RyanAir versus GSM
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Flew with ryanair 3 times over Christmas / New Year.
Prestwick- Bergamo
Turin - Shannon
Shannon - Prestwick
Total cost of the 3 flights £ 65 (including tax)
Total delay over 3 flights : none
Could I possibly complain about anything above ? No.
Prestwick- Bergamo
Turin - Shannon
Shannon - Prestwick
Total cost of the 3 flights £ 65 (including tax)
Total delay over 3 flights : none
Could I possibly complain about anything above ? No.
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Why are we so intent on comparing Ryanair to every airline possible, easyjet, Air Berlin, Globespan blah blah blah...
We all know Ryanair are in a world of their own, we all know they don't issue seat numbers, charge for bags, charge the earth for a G'n'T. However like most things I bet those complaining paid peanuts for their seat and not the guy who paid 399 euros return to Dublin last minute but said nothing.
Some people shouldn't be allowed a credit card if they part with it so easily over the internet not really knowing what they are letting themselves in for.
I however use Ryanair a lot, pay peanuts and generally can't say a bad word about them other than the 18 year old crew who really wouldn't look out of place on the set of Prisoner Cell Block H, some of them are vicious and have no customer skills, or english language skills come to think of it. But at 2 pence return I don't expect a smiling lap dog, I can cope with the Latvian Rottweiler.
We all know Ryanair are in a world of their own, we all know they don't issue seat numbers, charge for bags, charge the earth for a G'n'T. However like most things I bet those complaining paid peanuts for their seat and not the guy who paid 399 euros return to Dublin last minute but said nothing.
Some people shouldn't be allowed a credit card if they part with it so easily over the internet not really knowing what they are letting themselves in for.
I however use Ryanair a lot, pay peanuts and generally can't say a bad word about them other than the 18 year old crew who really wouldn't look out of place on the set of Prisoner Cell Block H, some of them are vicious and have no customer skills, or english language skills come to think of it. But at 2 pence return I don't expect a smiling lap dog, I can cope with the Latvian Rottweiler.
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PFJI. I think ATS makes a very valid point about it being the passengers, not the crew, who make the aircraft dirty and embarkation difficult.
Now I'll just sit here and wait for someone to come back with "but I'm the customer" or words to that effect, so I can say to you: "hombre, no me seas gili****as"
Now I'll just sit here and wait for someone to come back with "but I'm the customer" or words to that effect, so I can say to you: "hombre, no me seas gili****as"
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Apparently some pedant is claiming I can't write the Queen's English so I'm hardly going to understand your espanol now am I? 
Being Scottish and having lost our language many centuries ago due to our English 'cousins' (albeit 4% still speak Scots Gaelic), I find the Andalucians a much better bunch to share my coffee with. Pointing out my odd grammatical mistake says more about the 'pointer' than I.
One of these days someone is going to reply to this thread taking into account the subject matter. Then again maybe the answer is obvious (from anyone who has flow GSM) and no one can be bothered confirming my views.
Being Scottish and having lost our language many centuries ago due to our English 'cousins' (albeit 4% still speak Scots Gaelic), I find the Andalucians a much better bunch to share my coffee with. Pointing out my odd grammatical mistake says more about the 'pointer' than I.
One of these days someone is going to reply to this thread taking into account the subject matter. Then again maybe the answer is obvious (from anyone who has flow GSM) and no one can be bothered confirming my views.
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One other thing ... it may not be Co regs (judging by ATS's response) but I have seen GSM CC clean their toilets before, during and after "service".
I fully accept, however, that they probably have more time on their hands than FR CC for the reasons previously explained.
Re flight cost, I would also point out GSM are comparable to FR and more importantly charge less for the add-ons... i.e. credit card charges, 20kgs!! hold baggage & additional baggage and on-flight snacks etc...
I fully accept, however, that they probably have more time on their hands than FR CC for the reasons previously explained.
Re flight cost, I would also point out GSM are comparable to FR and more importantly charge less for the add-ons... i.e. credit card charges, 20kgs!! hold baggage & additional baggage and on-flight snacks etc...
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I flew EDI-ALC with Ryanair and PMI-EDI with Globespan in November.
