Just one silly question: even if I paid an extra fiver for paying or paid for a piece of luggage, it still would only cost £35. How does RyanAir manage to make money?
They make money from me, because if the flights are very cheap then I'll often book more than one flight to give myself a semi-flexible fare. Of course I don't claim a refund of the taxes that I've paid, because of the 'admin charge'
, so it's all profit for Ryanair. To be honest, I don't have a problem with this, I get a very cheap fare with a bit of flexibility, and Ryanair get to make money.
I haven't ever gone to the trouble of getting one of the fee-free cards, though - I've always assumed that the one free card would change too often to be worth bothering with.