Jan 2009 09:39:28 +0000, (David Horne, _the_
chancellor (*)) wrote:

Tom P wrote:

David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*) wrote:
Tom P wrote:

After booking a flight for 3 adults for a total of 201.60¤, the email
confirmation arrived:

PAYMENT DETAILS

********59.94 EUR Total Fare

*******141.66 EUR Taxes, Fees & Charges

********30.00 EUR Passenger Fee: CC

*******231.60 EUR Total Paid


30 Euros Passenger fee? For using a credit card? Is this still legal?

Why wouldn't it be? They can surely charge what they want, and the fee
is per passenger, not per transaction.
How can a cc fee be per passenger?

To make more money?

It is one transaction.

They can charge what they want.

I always figure in the card cost
(maestro is a bit cheaper than credit, isn't it?) as part of the cost
of
the flight.

You would have been shown the credit card fee before completing the
transaction.

It is not shown until the email confirmation arrives.

Having booked dozens of times with them, this is certainly not the case.
Are you _absolutely_ sure? If what you say is true, then all I can say
is that you made a transaction for which you were overcharged. I suggest
you contact your local authorities to complain- more productive than
complaining here. People refer to 'hidden' charges- that is somewhat
euphemistic- they are hidden (whenever possible) in the headline fares,
but I've never _not_ known exactly what I'd be charged at the point of
card purchase with Ryanair or any budget airline.

I guess I should
have read this to know what to expect-
http://www.airlinequality.com/Forum/ryan.htm

Ryanair's charging policies are notorious, and you could have read about
them here over recent years...

Doesn't the EU say that the total charge has to be shown?

They do if they are unavoidable

FR get around this by accepting a card that almost no-one has, for free

tim