Cheap flights to Canary Islands with frills

Jet2.com Plus! - new system to upgrade cheap flights to Spanish destinations

Low-cost airline Jet2.com has launched Jet2com. Plus, a new service for passengers prepared to pay for special treatment during their flight for Spain.

Customers flying to Tenerife, Gran Canaria and Lanzarote who are willing to pay £25 one-way or £45 return (per passenger) for an upgrade to Jet2com.Plus will be entitled to the following perks:

• Priority check-in
• Fast security checks (where available)
• A drink in the VIP lounge before the flight
• Seating in the front cabin
• An in-flight meal which contains chocolates and complimentary drink (excluding champagne) . On early morning flights a wake-up breakfast meal will be served. Passengers can select from vegetarian or non-vegetarian options when making their flight booking online.

Jet2.com Plus can be purchased both online 3 working days before departure or at the airport on day of travel subject to availability. The service is non-refundable and is not available for children under 12 years.

Jet2.com operate flights to:

• Lanzarote from Leeds-Bradford, Manchester and Newcastle aiports
• Gran Canaria from Leeds-Bradford, Manchester, Belfast and Newcastle aiports
• Tenerife from Leeds-Bradford, Manchester, Blackpool, Belfast and Newcastle aiports

This new upgraded class is only available on flights to the Canary Islands.

Related: Guide to Lanzarote # Guide to Tenerife # Guide to Gran Canaria # Hotels in Tenerife # Hotels in Lanzarote # Beaches in Gran Canaria

Online purchase of cheap flights

Irregularities detected in seven websites selling online airline tickets

The Spanish National Consumers’ Institute has analysed 12 web pages run by airlines and travel agents selling online tickets following complaints by consumers.
On 27th September this year the 12 internet sites which had received the most complaints were investigated by the National Consumers’ Institute in a joint operation with other EU member states when web pages were scanned for fraudulent special offers.

As a result of this investigation 7 of the web pages were found to contain misleading publicity on special offers such as free flights that didn’t take into account extra charges such as airport taxes. Both Ryanair and Vueling were included in this group.

Ryanair, Iberia, Spanair and Vueling had special offers advertised on their websites which could not be found when the investigators later searched for them. Furthermore, the website belonging to eDreams was found to refer to geographical areas that did not correspond to the airports listed for departure or arrival.
The National Consumers’ Institute also found irregularities regarding the legal requirements that these sites need to fulfil. The web pages belonging to Ryanair, Transavia and Tuy-Fly were found to contain sales information in Spanish but the terms and conditions of flying were only offered in English.

No irregularities were found in the web pages belonging to Air Berlín, Atrapalo.com, Rumbo and Easyjet.