Airlines to be up front with debit card charges

Twelve airlines, including Ryanair and easyJet, have agreed to include debit card charges in headline prices rather than spring them on consumers at the end of the booking process.

Twelve airlines, including Ryanair and easyJet, have agreed to include debit card charges in headline prices rather than spring them on consumers at the end of the booking process.

The move comes after enforcement action by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT), which threatened court action against the airlines if they didn't comply.

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