You say tomato, I say tomaato. Whether it's a DISCOUNT or a MARK UP, both types of airlines are letting you pay less if you book online. The LCCs are being smarter because they're spinning it differently but if it walks like a duck, looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it's a duck. I agree that the ticket counter fee is stupid though. People should not have to pay more if they want to pay cash in person. Grant SYD QF Fan of seeing through Marketing crap. At 06:05 AM 04/09/04, you wrote: >What is even crazier is that that the LCCs don't charge fees. While they may >offer cheaper fares online, so do the high cost carriers. Now, B6 does give >a $3 DISCOUNT for booking online, but that is hardly a 10 dollar mark up > >In a message dated 9/3/2004 10:55:28 AM Central Daylight Time, >damiross2@xxxxxxxxxxx writes: >This is pure BS. In the first place, not everyone has Internet access or, if >they do, they don't want to book via the Internet. Also, the cost of selling >a ticket is part of the cost of doing business. >It's also pure BS that "Low-cost carriers often charge a fee on tickets >issued with the help of their reservations center or airport staff." (This >reminds of what my mom said when I was growing up - "if everyone jumped off a >cliff, would you also jump off a cliff?" >If the airline saves money by having people self-book, then pass the savings >on to them - don't penalize those who don't have Internet access to >self-book.