When cheap equals expensive

It was interesting to read the article in The Times (May 22) regarding the change in fees by Ryanair for priority boarding.

On a return flight to and from Barcelona, February 14 and 21, the fee was not as stated in the article, €5, but €8. Priority boarding did not exist, instead, one boards the bus with all the other passengers and on arrival at the boarding steps to the aircraft, even before the bus doors are completely open, there is a stampede for the plane. I suppose that the first of the herd to board has got him/herself priority - €8 bite the dust! Not to mention the other €8 for using your credit card. How else can one pay online?

As a matter of interest, when first working one's way through the booking sequence and choosing a destination (Barcelona in my case), the list of destinations shows Barcelona, where else? It is not till later on that the initials GRO appear and later still the word Girona. It was not until I arrived at my destination that I realised that I was not at Barcelona (I know the airport there quite well) but at Girona. This airport is about 120 km away from Barcelona airport and translates to €135 for a taxi. I suppose I could have taken the cheap transfer bus (by now I had learned that cheap = expensive), then miss my interconnecting flight to Palma.

My return flight to Malta? I dumped the ticket and flew on another airline for less than the taxi to Girona would have cost.