Charging for carriage of skis
This question is prompted out of curiosity rather than by me trying to avoid paying, what is in the overall scheme of things, a relatively small sum.
In previous years when going on ski holidays I have been asked by the Travel Agent, and paid, the addition fee they request for carriage of skis and ski boots – about £15 if I recall.
Last year my TA didn’t ask about it and it wasn’t until I was packing a few days before travel that I remembered. On speaking to the TA they said I would need to pay the fee at the airport and that it would also be a higher sum - £20.
I was prepared to do this but on arrival at airport I wasn’t actually asked and so didn’t feel the need to offer the payment.
This year I declined the payment request by the TA and again wasn’t asked to pay at the airport.
So my questions are:
What is this payment for?
Who gets it?
Why is it less if paid in advance?
Is it universally adopted?
Who has now lost out by my non payment?