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Saturday, 20 October 2007 00:10 |
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Every time you make a reservation with Ryanair, they charge extra for using a credit card. According to Visa, businesses are not allowed to do that, unless the local laws says so. Mr Karl-Henrik Sax therefore got his money back when turning to the card issuer with a complaint, tells Swedish daily Expressen.
Despite the fact that Ryanair know that they are breaking the rules, Ryanair continous to charge extra for credit cards. Another example of the company's rudeness.
Swedish Ombudsman for Consumers is taking Ryanair to court for violating the EU regulation on re-embursements for delayed or cancelled flights.
Swedish website Flygnyheter.se reports further and wants everyone to claim their money back. |
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Saturday, 20 October 2007 00:01 |
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Lonely Planet has listed it's top ten things to do in Stockholm. Number 1 isn't surprisingly Gamla Stan, Stockholm's medeival Old Town. Moderna Museet comes as number 2, with Swedish Design as number three. Their number 4 might feel a little different: Ostermalms Saluhall. After that comes Djurgarden, Street, Millesgarden and the Stockholm Archipelago.
We have our own listing and tourist guide to Stockholm. What is your favourite in Sweden's capital? Swedish Trend Oracle Lotta Lewenhaupt lists her in av SvD-article. |
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Friday, 19 October 2007 17:54 |
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Money exchange isn't always easy. With the Euro, travel in Europe has become much easier. Travelling to other countries can be trickier.
Not only do you need to consider the exchange rate, but also look into issues like: what are the fees for cashing out money in an ATM? What restrictions are there on how much I can cash out at once? In the US and Europe you can often take out relatively big amounts - and thereby only pay one fee. In other countries this is not the case. In Argentina for example you can only take out 300 pesos (600 SEK or 100 US $) at once. If you need bigger amounts of money you have to cash out many times - and pay the charge each time. |
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Friday, 19 October 2007 17:32 |
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New routes with low fares airlines is opening up from Stockholm. Ryanair starts flying Stockholm Skavsta to Birmingham and to Rostock. Norwegian starts new routes from Arlanda airport to Dubrovnik, Istanbul and Sarajevo. And Sterling starts flying to Murcia and Florens.
Sweden's biggest newspaper Dagens Nyheter publishes a list over low fares airlines flying out of Stockholm. It's unfortunately not quite complete and misses several airlines like Norwegian, which flies directly from Stockholm to Paris, Warsaw, Kracow and Oslo.
TUIfly flies from Stockholm to Hannover and Stuttgart. Viking Airlines flies to Beirouth, Thassaloniki, Erbil and Heraklion. There are also more airlines that offers lower prices but aren't typically a low fares airline, like Air Baltic with services to Riga for 29 Euro.
Checkin Apartments has a listing over airlines on it's site and Svenska Dagbladet also carries a list. Even the Vatican state is opening up it's own low fares airline. |
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Friday, 19 October 2007 16:57 |
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The low fares airlines have revolutionised travel in many parts of the world. In Europe it's not uncommon to find flights for almost nothing. Low fares airlines are now looking into long haul flights as well.
Zoom Airlines sells tickets on it's New York to London route for $ 199 one way. Virgin America offers transcontinental flights for $ 129. With the new open sky agreement between the EU and the US, more low fares airlines will start operating long haul within a few years. Ryanair has stated it might have tickets between New York and Stockholm for as little as 500 SEK (70 US $) one way.
Already today there's several airlines offering discount fares. AirEurope offer services from Madrid and Barcelona to several destinations in Latin America, and so does Air Comet out of Madrid, with tickets starting at 200 Euro one way. Madrid to Buenos Aires, a good 12 hour flight, is 355 Euro one way.
Oasis Hong Kong offers flights to several destinations, including London for 109 British Pounds (220 US $). |
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