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Try an e-mail direct to the CEO/MD and a letter to Daily Telegraph TRAVEL section. Don't become passive bar-room whingers. There are too many pilots doing that already.
It's ironic in a way, just as Ryanair has embarked upon being customer friendly, easyJet has gone the other way.
For those advocating contacting the CEO, these are also ignored or palmed off to the fobbing off department of Customer services.
For those advocating contacting the CEO, these are also ignored or palmed off to the fobbing off department of Customer services.
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I fly around 60 sectors a year, all for fun and paid for myself. I haven't flown easyJet for 4 years now, due to their discriminatory administration fee policy (£13 for a solo traveller last time I looked). Get rid! Even Ryanair charge nothing extra these days.
It's ironic in a way, just as Ryanair has embarked upon being customer friendly, easyJet has gone the other way.
For those advocating contacting the CEO, these are also ignored or palmed off to the fobbing off department of Customer services.
For those advocating contacting the CEO, these are also ignored or palmed off to the fobbing off department of Customer services.
Based on my own personal experience, and looking at other comments around the net, their Customer Services dept is either in meltdown and is unable to cope, is just straight forwardly incompetent or as a matter of company policy has decided to ignore customer contact that doesn't involve them getting more income. 
If the CEO isn't aware or doesn't understand, well...
If the CEO isn't aware or doesn't understand, well...
Are we perhaps being overly critical ? Customer service that keeps people happy almost all the time and an operation with very high levels of reliability costs significant quantities of money. Easyjet is not a full service airline and targets people who are price conscious, albeit not absolute bargain basement.
As the saying goes, you get what you pay for.
As the saying goes, you get what you pay for.
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Aiding on time departure or more of the non-customer service?
EasyJet to turn away 'have a go' fliers who arrive less than 30 minutes early | News & Advice | Travel | The Independent
EasyJet to turn away 'have a go' fliers who arrive less than 30 minutes early | News & Advice | Travel | The Independent
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Plane daft. Being at the gate 30mins before departure means before the inbound has arrived, sometimes. Plain stupid. Surely the decision to board, with no checked baggage, should be made at the gate. You are either there or not. KISS.
With checked baggage and squeezing the time to the gate can involve a baggage search and delays. That's anti-social and bad etiquette, but not uncommon. However, for the supposed 'train in the sky' business model (see SWA) it seems un-attractive and not inviting to pax.
The logistics defeat me. Check-in closes 45mins before departure. Queue at security is 20 mins. You are denied boarding because of the fault on slow security; AND it is their fault.
Flight delays might allow some leeway? That's an interesting one. How updated will the security gates be? On one of the easyjet TV episodes a family attending an important family event in S.France were delayed on M1. They arrived before STD but later than 45mins. They had phoned a friend on board to tell them of their late arrival. They told them there was an hour slot delay. Checkin were rock-solid; not possible and then blamed the captain that as the doors were closed he would not accept them. No sympathy, no discretion, bad advertising. This seems to be an extension of that. The company is designing a model to suit itself hiding behind the 'benefit to customers'. Good customer service needs discretion and intelligent people to exercise it. When to be hard & strong and when to be soft and gentle. As long as the goal is achieved who cares? Oh yes, the customer.
And why just LGW? Why not MAN/FCO/CDG/MAD/etc. eat. These airports have a very long walk time to the gate.
With checked baggage and squeezing the time to the gate can involve a baggage search and delays. That's anti-social and bad etiquette, but not uncommon. However, for the supposed 'train in the sky' business model (see SWA) it seems un-attractive and not inviting to pax.
The logistics defeat me. Check-in closes 45mins before departure. Queue at security is 20 mins. You are denied boarding because of the fault on slow security; AND it is their fault.
Flight delays might allow some leeway? That's an interesting one. How updated will the security gates be? On one of the easyjet TV episodes a family attending an important family event in S.France were delayed on M1. They arrived before STD but later than 45mins. They had phoned a friend on board to tell them of their late arrival. They told them there was an hour slot delay. Checkin were rock-solid; not possible and then blamed the captain that as the doors were closed he would not accept them. No sympathy, no discretion, bad advertising. This seems to be an extension of that. The company is designing a model to suit itself hiding behind the 'benefit to customers'. Good customer service needs discretion and intelligent people to exercise it. When to be hard & strong and when to be soft and gentle. As long as the goal is achieved who cares? Oh yes, the customer.
And why just LGW? Why not MAN/FCO/CDG/MAD/etc. eat. These airports have a very long walk time to the gate.
