Office of Fair Trading and Ryanair

OFFICE OF FAIR TRADING (OFT) Chief Executive John Fingleton last week, using tactics exploited by the airline, chose The Independent for an attack on Ryanair rather than issue an official press release .  By this means he could be more outspoken than an OFT statement would allow stating that the airline had been "puerile and childish" over its card payment policy, passengers only able to escape very expensive credit card costs by using an obscure prepaid facility.  Ryanair, as is its want, attacked Mr Fingleton on a personal basis, its Head of Communications Stephen McNamara quoted as saying that the head of OFT “was overpaid and not an everyday Joe Blogg”. www.the-independent.com

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