CTS’s oeticket defeated in Austria over ticket fees

The Consumer Information Association has struck an early legal blow against CTS Eventim, as the battle over fees on self-printed tickets spills over the German border

Vienna Handelsgericht, or commercial court © Handelsgericht Wien

A court of first instance has found against CTS Eventim Austria, ruling that the practice of charging delivery fees on tickets – including those printed at home – is illegal.

The case, brought by the Consumer Information Association (VKI), concerns tickets sold via CTS’s oeticket website, which charges €2.50 for ‘print @ home’ and mobile tickets and €1.90 for those picked up from branches of Libro or oeticket’s own box offices.

According to to the Handelsgericht (commercial court) of Vienna, such charges are…

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