Ryanair challenged on booking fee hike

Ryanair yesterday criticised the British Office of Fair Trading (OFT) for what it said were attempts to “distance itself” from its role in the airline’s 2% increase on credit card bookings, which comes into force from today.

Ryanair had announced it was introducing the charge as well as retaining its €6 administration fee, although the latter charge will be dropped in February, because of a ruling by the OFT.

The airline said the new charge was a processing fee and was being implemented “in order to comply with the UK OFT’s recent ruling on credit card fees”.