Crew were fine on both, the passengers behaved better on the Ryanair flight (probably the difference between a midday and an evening flight rather that anything else).
The Ryanair flight left a couple of minutes early I think, the GSM was late inbound but turned round quickly. We were stuck at the furthest corner of PMI waiting for it though.
GSM seats are comfier, and the pre-take-off advertising and jingles on Ryanair are just plain aggrevating. Both planes seemed clean enough.
The GSM flight had been put back four hours though, some passengers complained that they had not recieved notification (so, yes, had arrived four hours early).
My choice would just come down to price and convenience between the two, rather than anything else.
Though actually, I liked the Air Europa flight from VLC to PMI better than either.
Crew were fine on both, the passengers behaved better on the Ryanair flight (probably the difference between a midday and an evening flight rather that anything else).
The Ryanair flight left a couple of minutes early I think, the GSM was late inbound but turned round quickly. We were stuck at the furthest corner of PMI waiting for it though.
GSM seats are comfier, and the pre-take-off advertising and jingles on Ryanair are just plain aggrevating. Both planes seemed clean enough.
The GSM flight had been put back four hours though, some passengers complained that they had not recieved notification (so, yes, had arrived four hours early).
My choice would just come down to price and convenience between the two, rather than anything else.
Though actually, I liked the Air Europa flight from VLC to PMI better than either.
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I am currently employed as flight crew with Ryanair, but worked on the ground at EDI on behalf of GSM in a previous life. Great bunch of people at GSM back then - enjoyed working with them. My package holiday to PMI was enjoyable and on schedule - that was a bit of a rarity during 'that summer of 2007'!
Flown with Ryanair a few times now. Pretty much always on schedule - yes, some of the cc even frighten me. Overall, you get what you pay for I suppose, and you do have a choice when it comes to those 'extras/add-ons'. I think both airlines are targeting different markets - hopefully there is enough room for them both at EDI (and I am not talking about space on what is an already congested apron!).
(Been into AGP a few times now - airbridge nearly every time. We keep on forgetting to tell the cc though, usually as we watch them extend the airstairs!)
As Harry Hill would say on his TV Burp:
...but which is better?......There's only one way to find out.......FIGHT!!!!
MB
Flown with Ryanair a few times now. Pretty much always on schedule - yes, some of the cc even frighten me. Overall, you get what you pay for I suppose, and you do have a choice when it comes to those 'extras/add-ons'. I think both airlines are targeting different markets - hopefully there is enough room for them both at EDI (and I am not talking about space on what is an already congested apron!).
(Been into AGP a few times now - airbridge nearly every time. We keep on forgetting to tell the cc though, usually as we watch them extend the airstairs!)
As Harry Hill would say on his TV Burp:
...but which is better?......There's only one way to find out.......FIGHT!!!!
MB
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At last ... thanks guys, I appreciate your views/feedback.
I too think they are after separate markets. Re scary CC, I am afraid very few of them would win the 'X-Factor' either, no matter how good their voices.
I too think they are after separate markets. Re scary CC, I am afraid very few of them would win the 'X-Factor' either, no matter how good their voices
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I fly Ryanair back and forth to Poland and all over Europe all the time, and when going home to Poland - I am taking two kids aged 8 and 6. We get up at 3AM to be in Stansted by 4AM ready for our early flight.
Never been a problem to me, and when comparing Ryanair to all the other airlines. I personally think that they are the best.
Lets see if flyglobespan don't disappear like the rest...
Nikolai.
Never been a problem to me, and when comparing Ryanair to all the other airlines. I personally think that they are the best.
Lets see if flyglobespan don't disappear like the rest...
Nikolai.
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International rule. Are you sure? On some airlines this is the only way to get a drink and they will even chill your BYO wine. Done this many times in the past on RBA
Alcohol bought at Airport - whether duty free or duty paid - is never supposed to be opened during flight - regardless of airline you're on. International rule.
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I understand you were commuting for free of GSM, but had you booked 3 weeks prior, what would the fare difference be between FR and GSM?
You get what you pay for, and with Ryanair, you get the heck of a lot for the cost paid.
You get what you pay for, and with Ryanair, you get the heck of a lot for the cost paid.
