Double charge on a single transaction

THE response by Stephen McNamara of Ryanair (Letters, February 25) to my letter (February 22) is not entirely accurate and leaves a key point unaddressed. Mr McNamara claims Ryanair’s credit card charges are avoidable while “the Government’s €10 travel tax is not avoidable”.

Actually it is – by leaving the country on a ferry or a bus, for example, since the tax is not a “travel” tax and applies only to flights. That of course makes it about as avoidable as Ryanair’s credit card charges.

Frankly not a single person I know has ever used a MasterCard Prepaid to book a flight.