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Mon 06 Jun 2007Sounding offNo-value voucher:A reader contacted us last week to draw our attention to what they regard as "a highly unethical practice by Ryanair". She received €75 worth of airline vouchers as a Christmas present from her brother. "Whilst it was a lovely gesture I was immediately sceptical as to whether there would be any value to them," she writesHer initial doubts appeared to have been confirmed when she discovered that the vouchers could only be used to book flights through Ryanair's call centre, which can only be contacted through a premium rate phone line. And, as if that wasn't bad enough, she writes, "the prices of flights are vastly increased compared to the online fares."