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Friday, February 27, 2009

It was inevitable: Airline considers charging to use toilet in flight
The Irish airline Ryanair is noted for very low fares and serious "a la carte" pricing, charging for certain services that not even U.S. carriers have thought of yet. Now, it's CEO says it may cost you one Euro (about $1.43) to use the "loo" on its flights. Coins and credit cards would be accepted. Read more about it here.
Posted by Tom BELDEN @ 3:37 PM  Permalink | 3 comments
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 4:13 PM, 02/27/2009
    Is the beer free
    — cwoulfe2000
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 11:02 AM, 02/28/2009
    Someone notify Doug Parker. right away... this is a money maker.. Next there will a scale at every usairways boarding gate.. anyone over 200 will pay a serivce fee of 10.00.. not including children under 5 years of age... of course..
    — STEVE5444
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 6:34 AM, 03/02/2009
    This is really silly. Perhaps we should charge more for #2 than #1. Perhaps we should also add a meter for when the toilet roll moves to charge by linear feet. Or maybe per flush. Or maybe a timer to calculate how much to charge based on time in the loo. For heaven's sake.
    — rocketman999


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About Tom Belden
Tom Belden has been reporting about Philadelphia International Airport and other air travel subjects for more than 20 years, writing columns for The Inquirer's Travel and Business sections. His reporting (with colleague Craig McCoy) on baggage handling problems in Philadelphia have been credited with helping to improve the system. His previous blog was called Road Warrior. He can reached at tbelden@phillynews.com.
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