Ryan air flights

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juggers

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391 posts

165 months

Wednesday 3rd October 2012
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Anyone booked a flight with ryan air online lately? From what I remember they are jammy Tw.ts and add also sort of additional charges and if you don't check in online they charge you an extra £40 at the airport.

I need to book a flight to is there is anything to look out for?

cjs

10,802 posts

253 months

Wednesday 3rd October 2012
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It's all pretty clear on the website, just don't try and 'cheat' the system. Don't take more baggage than you're allowed/paid for, don't think they'll let you off if you've missed or forgotten something. Do check in online and print the ticket.

fatboy b

9,504 posts

218 months

Wednesday 3rd October 2012
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juggers said:
I need to book a flight to is there is anything to look out for?
Another airline going to the same destination?

Puggit

48,537 posts

250 months

Wednesday 3rd October 2012
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fatboy b said:
juggers said:
I need to book a flight to is there is anything to look out for?
Another airline going to the same destination?
hehe

-crookedtail-

1,564 posts

192 months

Wednesday 3rd October 2012
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Ryanair are fine if you take them for what they are, expect nothing and book early. Only take carry on and check in online.

You'll be fine. I travelled from Dublin and back every weekend for about a year and never had a bad experience with them, other than they land those birds hard!

StevieBee

12,997 posts

257 months

Wednesday 3rd October 2012
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cjs said:
It's all pretty clear on the website, just don't try and 'cheat' the system. Don't take more baggage than you're allowed/paid for, don't think they'll let you off if you've missed or forgotten something. Do check in online and print the ticket.
This is all you need to know and do.

It normally costs us more to park the car at the airport than it does for four of us to fly to Sweden. First on Emirates it aint so don't expect any more than what it is.

Hub

6,453 posts

200 months

Wednesday 3rd October 2012
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Be wary about booking anything with them if you have to be there at a particular time or day - a number of times I've had my flights moved by a few hours at short notice, or cancelled entirely and moved onto another one a couple of days later!

GoneAnon

1,703 posts

154 months

Wednesday 3rd October 2012
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December 2010 I got a text at 7.30am telling me my flight home at lunchtime had been cancelled and to contact them for a refund. That was it. No apology, date/time of next flight (3 days later, as it happens), nothing.

Booked an extra night in the hotel and flights home with another airline via Birmingham the next day and another overnight stay there. Unsurprisingly, all we got back from Ryanair was the price of their cancelled flight.

PatrickOUFC

179 posts

155 months

Wednesday 3rd October 2012
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Never had any problems with them or EasyJet. A lot of the issues IMO are people with "snob" isues

juggers

Original Poster:

391 posts

165 months

Wednesday 3rd October 2012
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I've flown with them before to Dublin it wern't that bad apart from the £40 each check in fee for not checking in on line. Will go ahead and book now! smile

fatboy b

9,504 posts

218 months

Wednesday 3rd October 2012
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PatrickOUFC said:
Never had any problems with them or EasyJet. A lot of the issues IMO are people with "snob" isues
I'm happy to fly Easyjet. Just think Ryanair are plain shiite.

mybrainhurts

90,809 posts

257 months

Wednesday 3rd October 2012
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fatboy b said:
PatrickOUFC said:
Never had any problems with them or EasyJet. A lot of the issues IMO are people with "snob" isues
I'm happy to fly Easyjet. Just think Ryanair are plain shiite.
I think you'll find they're Roman Catholic...

SystemParanoia

14,343 posts

200 months

Wednesday 3rd October 2012
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just sent a job application to ryanair hehe

Muzzer79

10,238 posts

189 months

Wednesday 3rd October 2012
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fatboy b said:
PatrickOUFC said:
Never had any problems with them or EasyJet. A lot of the issues IMO are people with "snob" isues
I'm happy to fly Easyjet. Just think Ryanair are plain shiite.
+1

Easyjet are fine.

Ryanair are a hateful, hateful company run by a hateful, hateful man.

ETA - I also hate the way the general consensus is to fly with someone else if you don't like them. Believe me, I wish I could, but they're the only airline that fly to some places from the UK so one has little choice but to use them....

hyperblue

2,803 posts

182 months

Wednesday 3rd October 2012
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PatrickOUFC said:
Never had any problems with them or EasyJet. A lot of the issues IMO are people with "snob" isues
Or people who are a bit thick and get "caught out" by the charges.

Du1point8

21,613 posts

194 months

Wednesday 3rd October 2012
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hyperblue said:
PatrickOUFC said:
Never had any problems with them or EasyJet. A lot of the issues IMO are people with "snob" isues
Or people who are a bit thick and get "caught out" by the charges.
The idiots that get caught out are the best...

It states you must do X, Y and Z otherwise they will charge you... The amount of people that cant even follow that is immense, then they scream, bh and whine about it.

OP as long as you can follow the terms and conditions then you will be fine.

Turn up with carry on luggage that is overweight, then they will charge you to put it in the hold (circa £50 for return flight), so you have been warned.

Tonto

2,983 posts

250 months

Wednesday 3rd October 2012
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-crookedtail- said:
Ryanair are fine if you take them for what they are, expect nothing and book early. Only take carry on and check in online.

You'll be fine. I travelled from Dublin and back every weekend for about a year and never had a bad experience with them, other than they land those birds hard!
Why do they do this I wonder? Every time I land on a Ryanair plane, its always with an almighty BANG.
I've not experienced this with any other airline.

SystemParanoia

14,343 posts

200 months

Wednesday 3rd October 2012
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cut engine power early and save a chunk of fuel lol

mybrainhurts

90,809 posts

257 months

Wednesday 3rd October 2012
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Tonto said:
-crookedtail- said:
Ryanair are fine if you take them for what they are, expect nothing and book early. Only take carry on and check in online.

You'll be fine. I travelled from Dublin and back every weekend for about a year and never had a bad experience with them, other than they land those birds hard!
Why do they do this I wonder? Every time I land on a Ryanair plane, its always with an almighty BANG.
I've not experienced this with any other airline.
That'll be O'Leary's steel tyres. They last longer than rubber ones.

audidoody

8,597 posts

258 months

Thursday 4th October 2012
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I always pay the extra £5 for the soft landing option.