In February, my wife and I went to Barcelona for a long weekend. We fly STN-REU with Ryanair. However, the experience was terrible: we decided to do a no-show for the return leg and book 2 single tickets BCN-LON.

Well….no way, Jose.

BA: refused to serve me. They don’t allow English people to book single tickets to the UK – company policy. Absolutely infuriating!

Iberia: same idiotic policy. Their UK site only allowd bookings departing the UK. Their Spanish site was in Spanish with no English version. Also I think they were applying BA’s rule of needing to have a Spanish credit card otherwise you were persona non gratis.

Expedia: Persistent errors. They said they no longer offer ticket on departure, and the timeframe (2 days) was insufficient for one to be posted. They wouldn’t let me have an e-ticket.

Opodo, Travelocity: Same as expedia.

Easyjet: EASY! They were the most expensive believe it or not, but only by £2 each. And they passed the crucial test….they would allow us to buy tickets!!!
Flew BCN-LGW with them and would have preferred BA, but I can’t knock easyjet. At least they were willing to sell me a ticket.