Well here’s a turn-up for the books. FlyBe – a UK Regional carrier that plays the low cost carrier game is going to scrap a fee.
And it’s the Debit card fee that is up for the chop. Additionally, the Credit Card fee is also being reduced:
- Currently a £8 transaction fee is levied for Debit cards. This will be removed
- Credit Card fees drop from £13 to £9
The aim of this move is 1) to curry flavour with those examining fees into handling costs of a card and 2) to “increase increase the transparency” of FlyBe’s pricing.
No date has been confirmed as the fee is still there at the time of writing.
To make life more fun FlyBe is going to try and get more money out of you in other ways as it moves to a three ticket system.
So here are the three fare types
- Essential – Lowest fares, 10kg hand luggage
- New Economy – For a £19 surcharge you get a hold bag, pre-assigned seats at time of booking, unlimited date changes and a SMS booking confirmation.
- Economy Plus – Is the current high end product, adding includes lounge access, fast-track security and double frequent flyer points.
FlyBe is also planning to increase on-board hand luggage, a lounge refresh, and relaunching its frequent flyer programme – which is one of the poorest offerings going at the moment….
Interesting times for the Regional carrier.