BahrainLad

Full-page ad. in a certain pink newspaper this morning....

Dave_C

Now this is going to get interesting....

vSFU

I believe they started offering that facility some time ago.

schofs

Definitely interesting, considering changes to all ba.com tickets involve a fee...

Raffles

Started some time ago, we had a discussion about whether it was immoral - if you wanted the AM flight but it was £50 more than the evening flight - to book yourself on the evening flight and then pitch up for the morning one.

Dave_C

Certainly not immoral I wouldn't say, but you'd have no guarantee of actually getting on the earlier flight though?

flyclub

Unless you knew someone wasn't going to turn up for the flight you wanted to get on.

Then again, how much do Easyjet over book......?

schofs

So you're saying it is immoral....

PhilH

Yeah, that's how I read it too!

As far as I know, the low cost carriers don't overbook at all. They only sell the seats that are on the plane.

LiviLion

Also, if you miss your flight and arrive at the airport within two hours of it's departure you can get on the next flight (space permitting) for a fixed fee of £35. Not too shabby at all considering a lot of the other carriers would charge a fee and the difference between the original ticket price and the current price.

I've made the earlier flights a couple of times too and been put on for free (before this was announced). Makes good business sense as it gives them a few more hours to sell your now vacant seat on the later flight.

Easyjet really are becoming more professional now. Can't really fault the service at all.

They recently replaced all the 737's they had on my main routes (EDI-LTN, when working in North London and EDI-STN when working in Ipswich) with Airbuses which I'm sure I read gives them one of the youngest fleets going.

BahrainLad

What will be amusing is if they start to introduce a cabin at the front of the plane with slightly more legroom and easier boarding and deboarding, plus an included meal so you don't have to fuss about with change/currency etc. all as an addition to your ticket price when you book?

And maybe they could even hang a bit of fabric in the aisle.....;D

schofs

Ah - that's a dream for the far off future - even bmi don't have that yet!

vSFU

But they have got plans to introduce a fee for early boarding.

Dave_C

You knew what I meant!

Raffles

Having re-experienced the 'fun' of a Ryanair check-in last week, I fail to understand why O'Leary does not realise that charging £10 per person for instant check-in at a premium desk, a guaranteed '1-90' boarding pass number and a fast-track security pass would be a good little money spinner. You only 4-5 of these people per flight to make a real addition to the bottom line.