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Interesting that the BHX routes have so little overlap with EMA. It's almost as if these were originally planned for EMA (they were certainly on the 'shopping list'), but have now been switched, ending the FR expansion at EMA.
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It will be interesting to see what develops - and in this game, you never know what is round the corner.
With the whole EMA/BHX thing - as a comparison, keep your eyes on MAN, they got a few 'focus' routes at the same time as BHX, and FR are rumoured to want a MAN base. But I don't for one minute think that it will mean a pull out of LPL.
Only a few months ago all the talk was EZY "planning" to up sticks and move down to BHX.
Let's not forget FR also have their new BRS base just down the road from BHX too. - so rather than FR suddenly entering a love-affair with BHX at the expense of EMA, STN or any other cuurent base, it clearly seems that FR are going for total market dominance. Will be quite a claim for the whole UK market to be with-in a 1 hour drive of an FR airport - not there yet, but the way they are going they could be.
With the whole EMA/BHX thing - as a comparison, keep your eyes on MAN, they got a few 'focus' routes at the same time as BHX, and FR are rumoured to want a MAN base. But I don't for one minute think that it will mean a pull out of LPL.
Only a few months ago all the talk was EZY "planning" to up sticks and move down to BHX.
Let's not forget FR also have their new BRS base just down the road from BHX too. - so rather than FR suddenly entering a love-affair with BHX at the expense of EMA, STN or any other cuurent base, it clearly seems that FR are going for total market dominance. Will be quite a claim for the whole UK market to be with-in a 1 hour drive of an FR airport - not there yet, but the way they are going they could be.
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Ryanair have also increased the charge for children under 2. Up from 10 Euro to 15 Euro 
What is the point in boasting that you are a no fuel surcharge airline, but rip the customer off at every other opportunity
What is the point in boasting that you are a no fuel surcharge airline, but rip the customer off at every other opportunity
Join Date: Mar 2007
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The difference is that with an airline such as AB you may not pay extras for checkin etc. but it is compulsary to pay fuel surcharges.
It is not compulsary to pay the baggage charge or the checkin chargewith FR. You have an option to carry only hand luggae luggage and checkin online which is free.
It is not compulsary to pay the baggage charge or the checkin chargewith FR. You have an option to carry only hand luggae luggage and checkin online which is free.
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and its a total breeze when you have carry on and check in online..easiest way to travel if you can. Can totally see the logic..If you want it cheap..travel light and plan by checking in before you leave home and print your boarding pass
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Maybe. But under some conditions. Firstly, FR should allow printing passengers' boarding passes for the return trip in advance (at home, before the departure). Is it a pleasure having to search an internet cafe with printing abilities at the destination? I doubt it.
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I totally agree. Used the BLK-STN and MAN-DUB many times with FR and when the online check-in was made available it was a god send! An extra hour in the sack!
You can print both boarding cards off when printing the outbound. I did it when on one of my GRO flights when I returned 5 days after departure. I printed the night before for both BLK-GRO and GRO-BLK.
Is there a limit to how far in advance you can print the return - say if you are away for a week or 2?
You can print both boarding cards off when printing the outbound. I did it when on one of my GRO flights when I returned 5 days after departure. I printed the night before for both BLK-GRO and GRO-BLK.
Is there a limit to how far in advance you can print the return - say if you are away for a week or 2?
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Some people (like myself) prefer somewhat more complicated itineraries, kind of "triangles" A-B-C-A (returning to the departure airport from an other place than the original destination while traveling to more than one place during one trip). Printing all the boarding cards would not succeed.
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bournemouth bouncing
bookings on bournemouth new routes pretty surprising... means the early placing of a second aircraft is likely to take place before Sep 08. Madrid & Shannon ear-marked for a summer seasonal return.
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It beats me why people complain about all the charges???? If your on the internet checking/booking ryanair, why arn't they checking other website/airlines before pressing the confirm button with ryan??? With the wonders of the t'internet, theres this little thing they can do called a search!!!! Really cant understand why book and then complain afterwards that it wasnt as cheap as they thought ?, if poss I always check a few differnt airlines, I usually start with ryan first as benchmark price, then check others, i go as far as i can without pressin confirm, theres plenty of comparison sites to choose from too, they maybe not perfect but at least they give you rough idea, even buying a flight off some of the charters can work out just as good value, at least you have a better chance of gettin there should a problem occur. People use the search button!!! Im not anti ryanair there not my fave, but if your giving flights away for next to nothing they have to make their money somewhere,personally i hate all the charges they make, so use them as little as possible, my choice, but these days it would seem what ryan does, everyone else follows eventually.
Really cant understand why book and then complain afterwards that it wasnt as cheap as they thought ?, if poss I always check a few differnt airlines, I usually start with ryan first as benchmark price, then check others, i go as far as i can without pressin confirm, theres plenty of comparison sites to choose from too, they maybe not perfect but at least they give you rough idea, even buying a flight off some of the charters can work out just as good value, at least you have a better chance of gettin there should a problem occur. People use the search button!!! Im not anti ryanair there not my fave, but if your giving flights away for next to nothing they have to make their money somewhere,personally i hate all the charges they make, so use them as little as possible, my choice, but these days it would seem what ryan does, everyone else follows eventually.
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Ryanair1,
Where you say
do you mean the direct Madrid - Shannon route or flights from Bournemouth ?
The Madrid - Shannon route disappeared without any announcement at the end of october. On the Shannon website it lists it as a seasonal route but so far there are no flights bookable on Ryanair's site.
Where you say
Madrid & Shannon ear-marked for a summer seasonal return
The Madrid - Shannon route disappeared without any announcement at the end of october. On the Shannon website it lists it as a seasonal route but so far there are no flights bookable on Ryanair's site.
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There are plenty of airports which could sustain a Ryanair base: Teesside or Doncaster / Edinburgh / Aberdeen / Treviso / Forli / Trapani / Wroclaw / Oslo Torp / Reus / Marrakech? / Beauvais / Salzburg / Bratislava / Novi Sad
Would love to see an evening frequency out of Luton to Rome. A reintroduction of Treviso would be good.
Would love to see an evening frequency out of Luton to Rome. A reintroduction of Treviso would be good.