And for everything that’s said about them Ryanair has our back and our thanks to them for pointing out an OTA airline rip-off.
An OTA being an online travel agency.
All on the back of the low-budget airline releasing its March OTA Pirate survey.
It exposed eDreams as the No.1 OTA Pirate, overcharging customers by 135% (€23.50).
For a reserved seat that costs just €10 on Ryanair.com.
The charges
Now Ryanair tells us this is the second time that eDreams has been named OTA Pirate of the Month..
It was previously shamed by the January survey for overcharging consumers by 125% for a reserved seat.
Now Ryanair has been banging this particular drum for some time.
Telling us that it continues to campaign for all consumers to be protected from OTA Pirate scams, overcharges, and invented charges.
And it calls again on UK and Spain governments and EU consumer agencies to take action to stop OTA piracy and consumer rip-offs.
Tell it as it is
Ryanair’s Dara Brady said: ‘This month we have a repeat OTA Pirate of the Month.
‘Meanwhile, Opodo continues to price gouge its customers with overcharges of 129% for a 10kg bag that costs just €23.84 on ryanair.com.
‘Opodo is also charging a “premium” fee of €17.99 – a “service” that does not exist, and Gotogate.comcharge a fraudulent €65 for a “refund” fee on a non-refundable Ryanair ticket.
‘It is unacceptable that despite these OTA Pirates repeatedly overcharging and scamming unsuspecting consumers…
‘Their UK and Spanish Govts and EU consumer agencies have still not taken any action.
‘Toprotect consumers from these OTA Pirate scams.
‘Ryanair will continue to campaign against these OTA Pirates.
‘Exposing their digital piracy and overcharging scams and will continue to call for these OTA Pirates to be outlawed and their anti-consumer scams ended.’
Extra hassle
As consumers it is all too tempting to cut corners in search of saving that bit extra.
But just be careful it doesn’t come back to bite you.
And you get caught out by an OTA airline rip-off.
