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From: Joe Curry on 10 Jul 2010 04:25 Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk Brian Milligan Airlines are being accused of keeping millions of pounds for themselves which ought to be refunded to passengers. Full Story http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/10583101.stm
From: Buddenbrooks on 10 Jul 2010 13:14 "Joe Curry" <jcurry99(a)googlemail.com> wrote in message news:odbg36du1d1m4f2u1i86e940gv563sj9jl(a)4ax.com... > > Airlines are being accused of keeping millions of pounds for > themselves which ought to be refunded to passengers. > It is a green tax to discourage booking flights, so whether you fly or not is irrelevant.
From: pete on 10 Jul 2010 14:29 On Sat, 10 Jul 2010 18:14:28 +0100, Buddenbrooks wrote: > > "Joe Curry" <jcurry99(a)googlemail.com> wrote in message > news:odbg36du1d1m4f2u1i86e940gv563sj9jl(a)4ax.com... > >> >> Airlines are being accused of keeping millions of pounds for >> themselves which ought to be refunded to passengers. >> > > It is a green tax to discourage booking flights, so whether you fly or not > is irrelevant. > If it's a tax (whether paid incorrectly or not), surely it should be passed on to our lords and masters, not kept by the collecting organisation. Sounds like fraud to me.
From: Roland Perry on 10 Jul 2010 17:17 In message <slrni3hf0k.828.no_one_you_know(a)corv.local>, at 18:29:40 on Sat, 10 Jul 2010, pete <no_one_you_know(a)notthisaddress.com> remarked: >> It is a green tax to discourage booking flights, so whether you fly or not >> is irrelevant. >> >If it's a tax (whether paid incorrectly or not), surely it should be >passed on to our lords and masters, not kept by the collecting organisation. >Sounds like fraud to me. Agreed. The airlines should come clean whether or not they pay all the tax they've collected to the government, or whether they only pay tax for those who eventually fly. I have never heard them say "we can't give refunds because we've paid all the tax to the government whether you flew or not". Which seems to me to be a bit of a hint. And it's not just the government tax, my last flight had all sort of other things. Should we have a refunds for those if we don't fly? Ticket price 15,00 Booking fee 10,00 Fuel surcharge 60,00 Passenger service charge 14,52 Passenger service charge 14,47 Security charge 12,94 UK air passenger duty 12,69 Arguably, if we don't fly we should also get the fuel surcharge back... (I'll allow them to keep the ticket price and booking fee). -- Roland Perry
From: Buddenbrooks on 11 Jul 2010 01:28
"Roland Perry" <roland(a)perry.co.uk> wrote in message news:8rbc$HX7NOOMFAPV(a)perry.co.uk... > In message <slrni3hf0k.828.no_one_you_know(a)corv.local>, at 18:29:40 on > Ticket price 15,00 > Booking fee 10,00 > Fuel surcharge 60,00 > Passenger service charge 14,52 > Passenger service charge 14,47 > Security charge 12,94 > UK air passenger duty 12,69 > > Arguably, if we don't fly we should also get the fuel surcharge back... > (I'll allow them to keep the ticket price and booking fee). A lot of things you are committed to buy at the time of ordering. I normally take the advanced booking without cancel option for hotels. It is usually significantly cheaper and covers the risk of not going one the date. When I fail to go, I do not get a refund. A Hotel room is actually costed by the hotel as > Booking fee Overhead Costs (Cost of running hotel divided by actual room nights booked per annum) Daily Room Service charge ( making bed etc) Linen charge (change of linen, soap etc between bookings) Tourist tax VAT The last two are money taken, but not passed on, only the first two still cost the hotel if you do not arrive. So a Hotel makes a better profit from paid no shows. |