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tonyco1:
Airlines - we know they have to make a profit - it's a business of course, but don't you hate the subterfuge.
Shame on you Airlines - you have more Spin than Mandleson & Brown!!
You give a price, then we have to pay for loads of extra's - which are not really extra's!!
1) To Sit together, this is a joke!! everyone should boycott this one and not pay the stupid charge.
    We never pay it and always still sit together.
2) Meals, your choice really, but most economy flights serve rubbish on short flights - we always buy an M&S sandwich etc.
    On one thompson's flight, they didn't want to take away the rubbish from our own food, (snotty cabin staff), so I took it to the
    galley and gave it over anyway!!
3) Luggage Allowance, all Airlines should give a Minimum of 20Kgs, anything less for the average family or couple is silly.
    Thomas Cook only allowed us 15Kg, last late Summer, and made it impossible to "buy" a larger amount.
    Everyone then got caught at the Airport on the return flight and were "Blackmailed" into paying large amounts or dump your stuff!!
    Shame on Thomas Cook - this does not make me want to spend more money with them, on what was otherwise a great flight.

OK - they are my main 3 gripes - What are your's?????????
Also what are different Cheapie Airlines like - e.g. EasyJet, Ryanaire, etc. etc.

Jules:
One of mine is that you have to pay to listen to the tv or radio by buying there ear phones. We always take our own now which work anyway. ;D

Helen:
last year going to corfu and coming home we were the last to check in, both ways we sat together in the extra leg room seats ! how lucky was that with no extra cost ! ;D

peter:
we were on a thomas cook flight from tenerife at christmas an d there baggae allowance was 15kgs almost everybody got done at a charge of 11euros per kilo on the return journey , going back there in a few weeks with globespan and have just learned they too have dropped their allowance to 15 kilos as from 1st of march, we will just have to take very little with us .

don:
We Thomas Cook'd it for a Canarian Christmas too. We had previously been with them in november so had learned our lesson. We flew out with 29kilo between us. We flew back with 32kilo. The difference? We had dumped and used toiletries... disposable razor, soap, shower gel, shaving gel, shampoo and toothpaste. We had used and dumped .5kilo of cheese, a jar of coffee and 2 packs of biscuits. We had read and left 7 books between us, 5 of which had been in hold luggage. We had jettisoned 2 bottles of sun tan lotion and and 1 of aftersun........ How is this possible?
We saw the same happening at Christmas and again last saturday. We now take a set of Fishermans scales and will hopefully stay under limit.

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