These airline fees are adding up quickly! Anyone know of a good website to book flights with? Or does anyone have any other thrifty ways to get from Dublin to Brussels? I'm new at this and need lots of help!
Posted by
New York, NY, USA
11294 posts
A good site to compare flight options and base prices is http://www.skyscanner.com/. But, as you're learning, these are only base prices, and there are all kinds of extra charges (some mandatory, some practically mandatory, and some optional). Ryanair is the most notorious for these - which isn't to say that the other carriers don't have them too. Unless you have lots of time and can take multiple trains and boats, flying is the only practical way to get from Dublin to Brussels. For a humorous, musical view of airline fees (warning: not safe for work - contains profanity), here's Fascinating Aida's song about Cheap Flights: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAg0lUYHHFc "There must be extra charges when the flights are 50p"
Posted by
Northamptonshire, England
33847 posts
You, and she, hit the nail on the head, Harold. I know some here swear by them, many swear at them, but an airline won't stay in business only charging the tiny headline fares. Anybody will know that they have to raise the price one way or another...