Was informed of a 120£ check in fee for arrival after 8pm.
I thought it was excessive. But scamy company (there’s noone named D I could talk to) won’t release check in instructions until I pay the 120£. I’ve got on my plane having no idea how to check in.
After I paid - they tell me it’s a self checkin with a lockbox because nobody would pay once they know it’s a lockbox. So the 120£ is not covering any extra cost for them. It is just a way to scam some money.
The irony is for all that unnecessary stress I managed to run through the airport get the 7:10pm Gatwick express and arrived on time. But they still managed to reimburse me 1 euro less then I paid (Maybe because of some friction but they basically change the amount I asked for).