I have to say that price wasn't my initial driver to using FTC. I was flying from Antalya to Manchester and as far as I could see they were the only option, that said, my flight wasn't cheap anyway having paid £427 for two seats before I had paid the extra cost to sit together, upgrade to legroom and increase luggage on the return journey.
The return was less eventful, although once we had boarded the plane they announced that they were two staff short and so to expect a reduced service, for instance only one drink service etc. I hoped that in the event of an emergency they had two staff on board without anything to do. While in the UK we bought some nice new luggage, at Antalya we picked up our badly damaged, brand new suitcase, luckily we still had the receipt and reported it to ground handling. I've written to FTC but quite expect to be told to contact the insurance company which no doubt has an excess clause.
