Tag Archives: Aer Lingus

Ireland’s Departure Tax – which came first, the tax or the drop in passengers

The topic of this blog post has been going around in my head for some time now, never quite making the light [...]

Sterling to euro conversion ripoffs – other costs to be aware of

This e-mail came through from a reader recently – something to be careful of. Remember though, if you’re going to be subjected [...]

Don’t buy Aer Lingus vouchers this Christmas

The image below shows the contents of a recent Aer Lingus marketing e-mail. They’re advertising their vouchers as a perfect Christmas gift, [...]

World Cup Play Off Flights Uproar – ignore the grandstanding!

Following a close second in the pointless and non-newsworthy headlines stakes, we saw this beauty last Tuesday “Shameless rip-off as airlines hike [...]

Pop Quiz: Why do you fly Ryanair?

Ryanair describes itself as “the worlds favourite airline” in its press releases. It frequently provides the cheapest fares on its routes compared [...]

Aer Lingus Gold Circle Club – their game, their rules

This e-mail came through to ValueIreland.com recently. I wish to bring to your attention the Aer Lingus Gold Circle Club. Aer Lingus [...]

More unclear advertising from Aer Lingus

I wrote here before about how Aer Lingus and Ryanair were resorting to advertising their flights as “% off” rather than with [...]

Where is the Aer Lingus target market?

Lest you have any doubt that Aer Lingus can no longer be seen as our “national flag carrier”, have you seen the [...]

How are airlines getting around unfair advertising complaints?

I don’t hold much faith in the self-regulating Advertising Standards Authority for Ireland (ASAI), and I don’t believe that our 2 major [...]

Are Aer Lingus pulling a Ryanair Heineken Cup stunt?

A friend of mine drew my attention to this last week. It looks like Aer Lingus might be pulling a Ryanair stunt [...]