Airline Passengers Asked To Pay Extra 31K In Cash For Feul

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Airlines have already begun charging for food, drinks, seat assignments and baggage. Now one is demanding that passengers cough up extra cash on board for fuel.
Hundreds of passengers traveling from India (http://www.foxnews.com/topics/india.htm#r_src=ramp) to Britain (http://www.foxnews.com/topics/united-kingdom.htm#r_src=ramp) were stranded for six hours in Vienna when their Comtel Air flight stopped for fuel on Tuesday. The charter service asked them to kick in more than $31,000 to fund the rest of the flight to Birmingham, England.



The situation may represent a new low in customer care in an era when flyers are seeing long lines, long waits and few perks. Britain's Channel 4 news broadcast video showing a Comtel cabin crew member telling passengers: "We need some money to pay the fuel, to pay the airport, to pay everything we need. If you want to go to Birmingham, you have to pay."
Some passengers said they were sent off the plane to cash machines in Vienna to raise the money.



Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/travel/2011/11/17/airline-passengers-asked-for-extra-cash-for-fuel/#ixzz1eGxS9lVB

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well... I guess I kinda see where the airliner is coming from. I guess if they raised enough money for it, it could help them get to Brittan. I'd assume that they planed on paying them back as soon as possible. and apologizing for the inconvenience.

But i see where your coming from too, the airliners do have absolutely crappy service.

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And what if the passengers could only afford the original airfare...then what? Would they have standed them?

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And what if the passengers could only afford the original airfare...then what? Would they have standed them?

That would NEVER fly (pardon the pun) in the US. Once you've purchased the ticket and borded the flight the airline loses the right to change the fees of the flight.