You might think when you splash out £399 on an 'executive' day trip to watch your football team play in Europe you would be flown to the airport closest to the stadium. You may also think that the hefty pricetag includes a match ticket. Not if you are a Manchester United fan jetting out to Tuesday's Champions League clash at PSV Eindhoven with Thomas Cook Sport. Because the travel operator, who originally had planned to fly supporters to an airport 63km away and over the border in Germany rather than to Eindhoven Airport, are now taking them to Amsterdam - a staggering 127km to the north.Manchester United face PSV Eindhoven in Champions League next weekThomas Cook unable to charter direct flight with no early-hour journeysTravel operator then proposed to fly fans to Weeze, 63km away in GermanyBut they will now travel to Amsterdam after failure to secure landing slotsFans claim to have only found out about switch after finalising bookingPrice of the awkward trip does not include a match ticket at Phillips Stadion
A spokesman for _ claimed that they had changed to Amsterdam to shorten travelling time.