2009 News - Flights - No booking fees on all Monarch flights paid via PayPal

09 09 2009

Award winning low fares airline, Monarch, and global leader in online payments, PayPal, are celebrating a successful two year partnership by rewarding customers and removing booking fees for all flights booked via www.monarch.co.uk and paid for via PayPal.

Between 04 and 30 September 2009, all scheduled Monarch flights booked on monarch.co.uk and paid for via PayPal will have the booking fee waived, meaning great savings* for PayPal customers looking to get away and take advantage of Monarch’s year-round low fares.

Commenting on the PayPal partnership and promotion, managing director of Monarch Flights and Holidays, Liz Savage, said, “Monarch was the first European Airline to join forces with PayPal in 2007 and offer customers a secure alternative to credit and debit card transactions. A growing number of our customers now choose to pay for their flights using PayPal and have spent over £10 million since its introduction. As a thank you to them for their continued support, we are delighted to be waiving the booking fees on all flights booked on monarch.co.uk and paid for using PayPal before the end of September.”

Also commenting on the partnership, Carl Scheible, PayPal’s UK managing director, said, “Monarch’s decision to accept PayPal in 2007 was a landmark for us, showing consumers they could use PayPal on a wide range of websites as well as eBay.co.uk. We’ve been delighted at how many PayPal customers have booked flights with Monarch. A growing number of big brands also now accept PayPal on their websites, giving our 26 million UK account holders more choice than ever when they shop online.”

Monarch operates scheduled flights to Spain, Gibraltar, Portugal and Cyprus from Birmingham, London Gatwick, London Luton and Manchester airports. In addition to year-round low fares, Monarch also offers a unique range of tasty hot and cold meals onboard with prices from £3.00. To enable customers to select where in the cabin they sit and ensure that families and groups sit together, seats can be pre-booked at £7.50 per one-way flight, or from only £15, extra-legroom seats are available, which offer up to six inches of extra space.

Passengers travelling on scheduled flights can also avoid the queues at the airport and take advantage of online check-in which is available between seven days and 4.5 hours prior to departure.

In addition to flights, Monarch also now offers a huge range of great value holidays, accommodation options, car hire and travel insurance.

For further information or to book Monarch flights, Monarch Holidays or Monarch Hotels, please visit www.monarch.co.uk.

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* Standard PayPal booking fee when booking Monarch flights equals 3% of the total value of the booking. Minimum booking fee is £2.49 (€2.99) per booking.