Right so this is the price breakdown for my 75 Euro flight from Dublin to Germany.
75 Euro is the total. This seems like a pretty decent deal for air tickets, even though its Ryanair. With that 75 euro I get such comforts as a seat, and a table, and an in flight magazine filled with overpriced Ryanair shit, however not all of that €75 goes to Ryanair.
If the website is to be believed in fact, only €20 goes toward my actual fare, two days earlier this had been €0, but we missed the chance on that one. Ryanair prices fluxuate like an unconvinced suicidal on the top of a skyscraper. We weren't bothered about where we flew to, or when. So we got the best deal going.
Now another €33 goes to Mr Cowen and Mr Lenihan, which they can give away to banks as they please (until the next general election). I don't want to press the tax issue for too long, but in fairness why the hell do I have pay my government 33 euro to leave OUR nation? Not only that but I find this particularly unfair as due to Dublin Airports close proximity to the sea only about 2 minutes of my 3 hour flight will take place over Ireland. Incidentally on the return leg I am giving the same amount to Berlusconi, as everyone knows he does all his banking in Switzerland so I imagine he will spend his money putting spinners on his "ho mobile"
€10 goes towards my baggage. I think this is reasonable, I can carry up to 15kg in one bag, what’s silly though is should I go for 16 KG I will get smashed with a simply outrageous 25 euro bill, if its 17kg that will be 40.
Another €10 seems to go toward “online check in”. Right so I am paying a tenor to have the privilege of checking myself onto the plane, excellent. What makes this ever more farcical is I actually don’t have a choice, its online check in only these days, and once I get to the airport I will still have to stand in a fucking queue to check my bag onto the plane...
The remainder of my cash goes towards paying a “visa charge”. Yeah I am getting charged for paying the most convenient way possible, thanks for that Michael O Leary.
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