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The EU doesn’t like airlines, part 2

Posted on July 28, 2008 By Liquid Egg Product 9 Comments on The EU doesn’t like airlines, part 2
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The EU has cracked down on “misleading” airfares on websites, where an airfare was advertised but did not “clearly advertise the full prices and conditions of their flight offers”.

Certainly flyers should be able to clearly understand what they’re getting, but I hope the new ads don’t insulate travelers from knowing how much of what they pay actually goes to other entities.

But then the EU complains “the other main problem was the lack of available seats at the advertised fare, even when the advertised price was accurate.”

Yes. This is how it works. When airlines have sales A LIMITED NUMBER OF SEATS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE LOWER PRICE LEVELS; THIS IS HOW IT WORKS ALL THE TIME. It’s not a “problem”; the airlines are allowed to give a limited number of cheap seats on a first-come, first-serve basis. (If the fares are never available at all, that would be deceptive, but there’s not been a recent incident where this was actually the case.)

And I’m still annoyed about this one (which was Part 1), even though the airline I work for does not get close to Europe.


Apologies for: The two prior posts. They are probably admissible in a court of law as evidence I’m under the influence of drugs. Please note I did not authorize the hiring of Mr. E, and may put his continued employment up for a vote once we post the interview. Until then, I will permit his presence to satisfy the Mascot’s man-crush.

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9 thoughts on “The EU doesn’t like airlines, part 2”

  1. Allen says:
    July 29, 2008 at 8:55 am

    Regarding part 1, how many airlines do you think will cut back service to Europe now? Or will you see more of a large general fare increase for all flights going to the EU?

    Right, the government should see the airline fares much like hotels. Hotels have sale prices that disappear after X number of bookings.

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  2. chessloser says:
    July 30, 2008 at 11:42 am

    with all the hassle of flying, security, tight seats (even for me, and i’m a small man) paying extra for a bag, it makes me want to take a boat instead…

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  3. annie says:
    July 31, 2008 at 4:51 pm

    this concerns me verily, as we are headed to europe in a few weeks and we did get one of those too good to be true fares from SkyEurope – 5 euros from barcelona to spain to be exact.

    oh well, if we need help we’ll be calling you, Eggie. It should be easy for you to hide some money in the empty shell that is your head. And I expect someone of your size could easily sneak slide himself into someone’s luggage for a free ride.

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  4. Wahrheit says:
    August 1, 2008 at 2:00 am

    Yes Annie, it is too good to be true. The distance from Barcelona to Spain is 0 km, 5 euros seems like a lot.

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  5. tanc(happyhippo) says:
    August 1, 2008 at 3:06 am

    At least Europeans got it lucky. Take a look at us Ozzies who has to put up with stuff like this:

    http://www.news.com.au/travel/story/0,26058,24108622-5014090,00.html

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  6. Chessaholic says:
    August 1, 2008 at 11:57 am

    that’s too funny Wahrheit…

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  7. annie says:
    August 1, 2008 at 3:35 pm

    i meant barcelona to vienna… stupid typing late at night… hehh ehh

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  8. Donnie says:
    August 4, 2008 at 11:56 am

    @Allen: International flights are so profitable, US airlines want to do more of them. I’m not familiar with the fare competition; more than likely everyone else is raising fares too.

    @chessloser: I would love to see you figure out how to boat to New York.

    @Annie: I saw your ticket, and you paid, what $14 in all? Not sure if there’s anything extra at the airport (hint: pack light)

    Did you know the Mascot is 6 ft tall?

    @Wahrheit: QFT

    @tanc: The bag just said “BOMB” on it, it’s not like there was an actual bomb. How is this a problem?

    (Oh, did you know they don’t like you making terrorist jokes in an airport? Strange, but true.)

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  9. The Mascot says:
    August 4, 2008 at 12:28 pm

    Yes, that’s right, I’m 6ft tall, what did you think, I’m the size of those little chicken eggs? I can’t fit in some little luggage.

    Plus my shell is NOT empty, it’s filled with yolk, white and brains.

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