EU rules regarding ticket prices, does it apply for booking sites?
Mar 2, 2009, 12:33 pm
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EU rules regarding ticket prices, does it apply for booking sites?
I remember the EU passed a law in November to prevent misleading price ticket advertisement: prices given should always have all additional taxes, fuel surcharge, commission, issue and whatever fees...
I am sure it applies to all airlines and their websites.
Does it also apply to reservation websites not owned by airlines?
I am asking because today, I was using a well known booking website and it was only at the final step, when I was about to give my CC, that they added a commission for "ticket issuance", as an additional item in the bill.
Is this fair practice? Should they include this last charge in the price, right from the beginning?
I am sure it applies to all airlines and their websites.
Does it also apply to reservation websites not owned by airlines?
I am asking because today, I was using a well known booking website and it was only at the final step, when I was about to give my CC, that they added a commission for "ticket issuance", as an additional item in the bill.
Is this fair practice? Should they include this last charge in the price, right from the beginning?
Last edited by josep; Mar 2, 2009 at 12:42 pm
Mar 2, 2009, 9:35 pm
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I remember the EU passed a law in November to prevent misleading price ticket advertisement: prices given should always have all additional taxes, fuel surcharge, commission, issue and whatever fees...
I am sure it applies to all airlines and their websites.
Does it also apply to reservation websites not owned by airlines?
I am asking because today, I was using a well known booking website and it was only at the final step, when I was about to give my CC, that they added a commission for "ticket issuance", as an additional item in the bill.
Is this fair practice? Should they include this last charge in the price, right from the beginning?
I am sure it applies to all airlines and their websites.
Does it also apply to reservation websites not owned by airlines?
I am asking because today, I was using a well known booking website and it was only at the final step, when I was about to give my CC, that they added a commission for "ticket issuance", as an additional item in the bill.
Is this fair practice? Should they include this last charge in the price, right from the beginning?