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Wow, sounds ludicrous. I cannot believe they have spent time and energy on this plan which will pee their passengers off big time. If you are rushing and stressed, the last thing you need is someone saying "your plane won't be leaving for 30 minutes, but we're not letting you try to get to the gate".
And what if the departure is delayed? The departure could be delayed at the last minute too, which would mean refusing passengers who easily could have made it.
Stupid stupid plan.
Easyjet: Always getting worse.
“Gatwick security control gates are automatically being timed to close 30 minutes before departure.”
Stupid stupid plan.
Easyjet: Always getting worse.
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British Airways have a worse policy at LHR where you must enter security at -35, or you're off and it's strictly enforced. It's all to help with OTP and has been a BA policy since day one of T5. Where's the outrage at BA's policy? Or can you easyBashers overlook this?
Heathrow T5 has satellite terminals requiring a transit. Gatwick does not.
BA had terrible punctuality pre T5, Easyjet does not
BA at LHR had a high number of people travelling long haul with checked in luggage - which needs to be offloaded causing further delay. Easyjet flies only short/medium haul and has a large number of people without luggage who could run from security to a gate (or would like to try) given a chance.
I don't like Heathrow's policy. Easyjet are being too blunt in their application of the policy - at the very least make an allowance for times when a flight is delayed and a passenger can reasonably make it to the gate for when the gate will actually close rather than when it was meant to close.
BA had terrible punctuality pre T5, Easyjet does not
BA at LHR had a high number of people travelling long haul with checked in luggage - which needs to be offloaded causing further delay. Easyjet flies only short/medium haul and has a large number of people without luggage who could run from security to a gate (or would like to try) given a chance.
I don't like Heathrow's policy. Easyjet are being too blunt in their application of the policy - at the very least make an allowance for times when a flight is delayed and a passenger can reasonably make it to the gate for when the gate will actually close rather than when it was meant to close.
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Captain has little or no discretion to accept late pax at the gate. This was devolved to the Dispatcher some years ago
If you like tea & biscuits with your boss then just try pulling rank, use your common sense and push back one minute late.
Sad but true......
Captain has little or no discretion to accept late pax at the gate. This was devolved to the Dispatcher some years ago
If you like tea & biscuits with your boss then just try pulling rank, use your common sense and push back one minute late.
Sad but true......
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The rule of 30 minutes applies at MAN, however it is slightly longer and closes 40 Minutes before. Then no passenger can be accepted, this can not be checked with dispatch either. You are right in saying passenger doesn't get refund, instead must pay £80 rescue fee.
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Customer `Service`??
Mr A Tis I think you are right. Last month I had a run in with their Swissport staff at Liverpool regarding cabin baggage size, long story, but was told by the cabin crew that Easyjet have started to incentivize ground staff when they get to charge customers £40 to put hand luggage in the hold.
I have e mailed the `Caroline` e mail addy that she has had published in the on board magazine asking if this is true. To date, despite jogs, no reply. I can but presume therefore that this is true.
You`d think they might have learnt from O`Leary`s experience doing this, but it seems Easy are stuck in reverse
or could it just be that they have so many more layers of management than Ryanair ??
I have e mailed the `Caroline` e mail addy that she has had published in the on board magazine asking if this is true. To date, despite jogs, no reply. I can but presume therefore that this is true.
You`d think they might have learnt from O`Leary`s experience doing this, but it seems Easy are stuck in reverse
or could it just be that they have so many more layers of management than Ryanair ??
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If your bag doesn't fit in the guages then it's too big as the guages are actually larger that the allowed bag. So if it fits it's free. If it doesn't then you'll need to pay for it as it's definitely too big. Incentives or not, if the bag is too big then you're not entitled to carry it on for free so I don't see any reasonable grounds for a complaint.
If you're talking about offloads due to too many bags, then there is no charge for this so I can't imagine there's any incentive.
If you're talking about offloads due to too many bags, then there is no charge for this so I can't imagine there's any incentive.
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Hearty and Ribena.
Just what I expected, firing blind and totally missing the point.I said it was a long story and I`m not going to elaborate other than the bag went into the frame and onto the plane..The point is that such incentivisation, among low paid staff, is not what a company like Easyjet should be encouraging.
Ryanair stopped it and for good reason.
Just what I expected, firing blind and totally missing the point.I said it was a long story and I`m not going to elaborate other than the bag went into the frame and onto the plane..The point is that such incentivisation, among low paid staff, is not what a company like Easyjet should be encouraging.
Ryanair stopped it and for good reason.