Gripe of the day

I had to pop over to the UK this week for a few meetings & presentations so I booked my Tuesday flight out on Monday @ aerlingus.com, (who are about the same cost as Ryanair, but actually provide things like assigned seats and don’t cancel flights at the last minute and leave you stranded) but didn’t book the return flight because I didn’t know at the time if I’d be flying home on Thursday from Birmingham or Friday from London.

I’m starting to use my Laser debit card more and more. Virtually everywhere that takes credit cards will take a debit card too. I frequently leave my Visa and MasterCard at home. The sole wrinkle is that laser payments can only be made in Euros. That’s a non-issue with retailer’s point of sale terminals and 99% of websites, but Aer Lingus are the exception. Regardless of what country you select on the front page, it will insist on using the currency of the country of departure when booking, so I ended up having to call the Irish sales phone line to book, and pay an extra ???15 handling fee for the privilege!!!!!