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Airline complaints resolved

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It’s with great pleasure that I can announce that we’ve managed to resolve both our claims for compensation with RyanAir and FlyBe. It does show that most companies do have procedures for dealing with the problems that arise from time to time. I do intend to follow up all this with a thank you letter. I think it always makes good sense to give feedback on this sort of event, because this does encourage this sort of repeat behaviour. If you treat companies that give you service like they’re the scum you get out of pond filters, then you can hardly expect to get a decent service, can you!

FlyBe complaint resolved

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It’s been just under three weeks since we wrote to both RyanAir and FlyBe about our cancelled flights and subsequent reimbursement and I’m delighted to say that today we received a letter from FlyBe who have reimbursed us for our alternative travel arrangements. I must say I’m really happy with the way they have responded to us and I will be telling all my friends of their great customer ethic.

When I buy something, I’m not one to go for an extended service plan, but if I have a problem I will write to the company in question to see if they will remediate the problem. In this case, it was a service that we had bought, but it was no different; I did write to both companies we had issues with, and it’s great to get a positive response, at least from one of them.

I’ll keep you posted on what happens on the RyanAir front …

Nothing from RyanAir or FlyBe

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Well, it’s been 2 weeks since I sent my complaint to the airlines, one to RyanAir and one to FlyBe; and I still haven’t had a reply or even an acknowledgement for my letter. So tomorrow I’ll be posting another copy of the letters to see if I can get the ball rolling. I don’t know if I’ll be getting a positive response, I was expecting some sort of acknowledgement. It’s not like I’m sending spam about the best acne remedy around; I probably wouldn’t expect a response from that.

As a customer, it’s quite annoying to be ignored by a company I have given my money to. I’m quite keen to try and get to the bottom of this.

RyanAir vs FlyBe

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So, we had an interesting experience on our recent holiday to Malta, having cancelled flights with both FlyBe and RyanAir. Anyway, we had to make alternative travel arrangements in both cases, and I’ve just written to them expecting reimbursement for our cancellation, as per EU Regulations. It will be interesting to see what responses I get from each one and what process they will try and implements.

It was quite a harrowing experience, having to change airports and reroute while travelling with 2 newborn twins, a 3-year old and a pile of luggage. It’s going to take more than hair vitamins to get the stress out of my hair (what’s left of it) this time! And now I have to deal with the airlines. I’ll keep you posted on how it goes.

Removing the service element

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I’ve had a flight cancellation with RyanAir recently and it got me thinking about how much low-cost companies actually save by removing the service element from their offering. Traditionally, companies have always sought to minimise costs and increase efficiency; whether it’s by reducing product complexity or using call center outsourcing, but doing so by removing the service element was a pretty bold move. The fascinating thing is that the net result has been the usurping of the incumbents and the emergence of a completely new model for flying.

It does turn the whole game on its head and opens the door to a rethinking of other sectors. More importantly, it raises an interesting question:

Is the customer still king? Or are cheaper prices more important?