But the sad fact is that you will never have that. Why? Because it's a commercial disadvantage to give you one price when other airlines break theirs down.
Granted, overall, the customer experience of a single charge is better, but when you had FR and EZY running ads that used to hide the extra charges in the small print (which we never read), the commercial disadvantage was clearly there.
Here's an example:
- BA charges you a price of £145 for a flight LHR-TXL rtn. It includes everything.
- FR charges you a price of £40 for a flight STN-SXF rtn. It does NOT include: checkin charge, hold baggage and excess luggage charge (at 23 kilo), airport fees and taxes. Those are mentioned in the small print.
As a normal pax from down the pub, which one would you plump for? FR of course. It's cheaper. Or at least looks like it.
Nevermind the fact that when it comes to booking, you have to pay £16 for checkin, £15 for hold baggage (at 15 kilo), £60 in taxes, and then, at the airport, end up shelling out another £30 per sector for your 6 kilos you are over the Ryanair limit.
So, as a result, BA and others go and break down their supplemental charges in a similar way to what FR have to (since small print is no longer allowed):
BA flight LHR-TXL rtn: £80 (+ £65 taxes)
FR flight STN-SXF rtn: £40 (+ £60 taxes) *
* not including £31 for misc. fees and £60 for excess luggage
The flights now look a LOT more competitive, and, if you're a seasoned traveller, you'll more likely add the usual £91 on the Ryanair price and realise that for your specific situation, BA IS the cheaper way to fly (by 40 or so quid).
I base this on real-life experience.
S.