OPEN ACCESS: All - Des Spence, general practitioner, Glasgow
- destwo{at}yahoo.co.uk
I buy an airline ticket online—simple, you might think. But automatically I am charged for a bag or travel insurance for a trip to London, or I am offered the chance to pay extra to be first in the slowly moving herd in the airport queue. Lastly, I pay an extra premium for using a credit card. Customers constantly complain; there is no sense of goodwill towards this company. My red mist descends—I feel I am being systematically and cynically ripped off. I happily pay a premium just to avoid flying with this company. Bad …
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