Tips for booking/flying Ryanair.

[Bill]

Number 1 is don't, I guess But it's substantially less than half the next competitor's price, flying from Gatwick, and the destination airport may be an hour from Stockholm but it is the side we want to be.

So other tips please to minimise costs and hassle.

Cheers.

[Bill]

fulham911club said:

If you are travelling with young children then they are required to sit you together - you might not get to sit next to your wife but on a short flight that might be a welcome relief!

We have 3 kids under 5, so there'll be no relief for anyone

[Bill]

Those extra costs soon mount up, don't they? £180 for booking fees, early boarding and a couple of suitcases

SAS don't fly direct at sensible times and BA are still twice the price.

[Bill]

CraigMST said:

Like I posted, get a Ryanair mastercard and you won't pay any booking charge.

The system seems to be down and won't let me

[Bill]

Hugo a Gogo said:

ryanair's own pre-pay card? 150 quid minimum load, charges to withdraw from it, charges if you leave it on there for 6 months

150 quid is a lot of 10.99 flights - oh and of course it won't work out exactly

Oddly enough, the charges to withdraw aren't spelt out. I'm trying to get one to within £5 of the flight cost so I can save the £60 credit card charge and write off the fiver difference.

Although the protection afforded by paying with my own credit card is probably worth hanging on to...