Comments on: Anti-Christ update; Ryanair launches home printed boarding pass fee plus a hefty fine

By: Trubbell at Mill

Trubbell at Mill — Tue, 19 May 2009 05:19:23 +0000

WTF?

http://www.news.com.au/travel/story/0,28318,25487051-5014090,00.html

Weeks after you debunked this nonsense, news.com hacks are still banging away at it?

By: caf

caf — Sun, 17 May 2009 13:59:45 +0000

I don’t think Virgin’s checked baggage fees are in the same boat as the unavoidable “convenience fee” and similar. For single day or overnight business trips, checked baggage is quite often unnecessary.

By: Emma Friesen

Emma Friesen — Thu, 14 May 2009 02:12:49 +0000

Virgin Blue clearly advertises the checked bag fee ($8 each segment online, $20 each segment at the airport) on their web page and through the online booking process.

The same cannot be said for Jetstart. My colleague recently booked a cabin-bag only fare with Jetstar, and later decided a checked bag would be needed on the return segment. No information was on the Jetstart website. It took 3 phone calls to the Jetstart “customer service” line to establish that the cost at the airport would be $80 per segment. $80!! It was cheaper to buy a completely new ticket for the segment.