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[email protected] · March 30th 12, 02:31 PM posted to uk.railway,uk.transport.london

On Fri, 30 Mar 2012 13:57:51 +0100
Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 12:26:26 on Fri, 30 Mar
2012, d remarked:
Which side of the pond are you? In the UK it's almost impossible to get
permission to take kids out of school during term-time for a holiday.

Who needs permission? The 50 quid fine is less than the excess it costs
in travel costs in peak months.

It's nothing to do with fines. Parents and schools need to feel like
they are on the same side, and there's a huge amount of emotional
blackmail over this particular issue.

The real blackmail is in the holiday companies and airlines stiffing people
with exhorbitant fares during school holidays. There's no reason for them to
do it , they just do it because they can. Its naked profiteering.

B2003