The Not So Low Cost Airlines

Author: andyw

Source: articledashboard.com



When flying to the Costa Blanca many of us choose the low cost (cheap flight) airlines such as Easy Jet, Ryanair and Monarch, These three companies compete with an enormous amount of effort to win our business by getting us to book their, golf bag travel case , flights, but has anyone else noticed recently that yes their flight prices have come down a little bit, but this is just to open up the doorway to the real costs.

All low cost, golf bag travel case , airlines have now got on the band wagon for hidden costs and this where they make their money, I am not talking about the fuel taxes and charges, I am talking about the, golf bag travel case , Hold baggage fees, yes the charges they make to carry your cases in the hold. All sports equipment is charged at ฃ16.50 per item per flight.

Easy Jet are just about the cheapest at the moment, they charge about ฃ5.00 per bag checked in for one way, if you pre book your baggage online, if you book them in at the airport check in desk then the cost is ฃ10.00 per bag each way.

The next cheapest is Monarch at the moment they charge ฃ4.95 per bag checked in the hold per flight if pre booked online, paying for baggage to be checked in the hold at the airport will cost you ฃ10.00 per flight or ฃ8.00 if you phone the call, golf bag travel case , centre and book your bags in. with golf bags and other sports equipment being charged at ฃ15.00 per item per flight.

Ryanair are by far the most expensive for booking in, golf bag travel case , baggage into the hold. Their charges are as follows. Each bag checked in incurs a charge of ฃ18.00 per flight; if there, golf bag travel case , is more than one person in the group travelling then each additional person in the group has to also pay a fee of ฃ6.00 per flight to check in at the airport check in desk, all sports equipment is charged at ฃ25.00 per item per flight.

You also need to be aware of the credit card fees for booking your flights.
Ryanair charges ฃ3.00 per person per flight on any type of card except a delta card which costs you ฃ1.00 per person per flight.
Monarch charge a fee of 50p per passenger per flight for a debit card and ฃ1, golf bag travel case , .75 per passenger per flight for credit card payments, if you, golf bag travel case , pay by Solo or Electron then there is no fee on any bookings.
Easy Jet charge a credit card fee of 2.5% per transaction or a minimum fee of ฃ4.95 and a standard fee of ฃ1.75 for a debit card per transaction.
So as you can see the cheap budget airlines are not as cheap as it may first seem and I fully recommend that you look into your next holiday charges very carefully.

Please don't let this article turn you off from flying out to the Costa Blanca for your next holiday just be aware of the hidden costs that are involved when selecting who you are going to fly with.