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Student Changes Name By Deed Poll Because It's Cheaper Than Paying Ryanair's Admin Fee
Adam Armstrong would have had to shell £220 to correct the error, but has insisted: 'I'm not giving Ryanair a penny.'
A student who made a Ryanair booking error changed his name by deed poll - because it was cheaper than the airline's £220 'admin fee'.
Adam Armstrong would have had to shell out twice the price of his flight to Ibiza to correct the error made by his girlfriend's stepfather, who booked the pair onto the low-cost airline.
Batman fan Adam, 19, had a ticket booked under 'Adam West' when his girlfriend's stepdad mistakenly used Adam's joke name which appears on his Facebook page.
He was booked to go to the holiday island with girlfriend India Lomas, 17, next week.
When Adam realised the huge cost of fixing the error, he decided to change his name by deed poll and buy a new passport - as it would be cheaper than the Ryanair fee.
The airline told him he would have to pay £220 - double the usual £110 fee - because his girlfriend was listed on the same ticket.
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Adam told The Sun: 'Her stepdad got my name from Facebook but I had put it as Adam West as a joke, because he was the actor who played Batman on TV.'
Speaking on Today FM’s The Anton Savage Show this morning, West added: 'Yeah, I'm not giving Ryanair a penny.'
The Ryanair charge is aimed at stopping people re-selling Ryanair tickets for a profit.
A spokesperson for Ryanair said: ‘Customers are asked to ensure that the details they enter at the time of booking are correct before completing their booking and we offer a 24 hour ‘grace period’ to correct minor booking errors.
‘A name change fee is charged in order to discourage and prevent unauthorised online travel agents from ‘screenscraping’ Ryanair’s cheapest fares and reselling them on to unwitting consumers at hugely inflated costs.
