Ryanair hike their card fee to £5 per person per flight
Written by Karen Bryan
Ryanair have now hiked their card handling fee to £5 per person per flight. This is a massive increase, as the fee for payment by most debit cards was £1.20 per person per flight in June 2008.
by dlisbona
If you book a return flight for two passengers you’ll pay £20 in card fees, whether you pay by debit or credit card. All the more reason to follow my advice, featured by Guardian Money and get a Visa Electron card meaning that you can, at least for the moment, avoid Ryanair’s card handling fees.
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What, thats a huge increase!? What was their reasoning?
Thanks for your comment, Car. Yes it’s an increase of almost 20%. Ryanair seem to just keep putting up their “additional” charges which certainly increase the cost of that cheap flight unless you pay ny Electron and take no hold luggage.
At the same time that Ryanair put up these fees Ryanair were reducing routes from Dublin, blaming the move on the Government’s new airport tax. Seems Ryanair think it’s ok to charge high fees but not the airports.
James, good point. I am ambivalent about Ryanair, they do offer cheap flights and are very punctual and they are a business wanting to make a profit so obviously they want to minimise costs and maximise revenue. It’s just that their attitude toward customers seems so hostile.
I fondly call RyanAir LiarAir.
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