Flybe: Budget Airline my arse

When was the last time Flybe gave something back? They might say they can get you the best deals but as this article clearly states, you’re not getting much of a deal.

As you’re reading through their magazine giving you some pretty good prices on alcohol and cigarettes, you come across the section that makes your eyes light up: the food section. As you’re frisking through the pages of this magazine frantically trying to get to the coffee section so you can control your nerves, you skip past the chocolate and sandwich sections, whoa! what just happened, go back a few pages because now you feel hungry and you want a sandwich and a bar of chocolate to go with your coffee.

You have your choices ready and wham! you look at the cost……Now bearing in mind a normal coffee, a chocolate bar and a sandwich in a cafe could be around £3.50, not a bad price when you think you’re sitting down for Free and enjoying the music of the cafe, also for Free, baring in mind you just paid for your seats on this flight they have the cheek to charge you 4 pounds alone for your sandwich, a further 2 pounds for a coffee and another pound for a chocolate bar. This is twice the price of the same lunch you had in a cafe while enjoying the free seating and music!

Feast your eyes (not your wallets) on this beauty. No wonder people are starting to get angry with Flybe.

I now choose to fly with BA (British Airways) as much as I can because at least they offer you a drink (for free) and some shortbread biscuits (also for free) while you fly with them. Their meals are better, there is more room in the overhead compartments, the seats are much bigger and easier to slouch into and for some reason that is beyond me, their air stewardesses are much much sexier. They don’t charge you on your baggage either and I’ve noticed they’re not that much more expensive than Flybe, in fact, sometimes they’re cheaper!

That is all.