Nope. Jet2 was singled out this morning on the news as it isn’t even asking its passengers who booked before the rise to pay the extra tax – its just automatically making an extra charge against their passenger’s credit or debit cards and only contacting those where the transaction bounces. And it was said that yes, even that is legal.
Andy
The Jet2 website carries this message. Doesn’t appear to agree with what is inferred above!!
Government imposed Airport Departure Tax
Due to the government imposed APD tax of an additional 5 pounds per person, on UK departing flights, Jet2.com are in the process of contacting all customers (namely the person who’s contact details were provided at the time of booking) to organise collection of this fee in advance of travel. Please note our system for doing so involves contacting our customers in an order relating to your departure date. Therefore our call centre and sales desks are unable to assist with queries relating to this, in this instance. This will eliminate disruption at check-in, therefore maintaining our smooth, stress free check-in process. In the event we cannot contact you prior to travel, you will need to pay this fee at check-in before you travel.
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