Flybe Shocker
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Tallinn / Isle of Man
Programs: Finnair Platinum; Intercontinental Ambassador
Posts: 578
Flybe Shocker
Right due to the fact that Flybe has monopolized IOM, yesterday was a perfect example of what might happen.
LGW-IOM 12.00 cancelled. (notification given around 2pm)
Flybe took me and my 3 colleagues to Birmingham, to cats 16.50 flight, which was indefinitely delayed. Finally they did put us on a delayed Belfast flight which made a stop on isle of man to let us off.
12 hours for a 2hour trip. And all i got was a 6 meal voucher.
LGW-IOM 12.00 cancelled. (notification given around 2pm)
Flybe took me and my 3 colleagues to Birmingham, to cats 16.50 flight, which was indefinitely delayed. Finally they did put us on a delayed Belfast flight which made a stop on isle of man to let us off.
12 hours for a 2hour trip. And all i got was a 6 meal voucher.
#2
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: DUB / DXB
Programs: EK Gold, BA Gold
Posts: 2,470
Ive heard quite a few horror stories like this from people using flybe out of BHD.
Would EU compensation be due? Seeing asyour original flight was cancelled and you were eventually delayed 12 hours?
Might be worth looking in to...
Would EU compensation be due? Seeing asyour original flight was cancelled and you were eventually delayed 12 hours?
Might be worth looking in to...
#4
Original Poster
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Tallinn / Isle of Man
Programs: Finnair Platinum; Intercontinental Ambassador
Posts: 578
I have to say - I hate Flybe to guts. I'm trying to avoid them at any cost (even swimming if it's an option). However with Isle of Man base - and the local airline going bust I'm running out of options.
#5
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: London. Edinburgh, Cornwall
Programs: BA GGL, British Midland Lifetime* Loser
Posts: 7,931
You stick with them until they get you there eventually (could be days) or you can ask for a refund of the taxes and charges minus a per person admin fee (ie almost nothing). There are no other options.
#6
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: UK
Posts: 7,560
What you describe is just typical FlyMaybe behaviour.
They muscle in on routes - usually routes on which someone else is already established.
For a few months they offer low fares and a reliable service (the latter often being done at the expense of other routes from which they pull aircraft to service the new route).
Once the new route is firmly established, and the competition has been killed off, they raise their prices and stop providing a reliable service.
They muscle in on routes - usually routes on which someone else is already established.
For a few months they offer low fares and a reliable service (the latter often being done at the expense of other routes from which they pull aircraft to service the new route).
Once the new route is firmly established, and the competition has been killed off, they raise their prices and stop providing a reliable service.
#7
Original Poster
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Tallinn / Isle of Man
Programs: Finnair Platinum; Intercontinental Ambassador
Posts: 578
Any chance of FlyMaybe going bust anytime soon. I would rather get stuck on the isle of man forever than face the despair of flying them day in day out.
#8
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: London. Edinburgh, Cornwall
Programs: BA GGL, British Midland Lifetime* Loser
Posts: 7,931
Unfortunately, their clever tactics of marketing themselves as low cost despite having monopoly-level fares on most routes, flying less fuel-hungry aircraft than most other carriers and imposing rapacious charges for every conceivable activity puts them in a quite robust position.
#9
Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 8
Flybe ignore EU rules
Surely it is not for the airline to chose to ignore EU laws you have an entitlement under EU Regulation 261/2004. If they chose to ignore this then pursue your claim through the Air Transport Users Council or ultimately the small claims court.
#12
Join Date: Sep 2011
Posts: 1
Baggage fee ripoff
I will never fly with Flybe again and wish there was a way I could get others to follow suit. While checking baggage for a 1-hr 1-way flight, Flybe wanted to charge me $440 because my carry-on bag was a bit too large and put me 12 kilo over the 20 kilos limit. I have carried that same bag onto my last 20+ flights for free. In the end I had to pay $250 to upgrade my ticket to free excess baggage allowance. To add insult to injury they charged me an additional $10 because I used a credit card to pay their fee. I had no choice to pay it or leave my luggage behind. I hate them with a passion and it has spoiled my Scotland holiday.
#13
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: SEA/ORD/ADB
Programs: TK ELPL (*G), AS 100K (OWE), BA Gold (OWE), Hyatt Globalist, Hilton Diamond, Marriott Plat, IHG Plat
Posts: 7,763
I will never fly with Flybe again and wish there was a way I could get others to follow suit. While checking baggage for a 1-hr 1-way flight, Flybe wanted to charge me $440 because my carry-on bag was a bit too large and put me 12 kilo over the 20 kilos limit. I have carried that same bag onto my last 20+ flights for free. In the end I had to pay $250 to upgrade my ticket to free excess baggage allowance. To add insult to injury they charged me an additional $10 because I used a credit card to pay their fee. I had no choice to pay it or leave my luggage behind. I hate them with a passion and it has spoiled my Scotland holiday.
#14
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: UK
Posts: 7,560
I'm no fan of FlyMaybe, but I'm even less of a fan of passengers who try to carry on the kitchen sink (and monopolise overhead space that is meant to be shared equally)
#15
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: London, UK and Southern France
Posts: 18,349
If I read this correctly this would mean that you tried to carry on a bag weighing 22 kg. You are allowed 10.
I'm no fan of FlyMaybe, but I'm even less of a fan of passengers who try to carry on the kitchen sink (and monopolise overhead space that is meant to be shared equally)
I'm no fan of FlyMaybe, but I'm even less of a fan of passengers who try to carry on the kitchen sink (and monopolise overhead space that is meant to be shared equally)
That said, and while I am not a fan of FlyBE either, daddymacx3 only has himself to blame for not bothering to inform himself of the baggage policies of the airline he flew with.