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The Ryanair-easyJet discussion is interesting. As a passenger I avoid easyJet if I can partly because of my experience of poor punctuality so I find the comment above that easyJet is targeting the business market ironic. Perhaps I've been unlucky.
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BGY flights
Concerning the BGY schedules. There are indeed quite a few changes on the routes from Bergamo, among others to TMP and RIX. That has already been spotted on Finnish-language forums. The change (earlier departures) has been received very well, even though I've read also the comment like that: "Now there will be so good connections via Milano to Rome that it would be very hard to get any reasonable prices on the route from TMP to BGY. Couldn't they introduce daily flights?"
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easyjet
To be fair I've never had a problem with EZY, but I prefer to fly FR, mainly because of price and their punctuality.
EZY are trying to attract the business customer through being able to jump on an earlier flight home, speedy boarding plus etc.
Ryanair have more of a job attracting business pax, especially in EDI I've noticed. They will tend to fly Aer Lingus. Who knows why though because the flight timings are terrible and they are never on time!
EZY are trying to attract the business customer through being able to jump on an earlier flight home, speedy boarding plus etc.
Ryanair have more of a job attracting business pax, especially in EDI I've noticed. They will tend to fly Aer Lingus. Who knows why though because the flight timings are terrible and they are never on time!
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Perhaps Aer Lingus attract more business passengers and EDI because;
a) Business passengers are not (generally) as price sensitive, and
b) when things go badly wrong, FR cancel the flight, while Aer Lingus will
rebook you, including your onward connection if relevant - even if it means putting you up in a hotel.
Must add, that in my experiance so far, I have never had a significant problem with FR.
a) Business passengers are not (generally) as price sensitive, and
b) when things go badly wrong, FR cancel the flight, while Aer Lingus will
rebook you, including your onward connection if relevant - even if it means putting you up in a hotel.
Must add, that in my experiance so far, I have never had a significant problem with FR.
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open day in Bratislava (March 25th) for 737 rated pilots
Hi guys,
Have you heard anything about the Ryanair open day in Bratislava, 25th March?
Somebody told me it will be in the Marrols Hotel and that they are looking for B-737 rated pilots. Anybody knows somethiong about it?
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Kid
Have you heard anything about the Ryanair open day in Bratislava, 25th March?
Somebody told me it will be in the Marrols Hotel and that they are looking for B-737 rated pilots. Anybody knows somethiong about it?
Thanks
Kid
Ryanair do seem not to offer the desired morning/evening rotations on many of their routes, and if they do they seem to have a habit of changing this from year to year ths losing established custom. Last week I was on FR from Stansted to Cork and vv, just because Stansted was convenient for me. Only two passengers on the evening flight had business suits on. Easyjet would typically have many more. Colleague coming down from Dublin to Cork said following a Ryanair schedule change their times no longer suited and they were back to Aer Arann.
Actually some of Ryanair's ways of working are more suited to business travellers. If they cancel we would just go to a hotel and put the cost on expenses, one of those things to balance against a cheaper fare. Leisure travellers would not want to do this.
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no best fares available?
It's funny, actually. Or is it? When you wanted to find Ryanair's best prices just a month ago you would go to its "Find best fares" pages. As they just disappeared, instead of running through unfriendly data and searching day after day many of us have already found some substitutes. Without waiting for a miracle, you can go to the sites like skyscanner and they will show you all Ryanair's fares for the entire month, on one page, taxes included. Within one second you will get a graphical chart of all these fares. Great! However, by using these pages the potential passengers can find even more options. Namely, they can find also the competitors' prices. Isn't it a bit harrassing for you, dear Ryanair? Why do you challenge your business, I would ask.
How is it possible that someone else could inform about the seller's prices better than him? Well, the mentioned skyscanner uses so called price indexing system. What a pity your software provider didn't bother to create such a function for you.
Anyway, by refusing to cope with this issue you could weaken your sales, don't you agree?
How is it possible that someone else could inform about the seller's prices better than him? Well, the mentioned skyscanner uses so called price indexing system. What a pity your software provider didn't bother to create such a function for you.
Anyway, by refusing to cope with this issue you could weaken your sales, don't you agree?
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If you go to 'BOOK NOW' at the top of the homepage it gives you the option to check all flights over a 7 day period. You have to tick the box, so a version of the low fare finder is back, but not as good. Skyscanner is ok but the fares are a day or two old and it doesn't always show the complete route network from an airport.
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To find lowest fares on Ryanair select the "Book now" option. Then tick the
"my travel dates are flexible" box. This service was unavailable for a while but is now restored.
I picked a random date April 22nd. DUB/LGW one way.
Skyscanner shows fare with Ryanair 22.48 including tax.
Ryanair website fare 10 including tax.
Best to check around!
"my travel dates are flexible" box. This service was unavailable for a while but is now restored.
I picked a random date April 22nd. DUB/LGW one way.
Skyscanner shows fare with Ryanair 22.48 including tax.
Ryanair website fare 10 including tax.
Best to check around!
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I'm (almost) moved! The "my travel dates are flexible" box is back again. And the week now has full 7 days (not 6->3->2 as before). Try, nevertheless, to make something like this: Select as a "Going Out" day a Thursday. Well, say Thu 8 May 08. Select as a "Coming Back" next week's Sunday. So, 18 May 08. Fine. Now let's try to check the fares on Monday ("Going Out") 12 May 08. In order to select a new ("Going Out") day you have to go to the next week (to see Mon 12th May outbound fares). Oops! "Your outbound date cannot overlap your return date range". What? If I want to go on Mon 12th it overlaps the return on May 18th? Am I insane? Or a kind of programmers' weird logic (again)?
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Just go to ryanair.com's booking page. Select an outbound flight in any week and the return flight in a next week. Then try to change the day of your outbound flight in such a way that the departure were just a few days before the date of your return flight (the same week). You will not succeed. Even if the pre-selected day of return is on, say, Saturday, you will not be able to get to the outbound flights' prices any more (even on Monday). Just try to do it, you won't need any "translation".
Btw. My purpose isn't to laugh at Ryanair in any way. I just want to show them some vulnerabilities of their system in order to improve the services. Unfortunately, one of their weaknesses is a persistent unwilingness to co-operate with more or less friendly customers.
Btw. My purpose isn't to laugh at Ryanair in any way. I just want to show them some vulnerabilities of their system in order to improve the services. Unfortunately, one of their weaknesses is a persistent unwilingness to co-operate with more or less friendly customers.
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Online check-in. Beware
Flew BUD-DUB last night and had done our web check-in over the weekend. I had a bit of difficulty at first getting a print of the boarding passes but managed to get them by using the reprint facility. We got through security and passport control without a problem but when we got to the gate they knew nothing about us. A few frantic phone calls later they apologied saying they weren't expecting us. A glitch in the (new) system apparently. It's not very re-assuring. Travel can be stressful enough without now having to worry about whether your check-in has been processed.
