APD Email

[mitchja]

Anyone else just received an email today stating that BMI are asking for extra APD?

Unlike onther airlines though, it seems BMI are (to apparently save you time) just taking this extra APD automatically from the card you originally used to make the booking [:0]

As you have booked to travel on or after 01 February 2007 and your ticket was issued before 12 December 2006, we are contacting you to advise that regrettably we need to collect the additional tax from you. This tax will be debited from the card that was provided at the time of booking which will save you time, as you will not have to make the payment yourself.

The slightly worrying thing is that I've just received 2 seperate emails about this, both with the same PNR [:?]

It's only an extra £5.00 for me as this is a one way domestic flight. For a return domestic flight, it's an extra £10.00 [:(!]

Regards

[preiffer]

Same procedure as RyanAir then James.


Either airline, it STINKS [n]

[Neil]

Are they allowed to do it? by law? I thought that they had to have the cardholders authorisation to take a payment[?]

[honey lamb]

Originally posted by Attitude23
Are they allowed to do it? by law? I thought that they had to had the cardholders autorisation to take a payment[?]

Yes they are, just as in the same way that an hotel can place extra charges you have incurred which have not been available on check-out. They have notified you of their intention to do so by email

Hi James,

The airlines knew about this tax a few months back and i am wondering how / why it has taken BMI so long to send out emails requesting extra payment for bookings?

[Neil]

Originally posted by honey lamb

Originally posted by Attitude23
Are they allowed to do it? by law? I thought that they had to had the cardholders autorisation to take a payment[?]

Yes they are, just as in the same way that an hotel can place extra charges you have incurred which have not been available on check-out. They have notified you of their intention to do so by email

Wow, I didn't realise that, must say that it seems a very underhand way of doing things[n]

[mitchja]

Originally posted by motherger
Hi James,

The airlines knew about this tax a few months back and i am wondering how / why it has taken BMI so long to send out emails requesting extra payment for bookings?

No idea Ger [:?]

I booked the flight in question online back in September 2006, it's for my flight from LHR>MAN on April 10th. All flights booked online since early 2007 now include the extra APD.

I must admit, it did cross my mind, that I would probably have to pay the extra APD but I'd forgotten about it to be honest.

It's also a BD DC reward flight. They must have a back log.

Regards

[honey lamb]

Originally posted by mitchja

Originally posted by motherger
Hi James,

The airlines knew about this tax a few months back and i am wondering how / why it has taken BMI so long to send out emails requesting extra payment for bookings?

No idea Ger [:?]

I booked the flight in question online back in September 2006, it's for my flight from LHR>MAN on April 10th. All flights booked online since early 2007 now include the extra APD.

I must admit, it did cross my mind, that I would probably have to pay the extra APD but I'd forgotten about it to be honest.

It's also a reward flight. They must have a back log.

Regards

Or maybe they are doing it a week before the flight