Mastercard prepaid good for buying flights

December 9, 2009 Budget Airline, Europe Budget Airlines No Comments

Ryanair announced last week that it will only exempt one payment card from its transaction fees – the MasterCard Prepaid. Any other card attracts the £5 or €5 fee per flight, regardless of whether it is credit or debit.

So, passengers must now jump through another hoop to avoid Ryanair’s heinous extra charges, but it isn’t the only baddie of the airline world. There are plenty of ther carriers charging pounds for a transaction that costs a few pence, particularly in the case of debit card transactions.

Cheap and uncheerful Jetstar offends disabled people

December 4, 2009 Australia and Pacific Budget Airlines No Comments

Jetstar, the Australian and Asian based very budget, cheap and uncheerful airline, marked the International Day of Disabled Persons by refusing to let a blind passenger board a domestic flight with her guide dog.

Glen Bracegirdle and Kathryn Beaton, a blind couple, were attempting to board a flight out of Melbourne, when Jetstar staff told Ms Beaton that she was not allowed to board her guide dog – even though the airline’s own policy permits “seeing dogs” to fly.

When the couple approached the Jetstar check-in counter with Prince, Ms Beaton’s four-year-old black labrador guide dog, the clerk on duty shouted at them: “No dogs, no dogs, no dogs.”

Nice on Jetstar!