Ryanair Rant Coming Up.......
Dont Hang Up As far as I am aware - they have never made any secret of what they do. Yes, there are trap doors and yes other carriers have also introduced them. Yes, I also only use FR as a last resort.
BUT there is a reason their 'headline' prices are so low! No company can [say] transport people across 350 miles for £45 each way and make a profit. So they don't do that. They have to charge extra and they have proven that customers will go for [say] '£45 one way' and not '£175 all in'....
BUT there is a reason their 'headline' prices are so low! No company can [say] transport people across 350 miles for £45 each way and make a profit. So they don't do that. They have to charge extra and they have proven that customers will go for [say] '£45 one way' and not '£175 all in'....
"Don't Insure Me" hidden between Denmark and Finland.
I have yet to come anywhere close to finding another 'reputable' business website near that level of deceitfulness.
They are in a league of their own! Any horrible to say, but I think they are proud of it.
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Yes, they are in a league of their own and, as I understand it, have never apologised for anything. That is the nature of the company. And, I don't think that there are many of an age legally allowed to book tickets that don't know it.
Do I like them? No. Am I defending them? I don't think so.
Do I like them? No. Am I defending them? I don't think so.
...do a fantastic job moving people from their local airport to where they want to go, safely and cheaply on newish planes with no previous owners.
...do a grudging, ill-tempered job moving people from a small number of UK airports to some obscure place typically many miles from where they claim to be taking them (Frankfurt!?), with equivalent safety and price to many other airlines who actually behave as though they respect their customers...
If you like what they do I have no problem with that. Just accept that those of us who are forced unwillingly into their business space through lack of choice are allowed to call them out for what they are.
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Many people call them out for what they are and many people book their product of choice. I agree that being left with Hobson's Choice is not nice and I have had that situation myself.
As a visitor to the northern hemisphere I can't see what the moans are about with Ryanair? I've been using them for all my travelling and will pop back to the UK on Friday, confident that I'll get a decent flight for a decent price: again.
I booked 4 trips when I was back in Oz, all using their Business Plus which is quite a bargain, IMO. Book your seat a month in advance, 20kg luggage (shared between pax if necessary), fast track boarding (which works well through the customs, and fine for me at the gate) plus no cost flight changes along with other benefits. Add those as an extra cost over the "normal" fare and you'd have cause for complaint, but as a bundle it is a minimal extra cost for a lot of extras.
I also get an extra legroom seat and guaranteed carry on, which eases any concerns when watching the amount of stuff that some pax try to take on board!!!
I booked 4 trips when I was back in Oz, all using their Business Plus which is quite a bargain, IMO. Book your seat a month in advance, 20kg luggage (shared between pax if necessary), fast track boarding (which works well through the customs, and fine for me at the gate) plus no cost flight changes along with other benefits. Add those as an extra cost over the "normal" fare and you'd have cause for complaint, but as a bundle it is a minimal extra cost for a lot of extras.
I also get an extra legroom seat and guaranteed carry on, which eases any concerns when watching the amount of stuff that some pax try to take on board!!!
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Some people just like to complain for the sake of complaining. When I first started travelling, I flew all over Europe on Ryanair for 1p/£1/£10 and in somewhere close to 100 flights, never had a truly terrible experience. Y'know what... I'm not stupid so was capable of spotting "Don't Insure Me" right at the top of a drop down list (sneaky would be hiding it at the end). I also remembered to check-in online and, on the odd occasion I wasn't able to do so before leaving home, found somewhere while I was away to print out my boarding pass. Eastern Poland isn't in the middle of the desert / jungle. Yes, perhaps you're really really unlucky in that the exact spot you're staying doesn't have an internet connection, but if you're away for a week, visiting a nearby town or village for supplies (or indeed, just to check-in) isn't going to kill you. Many many places have wi-fi. I believe Ryanair even do mobile boarding passes these days, so you don't even need to find a printer!
Just what WAS the difference in price between flying from LHR and Ryanair anyway...?
Just what WAS the difference in price between flying from LHR and Ryanair anyway...?
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... However, when things go pear-shaped, FR will not take care of you. Admittedly, this happens very rarely, but when it does you are on your own. Good luck finding FR staff or ground handling company staff, and even if you do, they are not empowered to help you.
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Forget about the silly Ryanair rant, I want to know more about 'Old not bald' and his wife going on holiday to
I can imagine them in darkest Poland playing out a clip from the Shining 'I'm home' so they can come back home from holidays totally refreshed and ready to enjoy life again until their next holiday.
We're off for 10 days in the depth of the Polish forests and lakes, miles from any settlements, where the Internet is known about only vaguely, as something city folk waste a lot of time on. Mobiles ditto; there is no coverage within 25 miles.
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As of 15:02 BST today, their tin [website] says:
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Low Fares From Manchester
Group Booking Made Simple
Lowest Fares from £9.99
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Low Fares From Manchester
Group Booking Made Simple
Lowest Fares from £9.99
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Get over it, Ryanair do a fantastic job moving people from their local airport to where they want to go, safely and cheaply on newish planes with no previous owners.
Anyway, back on point, even that we-want-to-be-MOL's-children outfit Jet2 offer online check-in 28 days prior to the flight.
Wizz's window is 30 days.
Easyjet's is also 30 days.
Ryanair's seven days is farcical.
The only airline I can find that is worse is the bottom-scraper known as Spirit Airlines with whom you have a check-in window of 23.5 hours prior to departure.... correction, 23 hours
Online check-in begins 24 hours prior to departure and ends an hour prior to your flight's scheduled departure.
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The only airline I can find that is worse is the bottom-scraper known as Spirit Airlines
Longer than that and you have to pay for seat reservation
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I think almost any other airline I've flown on is 24 hours. DL, EK, LX, LH, SN, SK, RO, B2, LO, VS, BE were all opened at that time and that's just off the top do my head. I think BD used to be the same too. There may be some variation between if you pay for seats or not before then, but the actual check in doesn't open until much closer to the flight than Ryanair. Yes, they don't charge to do airport check in (Yet!) but it's still a short time frame when compared to some low cost carriers.
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Network airlines, who sell on-line and interline tickets, check-in processes are much more complex than point to point airlines.
It's usually 24 hours before the first flight, connecting flights can be later.
It's usually 24 hours before the first flight, connecting flights can be later.
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Only this morning I received an email from Cebu Pacific Air advertising Cebu to Hong Kong, a 2hr 35min sector, for PHP1,500.00 (20 quid).
I needed an onward or return ticket to re-enter Philippines on 13 July so I booked Cebu to Hong Kong for a date during November and the price I saw was the price I paid ... PHP1,500.00 (20 quid) including all the add on's.
I needed an onward or return ticket to re-enter Philippines on 13 July so I booked Cebu to Hong Kong for a date during November and the price I saw was the price I paid ... PHP1,500.00 (20 quid) including all the add on's.
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The wife's pre-booked seat on the 737NG was covered in greasy crumbs
A former poster here has just told me that was the in-flight meal. Funny, I usually find that on the floor.
A former poster here has just told me that was the in-flight meal. Funny, I usually find that on the floor.