Early this week there was an interesting story about stranded passengers force to pay for fuel in order to fly to their destination. Comtel Airlines an Austrian Air Carrier flying from Amritsar, India to Birmingham, England stopped off in Vienna for refueling. What is shocking about this story is that the air carrier didn't have the finances to pay for the fuel so they forced all 180 passengers to pony up cash to pay for this fuel. Every person payed about $400 to put fuel on this aircraft or faced being stranded. I have to say this is unheard of. Most air carriers have that planned out so passengers never have to worry about this issue because it's part of the price of the ticket. In addition, most air carriers provide captains with a corporate credit card for any miscellaneous expenses. The moral of the story is to never go cheap. Just like everything else in life pick quality, and a reputable airline .