And if you buy a FR ticket at £1 then pay £xxx for printing it off, £xxx for checking in baggage, £xxx for boarding first etc etc and the price somes out to that of a schedule carrier, how much would you get back? £1?

In my views fares are fares, extras are extras. Where does the EU compensation rule stand with that?

On the same theme, did anyone see Watchdog the other night with all the complaints about trying to get a refund with Easyjet using their refund button?

I'd be very surprised to see a Ryanair £1 fare (with "extras" added) ending up costing the same as a legacy carrier's fare.

If anyone has examples, please post them!

Level playing field
 

Do the same EU rules apply to other modes of transport that fail commuters and holiday makers during natural happenings, such as dry snow or leaf fall chaos?

Is it me, or is it just the glamourous, cash rich aviation industry treated this way?

Should I pay 1 or 200 pounds/euros for a Eurostar ticket, and snow delays me four days, just what is Eurostar's liability?

I hope all the airlines caught up in the volcanic episode see it through to the other side. Insured for every eventuality, or not, too many fail during everyday operations. Cost to insure an airline going up.

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A la carte legislation
 

I did not know that any airline may decide to opt out of a regulation that does not like. Maybe next year FR will decide not to pay taxes (because it cost money) or eliminate some other expenses. Would that be ok too?

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ExXB thanks for clarification and I was aware that you cannot sign away your rights.

boredcounterGood question. I think this is all to do with history, like 1950s/60s even 70s, when few people travelled by air and it was glam and the airlines made some cash. I recall my great aunt telling me about the Imperial flying boats and her journey to Cape Town across an amazingly quick six days, staying in hotels each night.

In this regard, it's very much akin to the BA CC having to update their Ts&Cs (unpleasant though that might be) to 21st century economics. All of this has happened before, of course, when the great shipping lines passed from their apogee to become just cruise ships with non-urgent traffic. They used to make money and be glamorous ... For a country, having your 'own' international shipping line and flag ship was very important for status. That passed on to the airlines and people are loathe to give it up without any new place to transfer it. But, I digress.