When I finalized a reservation today with the call center in Europe (from Switzerland calling 0844805213), the agent mentioned that from today there'll be a $ 50 booking fee . This is for streamlining the policies in the different call centers, I guess. Luckily, I had put the reservation on hold on Monday, so I saved the $ 50.

My reservation was super simple btw: ZRH-BKK-MNL and back on TG C over Easter holidays…, done in less than 10 minutes for 2 pax.