Lucky for me the situation at the Madrid airport has stabilized after two days of canceled flights because of an air traffic controller strike. Still, not happy with the frustration of "low-cost" airlines. I had pre-paid for two checked-in bags (hey, five weeks with a mixture of business and travel on two continents warrants more than carry-on luggage). But read the fine print: total allowed weight for one bag: 20Kg. Pay extra for a second bag, and the allowed weight for BOTH bags combined is still only 20Kg. Mine combined to 25Kg, which set me back an additional 60EUR (UPS, FedEx and the Post Office are all significantly cheaper).
Also, a few days pre-travel they send you an e-mail pointing out that you MUST print your boarding pass before getting to the airport. If you do it at the airport? 40EUR.
Now, I understand that they want to minimize costs, but then why the hell are the lines so long and slow even for people who only have to drop off bags that were checked in online? And since the personnel seems to have to do essentially exactly the same amount of work (check passport, weight bags, print boarding pass and luggage tags), it is hard to justify the charges. Oh well. On the bright side, because the basic ticket is so cheap, I decided to buy two different tickets to fly back form Morocco, to have the option of deciding at the last minute.
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