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From: Neil Williams on 16 Jan 2010 08:10 On Sat, 16 Jan 2010 12:25:12 +0000, Roland Perry <roland(a)perry.co.uk> wrote: >What �8 total, or ~�400 + �8 charge? The latter, rather than ~�400 + ~�12 charge. They were insistent that what I was charged was correct, so maybe the website quoted it wrong. (It's also currently wrongly quoting one hour minimum check-in for all flights from Luton, presumably as a result in someone putting in the hour for the Tel Aviv flights but incorrectly applying them to everything). >I used a debit card. Fair enough. I would for myself but I use a credit card when work are paying as it would put me substantially out of pocket until my expenses are paid if I didn't. Neil -- Neil Williams Put my first name before the at to reply.
From: Roland Perry on 16 Jan 2010 08:19 In message <4b51ba3e.10082765(a)news.individual.net>, at 13:10:30 on Sat, 16 Jan 2010, Neil Williams <wensleydale(a)pacersplace.org.uk> remarked: >>I used a debit card. > >Fair enough. I would for myself but I use a credit card when work are >paying as it would put me substantially out of pocket until my >expenses are paid if I didn't. It's only �41; �410 I might treat differently. -- Roland Perry
From: Paul on 16 Jan 2010 09:36 On Jan 16, 12:42 pm, Roland Perry <rol...(a)perry.co.uk> wrote: > In message <rQd4n.10968$EZ7.6...(a)newsfe21.ams2>, at 07:24:05 on Sat, 16 > Jan 2010, Buddenbrooks <knightstemp...(a)budweiser.com> remarked: > > > > >> ps. They wanted £8 credit card fee for a one-leg trip!! > > > Do they still accept a 'free' method? > > Yes, Electron was free, and Debit cards were £3.50 I think (it's a bit > naughty - you log back in to see, all they tell you is the total cost, > not the components. But £42 for 1.5hr flight including a hold bag isn't > bad. > > And to pick up an earlier conversation, the same route the other way I'm > flying BA at £71, which is £20 plus various fees/taxes (so even if I'd > paid with free-miles I'd had had to shell out £51). > > I'm coming back to Stansted, so a train home afterwards. Interesting > ticketing example: > > No advance-purchase tickets available for the route via Grantham or > Leicester, just £43.70 walk-up single. But there are some £26 AP tickets > via St Pancras (which makes me think maybe I should have flown into > Luton[1] but that was an earlier start than I wanted). > > However, using split ticketing, it's £5.50 AP to Leicester then £8.60 > day-single to Nottingham: £14.10 total. Arriving at Nottingham just > three minutes later than via Grantham, and only one change not two. > > I can't get that routing to come up at *my* travel time (even at the > £43.70 price) from the "show slower routes" option on the Eastcoast > booking engine, although exactly an hour later it *is* offered (at > £43.70, obviously - if there isn't an existing "and connections" ticket > they don't invent one by splitting for you) > > Adding "via Leicester" does bring up "my" train though (and still at > £43.70 of course). Which proves it exists and that the connection is OK.. > But then I'll have to buy the two legs separately. The hoops you have to > jump through! > > [1] EMA would be ideal, but EZY no longer fly there, and contrary to > statements made by the airport operators at the time of EZY's > withdrawal, there are no flights on the route (mid-week anyway) from the > other carriers. > > -- > Roland Perry The credit card fees charged by easyJet and others are clearly designed as an underhanded way to artificially bump up the price of the artifically low prices. Its a big game and by now the practise is so widespread that it should no longer be a surprise to anyone. However easyJet themselves are not consistent with their policy. If you pay for extra bagage allowance with a credit card after you've aleady purchased your flights you are not charged for the use of the card but only for the bagage fee. Clearly as i said its all a big game these days with the airlines trying to catch the customer out where possible. Having said that so long as you accept the underhanded tactics for what they are and you are happy with the overall price (advertised + hidden charges ) once you get to the end of the booking procedure then for the most part the prices charged are very reasonable - except that is when things go wrong and you might as well whistle for compensation/service. Paul.
From: Buddenbrooks on 16 Jan 2010 12:02 "Roland Perry" <roland(a)perry.co.uk> wrote in message news:q1IKUbSZzbULFAQM(a)perry.co.uk... > > It's only �41; �410 I might treat differently. The first firm I travelled with decided a. All travel expenses must be paid for on the travelers credit card. b. Expense claim shall not be submitted until the credit card bill showing the expenses has been settled. This was because they did not consider it fair for an employee to benefit from company money while the expense to the employee had not occurred. That also went with the company rule that no holiday was confirmed until close of play on the day before the requested dates. So bookings were at employee risk. The HR director who wrote the rules left shortly after from stress induced by employees declining to incur any expenses.
From: Roland Perry on 16 Jan 2010 12:56
In message <Nim4n.6206$u23.1331(a)newsfe05.ams2>, at 17:02:36 on Sat, 16 Jan 2010, Buddenbrooks <knightstemplar(a)budweiser.com> remarked: >The first firm I travelled with decided >a. All travel expenses must be paid for on the travelers credit card. >b. Expense claim shall not be submitted until the credit card bill >showing the expenses has been settled. > >This was because they did not consider it fair for an employee to >benefit from company money while the expense to the employee had not >occurred. But in that case there's a delay between settling the bill and the getting the expenses from the company! What is probably most equitable is the employee paying off his credit card bill the day he gets the money from the company (but in fact that's just the company lending the bankers the money). And assumes the company always pays on time, of course. I'm paying a credit card bill at the moment, for example, which was dated 16th December. If I was to put the charges on that in as end-of-December expenses, it's unlikely any client I've ever worked with would get me the money in time for me to send it off [what?] 5 days before the due date of 11th Jan. -- Roland Perry |