Talks on going with FR and Girona. An out come expected by 30 June. Reus is due to close for the winter months.

FR Girona..
 

Thank's Jamie2k9!

ASFKAP

'By sheer coincidence, I don't like Marmite either.....http://images.ibsrv.net/ibsrv/res/sr...lies/smile.gif
But not because of the shabby way the company treats its staff and customers, or the bizarre attention seeking antics of its CEO or indeed the shameful policies that pass for terms and conditions. I dislike it simply because it leaves a bad taste in my mouth.....bit like Ryanair really......http://images.ibsrv.net/ibsrv/res/sr...s/confused.gif'

or is it because you were sacked by them ?

Neither do I but I had to taste it a few times first before coming to that conclusion :). Likewise, if you've never flown Ryanair you actually don't know what it's like (regardless of whatever grudge you might have against them or whatever you may have garnered from hearsay). In my case I gave, for example, EI many chances to convince me they were worth it but my actual experience has always been awful and so I hardly ever fly with them for that reason and also because of the worry and stress of inevitable threatened industrial action near flight time. I need a reasonable fare, a certainty that a flight will take off barring something unavoidable like weather (or now ash), some degree of punctuality and be treated like a customer when things go wrong. I haven't got that with EI whereas FR have always turned up trumps. The whole BMI experience has also gone downhill except for their magnificent cabin crew and I don't use them much either nowadays.
By your tone I doubt you will ever fly Ryanair but, like the Marmite, you are not really qualified to comment on the product until you have actually sampled it a few times.

Suck it and see: Marmite, Ryanair and Dog ****
 

Some people say that until you have had it in your mouth, you cannot reach any rational conclusion.

Others say that, in 2 cases at least, the above advice is only for masochists.

"This was during the period when RYR used to sell flights for a few cents, I was travelling back and forth to MAN for a while using Aer Lingus and would buy backup tickets from MAN and LPL on later flights in case I got delayed at a meeting or missed my flight etc. At a price of one cent it was far cheaper than travel insurance, I only bought the tickets when they were practically free and included the taxes and charges and thankfully I never had to use one. Every time Ryanair had one of their 'one cent seat sales' I would also buy up a few random tickets on flights I had no intention of using. By doing this I would have contributed approximately twenty cents to their profits that year but I like to think that this profit would have been more than offset by the potential loss of ancillary revenue they would have suffered by me blocking off a seat that might otherwise have been sold to another passenger who might have actually used the service and subsidised the fare by buying a sandwich, scratch card or even a couple of 'Bullseye Baggys'......"

And thereby denying 20 genuine passengers the chance to buy a bargain and actually travel as intended. You really are a selfish and pathetic individual. Well done, I really hope it was worth it to cause so much inconvenience to others. You obviously hate ryanair, that's your opinion, however misguided but why take it out on ordinary travellers, those who actually appreciate what Ryanair actually do.

From FR website:From FR-related news:So, Latvians and Lithuanians book through travel agents, in spite of the fact some of these sellers could be fraudulent. Why?

I agree with one of the earlier opinions. Lithuanians and Latvians want to fly with Ryanair, but are being offered just English-language booking system in their countries. It's not enough.

Also e.g. the Russian people flying from Finland use travel agencies. The threshold too high?

I must admit I disliked the thought of flying FR because of their image and adverse press . Due to lack of a competitor , I flew with them EDI/AGP last October and to be honest the flight and timekeeping were fine . Yes I hated the hard seats after 2 hours and constant sales pitch .
This year we have a competitor but hve chosen FR again because of punctualIty which seems be almost 100% at Edinburgh unlike the shambolic record of LS whose Saturday flight has not once even been within 30 mins of arrival back in the UK . :uhoh::ugh:

FR from MAN
 

Does anybody (Jamie2K9?) have any news on possible further new route developments from MAN? I think at one time there were rumours of an announcement around June/July time.

Thanks,

DomDom

That's i n t e r e s t i n g !

^^
It is not unusual for FR flights to have Taxes / Fees of €0,00 . The annoying thing is that the headline price shown doesn't include them when they are not zero so it makes it hard to work out what day has the best value flights on the web site.

Out of the UK? I thought we had APD at least?

Many flights from the UK have No Taxes charged which is why FR have a big problem with APO as they don't charge all passengers for it.

In regard to MAN, they are few announcements due but don't have much detail yet. If the current FR UK airport trend continues ie, BRS, LBA, EDI, PIK all cut this winter, who knows

blueplatinum

Have you tried the AerLingus web-site recently - give that one a go......

MM

Jamie2K9,
Thanks,
DomyDom

@blueplatinum: Usually when the "total price" ends with .00EUR/GBP it's with taxes. When the "total price" ends with .99EUR/GBP it's without...
Once you now the Ryanair tricks it's a great bunch!

@JippieJust checked your theory. I'm in IRL. Checked DUB>MAD return, and DUB>Malaga return dates 20 to 29th Sep 2011. In both cases all prices listed in the 7 boxes under "previous week" and "next week" end in .99 EUR. However all the flight to Malaga have Taxes and all the flights to Madrid don't.

Did I understand you correctly?

We use IE for LPA-BFS and FR for LPA-LPL. The routes don't duplicate.


Interesting. I'll keep an eye open for that ;)

Anybody any idea as to why there is no uk services to knock bookable for the winter as they were bookable last weekend with the exception of brs and lba.

For what it's worth, the June edition of the respected Manchester based publication North West Business Insider News includes the following quote given to them by MO'L just 4 weeks ago:

"Like that red football team in the city, Manchester Airport thinks it's god's gift to airports but I'm not honoured to be flying with them."
MICHAEL O'LEARY, RYANAIR
(INSIDER NEWS, 11 May 2011)

Interesting. Make what you will of that!