Originally Posted by
RogerIrrelevant69
...OLeary claimed when he brought in the check-in charges for baggage that anyone not checking in baggage would save money.
And did you think that would mean "save money as against your CURRENT payment situation?" If so, I have to suggest politely that perhaps you were being a tad naive.
I wonder could I sue him over this claim as it is just completely false.
Not a chance, I'd expect. He never specified exactly what the 'saving' was against (and it's clear enough to an old cynic like me, that he meant "against the NEW fee structure coming into force"). You merely interpreted it incorrectly on the basis of your own hopes, and insufficient data.
Welcome to the world of 'marketing'.
As a regular on the Dublin-Edinburgh run I used to pay about €80 to €90 going out on Friday and coming back Sunday and that included checking in up to 15kg of luggage. Now I pay, guess what: €80 to €90 but if I want to check in 15kg of luggage that will be €20 extra return. So an effective increase of €20. Gosh thanks for the saving Michael.
Eh? Am I missing something? You ARE checking in baggage, so how come you even EXPECT a saving? Of course it's a price increase! O'Leary said it was coming - you've even said so yourself in your first para!
Had you NOT been checking in baggage, then you would, in point of fact, be paying €20 less than someone who was checking in baggage, ergo, compared to them, you would be saving €20! What part of this is hard to grasp?
I also remember one pprune contributor saying that this is exactly what would happen in the long term. Once FR chase everyone off the routes they fly, they will charge what they like.
Highly likely. It's what all cut-price cut-throats do, and have done, since time immemorial. The reality of it is, though, there will always be SOMEONE willing to undercut the 'ripoff merchant' on any given service. So, given enough time, once RYR up their charges to a point past ridiculousness, some other entrepreneur will step in, and undercut HIM!
Repeat ad nauseum, to fade: "Big fish, little fish, gobble-gobble-gobble"
