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Airlines transparent ‘administration fees’ are a joke

Darren Cronian — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 14:52:59 +0000

Earlier this morning I read on Europe a la Carte that EasyJet has ditched its free fee payment option for passengers using the Visa Electron card and now charges £9 administration fee for all debit cards payments. What has annoyed me though is that this move is supposedly to improve the transparency of surcharges for [...]

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Airlines transparent ‘administration fees’ are a joke

Air Passenger Duty to increase in April 2012

Darren Cronian — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 16:45:50 +0000

I am sat here wondering if the UK government gives a damn about tourism, or, do they even want the electorate to leave the country – frustration for travel consumers as we face more expensive holidays after the Chancellor announced that the Air Passenger Duty (APD) increase will go ahead as planned in April next [...]

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Air Passenger Duty to increase in April 2012

Advice for passengers affected by airport strikes

Darren Cronian — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 13:20:50 +0000

Quite a lot of buzz this morning about the announcement that airport operator, BAA have warned passengers of delays of up to 12 hours on flights coming into London Heathrow on Wednesday 30 November. This has meant a number of airlines have cancelled flights or reduced services. News on other UK airports I spent some [...]

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Advice for passengers affected by airport strikes

Grímsvötn volcanic ash cloud updates

Darren Cronian — Mon, 23 May 2011 18:41:09 +0000

I am sure you will have heard on the media that Grimsvotn volcano has erupted and is causing problems for flights in Scotland with Loganair cancelling 36 flights today. Obviously, the recent media attention has had meant a number of worried airline passengers have emailed me asking for advice – please read latest updates below. [...]

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Grímsvötn volcanic ash cloud updates

Passenger taken off flight for being too tall

Darren Cronian — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 08:47:45 +0000

When I read this story it was on 1st April, I was not sure if it was yet another April fool’s joke, but no, it is true, a 6ft 9” passenger was kicked off a Horizon Air flight because he was too tall to fit in his seat. It does seem rather harsh but who [...]

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Passenger taken off flight for being too tall