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I think you'll find that I admitted that £67 was still cheap. I was just trying to point out that Ryanair can't have it both ways, they shouldn't complain about unfair government taxes, and then add their own unfair charges. Most of the £51 extra is not government imposed. There is no defence in charging £4 per person (return) in credit card fees, that is a personal passenger tax - a credit card transaction doesn't care how many passengers are included.
In Ryanair's words: "To defray the substantial administration costs we incur when processing credit and debit cards or ELV direct debits a handling fee applies to each passenger per flight segment." This is not a credit card charge, it is a booking fee.
Perhaps I'll wait until the next bunch of 'free' flights becomes available, because a total flight price of £402 is beyond my budget (RR don't pay me enough).
To clarify, G-FLYB is not a Moderator in this forum. Apologies for the confusion.
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