Speaking of profitability, I just booked a pre-Xmax for me and the wife from Shannon to London. I chose SNN over DUB due to the wider availability of Euro 0.99 seats
So I embarked on my booking journey on MOL's wonderfull website
This is what it came out as:
Fare (4 X 0.99) 3.96 Euro
SNN-STN Taxes & Fees 42.84 Euro
STN-SNN Taxes & Fees 68.56 Euro
Airport Check in 20.00 Euro
1 Bag Check in 20.00 Euro
Visa Handling Fee - Me 10.00 Euro
Visa Handling Fee - Wife 10.00 Euro
Total 175.36 Euro
This is after declining early boarding,checking in a second bag, and a plethora of other charges that I may have accepted if I wasn't very carefull in the booking process.
Now, I could have saved the 40 Euro by opting to check online and not to check in a bag, but I figured it was good insurance to do so in case of getting scr
d at the gate for "improperly" checking in or "exceeding" our onboard weight limit.
Now mind you, 87 Euro/pax is still a good price and I have flown them many a time before, but not in the past three years.
But I trully felt scr
d over for the first time with this booking experience.