Budget airlines in child fare price scam
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From: Joe Curry on 6 Aug 2010 08:55 Source: http://www.mirror.co.uk Andrew Gregory Budget airlines are grabbing back cash by charging babies up to FOUR TIMES the adult price to fly. Read more: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2010/08/05/budget-airlines-in-child-fare-price-scam-115875-22465889/#ixzz0vpVoeFSe
From: Buddenbrooks on 6 Aug 2010 09:03 "Joe Curry" <jcurry99(a)googlemail.com> wrote in message news:s81o561hsfkbjfjb5pn48j6s82rmdr5j57(a)4ax.com... > > Budget airlines are grabbing back cash by charging babies up to FOUR > TIMES the adult price to fly. > With the damaging effects of ear organs due to air pressure changes (have you ever wondered why babies cry so much in planes) and radiation damage to an organism undergoing rapid growth it is probably wise not to fly with young children at all.
From: Roland Perry on 6 Aug 2010 10:17 In message <s81o561hsfkbjfjb5pn48j6s82rmdr5j57(a)4ax.com>, at 13:55:33 on Fri, 6 Aug 2010, Joe Curry <jcurry99(a)googlemail.com> remarked: >Budget airlines are grabbing back cash by charging babies up to FOUR >TIMES the adult price to fly. So parents don't just want free passage for their children, but a free baggage allocation for those free children too? What planet are they on? It's also quite evident that parents of small children are by far the worst offenders when it comes to not being able to "count up to one" - for their one bag per seat in the cabin. If they don't like the rules of the low-cost airlines, they can always fly with the full service airlines - as I did when my children were that age. -- Roland Perry
From: Buddenbrooks on 6 Aug 2010 14:58 "Roland Perry" <roland(a)perry.co.uk> wrote in message news:l2DeCk$glBXMFA1O(a)perry.co.uk... > In message <s81o561hsfkbjfjb5pn48j6s82rmdr5j57(a)4ax.com>, at 13:55:33 on > > If they don't like the rules of the low-cost airlines, they can always fly > with the full service airlines - as I did when my children were that age. > -- Actually the �40 return for a baby probably still represents a loss to the airline. The additional delays and fussing will add some additional costs but the problems when there is a delay with babies will add significantly to costs. Two staff can herd a planeload of adults, a baby will probably take up the time of a staff member on its own as they have to fuss around getting food nappies and a cool place for it to sleep. Children are a pain on budget airlines in any case. When I travel with the wife I accept we may end up sitting apart. I can just about tolerate crying babies, I really hate screaming Mothers demanding that people are reseated to make a block free for their brood. Particularly as they seem to make a point of turning up last when all the seats have been taken.
From: Gerald Oliver Swift on 6 Aug 2010 16:31
"Roland Perry" <roland(a)perry.co.uk> wrote in message news:l2DeCk$glBXMFA1O(a)perry.co.uk... > In message <s81o561hsfkbjfjb5pn48j6s82rmdr5j57(a)4ax.com>, at 13:55:33 on > Fri, 6 Aug 2010, Joe Curry <jcurry99(a)googlemail.com> remarked: >>Budget airlines are grabbing back cash by charging babies up to FOUR >>TIMES the adult price to fly. > > So parents don't just want free passage for their children, but a free > baggage allocation for those free children too? What planet are they on? > > It's also quite evident that parents of small children are by far the > worst offenders when it comes to not being able to "count up to one" - for > their one bag per seat in the cabin. > > If they don't like the rules of the low-cost airlines, they can always fly > with the full service airlines - as I did when my children were that age. Hear, hear! Alternatively, parents could check their babies in as cabin luggage. 10kg, 55cm x 40cm x 20cm would seem to fit the bill. |