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Hopes rise of end to credit card 'fake fees' applied on low-cost airline flights and other tickets
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Joe Curry
2011-06-12 09:50:44 UTC
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Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk

Jo Thornhill

The days could be numbered for 'fake fees' – excessive card charges
applied on low-cost airline flights and other tickets.
The Office of Fair Trading is due to report the findings of its
inquiry into the practice within weeks. It follows a 'super complaint'
by consumer lobby group Which? about the charges, which in some cases
are as high as £12 per person for each booking.

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/article-2002528/Hopes-rise-end-credit-card-fake-fees-applied-low-cost-airline-flights-tickets.html
tim....
2011-06-12 16:25:23 UTC
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Post by Joe Curry
Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk
Jo Thornhill
The days could be numbered for 'fake fees' -
It's just newspaper filler

There are too many if and buts for this to be any real news.

tim
ukoap@hotmail.com
2011-06-12 19:40:52 UTC
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Post by tim....
Post by Joe Curry
The days could be numbered for 'fake fees' -
It's just newspaper filler
There are too many if and buts for this to be any real news.
Changing the law is one thing, interpretation being another..
tim....
2011-06-13 08:47:34 UTC
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Post by tim....
Post by Joe Curry
The days could be numbered for 'fake fees' -
It's just newspaper filler
There are too many if and buts for this to be any real news.
Changing the law is one thing, interpretation being another..

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Perhaps I should have made my point clearer:

The information about the review is 4-6 weeks (or perhaps more) old and was
reported at the time. So it's not "news" because it's not new. It's just a
repeat of something that has already been printed

The "fact" that the review may find in favour of the complainant is self
evident (that's what they sometimes do). There is nothing to actually
suggest that this will happen, it's purely a statement of a possible outcome
which is no more or no less likely than it was 6 weeks ago. So it's not
"news" at all.

It was a slack day for newspapers yesterday, so they repeated an old story.

tim
ukoap@hotmail.com
2011-06-14 09:51:09 UTC
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Post by tim....
It was a slack day for newspapers yesterday, so they repeated an old story.
A sort of Wind Sock 'filler' :-)

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