Originally Posted by TotalBeginner
Just out of interest, were you given a confirmed seat, or was it on standby?
Confirmed. Second flight was not full anyway. "Standby" on Ryanair is another non-advertised thing they do, but I once went to buy an on-the-spot one way from Bristol to Dublin (£150 one way for a 40 min FR flight
) and was told it was fully booked BUT I could have a standby at this price, even before check-in closed. "There are always a few people who don't turn up". And at the gate this was true, there had been a couple of no-shows. It was not an overbooking as I was on a standby basis. I don't know how I would have got a refund if they all turned up.