Originally Posted by
Ascupart
Does a tenner really make that much difference, especially to travellers from the Gulf?
Don't know where to start with this.
1. Of course it makes a difference; friction in a transaction for any reason drives customers elsewhere. A good aviation example being when small regional airports collect passenger service fees on departing passengers in cash, which is a visible annoyance, rather than through airine ticket prices where it is barely noticed. If Tesco was forced to charge customers a nominal 10p for walking through its doors, we'd hear all about it.
2. The link is misleading. Heathrow is not concerned about £10, it doesn't want transit passengers to have to apply for an ETA
at all, because they don't if connecting at eg AMS or FRA.