For Therese's flights out, the cheapest way was with easyJet from Copenhagen to Stansted then from Stansted direct to Santander with Ryanair. (yes taking a risk with a "self" connection).
What was interesting was they way she had to book these flights - through a corporate travel agency which handles all the bookings for the company she works for. When I looked at what they had done I could see that :
- They inflated prices by adding on massive booking fees. Who needs commission when you can add 50% as a booking fee ? The Ryanair flight was £66.43 but that was invoiced at 1245SEK (should be about 800SEK).
- They paid £10.59 for travel insurance which was not only unnecessary it would also be invalid for a claim since (clearly stated by Ryanair) Therese is not a UK resident.
- They paid £4 for a credit card charge. If we had been able to book it ourselves I could have used debit card to reduce this.
But what I really found absurd was that on the invoice they had some sort of very high "from price" and a claimed "saving" for using their services. I guess this to keep someone in the procurement department happy, they probably get a monthly report saying how much they have "saved"
So, please remind me to start my own corporate travel agency when I get back to Sweden.
I will leave you with Carol Beer . . . .
Very interesting, no name and shame?
ReplyDeleteYou can start quoting my flights - I want a oneworld flight to Phnom Penh from London - it has to be 2200AUD or less and must be Premium Economy :)
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