Spend a Penny Will Cost 1 GBP

Budget airline Ryanair could soon be charging customers £1 to spend a penny if plans to install pay-for-use toilets go ahead. The Irish carrier, which consistently looks for ways it can charge customers for extras on top of the basic ticket price, has insisted the charge won't risk passengers being caught short as nobody "has got on board a Ryanair aircraft with less than a pound".

Chief executive Michael O'Leary said: "One thing we have looked at in the past and are looking at again is the possibility of maybe putting a coin slot on the toilet door so that people might actually have to spend a pound to spend a penny in future." "I don't think there is anybody in history that has got on board a Ryanair aircraft with less than a pound." "We're all about finding ways of raising discretionary revenue so we can keepl owering the cost of air travel," he said.

Rochelle Turner, head of research at Which? Holiday, said: "It seems Ryanair is prepared to plumb any depth to make a fast buck and, once again, is putting profit before the comfort of its customers. Last week, Ryanair announced it was to shut all check-in desks at airports and have passengers check in online instead. Ryanair spokesman Stephen McNamara said: "Michael makes a lot of this stuff up as he goes along and, while this has been discussed internally, there are no immediate plans to introduce it. "However, this highlights Ryanair's continuing obsession with lowering costs and passing these savings on in the form of lower fares. "Ancillary revenues, all of which are avoidable, help to reduce the cost of flying Ryanair and passengers using train and bus stations are already accustomed to paying to use the toilet so why not on airplanes? "Not everyone uses the toilet on board one of our flights but those that do could help to reduce airfares for all passengers." What do you think?

Stumble It!   Reddit!      Del.icio.us