Ryanair newbie
Discussion
FWDRacer said:
It is so simple to remember to print both passes in advance - Ryanair allow you to do this for two weeks prior - perhaps your colleague shouldn't be allowed out on their own in public.
Well as I've never used them I don't know how it works, but with regular airlines you can only print the boarding pass 24hrs before - I guess this was the system he was more used to.Deva Link said:
FWDRacer said:
It is so simple to remember to print both passes in advance - Ryanair allow you to do this for two weeks prior - perhaps your colleague shouldn't be allowed out on their own in public.
Well as I've never used them I don't know how it works, but with regular airlines you can only print the boarding pass 24hrs before - I guess this was the system he was more used to.Being able to print boarding passes two weeks in advance is such an unusual thing that one wonders how they've arrived at that solution.
Pure speculation I admit, but what's the betting that the scenario involves the airline introducing the printing boarding pass charge, only to be faced with a deluge of complaints from people who were on holiday and thus outside the then pre print time limit and therefore charged.
So they changed the rules to allow you effectively to check in two weeks early.
Likewise never used them, even on my regular "commute" they go from an airport where I don't want to go as it adds 45 minutes at this end of the journey and to an airport that I don't want to land at as that adds well over an hour at the other end.
Not to mention that by the time various compromises have been made regarding only having carry on (quite doable if a PITA), limited number of flights per day and times and so on, in the end there is little merit in Ryanair's value proposition afaic. But accept it's Ok for some.
F i F said:
Likewise never used them, even on my regular "commute" they go from an airport where I don't want to go as it adds 45 minutes at this end of the journey and to an airport that I don't want to land at as that adds well over an hour at the other end.
Not to mention that by the time various compromises have been made regarding only having carry on (quite doable if a PITA), limited number of flights per day and times and so on, in the end there is little merit in Ryanair's value proposition afaic. But accept it's Ok for some.
Quite agree. The issue we are now hitting though is this.Not to mention that by the time various compromises have been made regarding only having carry on (quite doable if a PITA), limited number of flights per day and times and so on, in the end there is little merit in Ryanair's value proposition afaic. But accept it's Ok for some.
We like to fly to Tenerife quite regularly. A few years ago, all the cheap airlines picked up this route and started undercutting the "proper" airlines to the point where they all pulled out.
So the only way to get to Tenerife now is via one of these cheap airlines which is a bit annoying. What makes it worse is that they have now bumped their prices back up so they are no longer cheap at all. So we are now paying "proper" airline prices for the cheap lot with no alternative.
If anyone knows of a decent airline that flys to Tenerife, even if it is expensive, please let me know!
M
While we are on the subject of putting your toothpaste etc in a plastic bag, we flew to Belfast last month with EasyJet and my stepdad put some essentials in a clear sandwich bag, when stopped at security they said the clear bag was too big 
Seriously, WTF????
So I simply put his deodorant etc into my smaller clear bag, only then would they let us through security.
What difference does the size of the clear bag make??
Seriously, WTF????
So I simply put his deodorant etc into my smaller clear bag, only then would they let us through security.
What difference does the size of the clear bag make??
For my sins I am an experienced Ryanair traveller – which is not something to boast about – however when using them every week for 2 years, one learns the tips and tricks to beat the system.
I’m not going to write a tome about it, however there are a couple of points to all the above that I wish to add:
1. The carry-on weight allowance is 10.0kg, however Ryanair can only charge by the whole kg for overweight baggage, therefore any bags up to 10.9kg will be allowed on. This is the same for hold baggage of 15kg or 20kg.
2. Remember that EVERYTHING you have with you is classed within the hand luggage allowance, therefore that bottle of malt whisky you’ve just bought will, if you get stop-checked, have to be put in your bag and weighed. I’ve always wondered what the airports have thought to this rule, as surely it will dissuade people from purchasing items from the duty free?!
3. If you are stopped and your bag is overweight, the criteria to pass is that your bag must weight up to 10.0kg (actually 10.9kg unofficially). If you have your coat in your bag, put it on and stuff all your weighty items into the pockets. Although your combined weight is the same, the ryanair doris will allow you past. Once past this point, just put everything back in your bag. It’s a bugger to have to do, but it’s better than the £30/€35 they’ll charge you.
HTH
I’m not going to write a tome about it, however there are a couple of points to all the above that I wish to add:
1. The carry-on weight allowance is 10.0kg, however Ryanair can only charge by the whole kg for overweight baggage, therefore any bags up to 10.9kg will be allowed on. This is the same for hold baggage of 15kg or 20kg.
2. Remember that EVERYTHING you have with you is classed within the hand luggage allowance, therefore that bottle of malt whisky you’ve just bought will, if you get stop-checked, have to be put in your bag and weighed. I’ve always wondered what the airports have thought to this rule, as surely it will dissuade people from purchasing items from the duty free?!
3. If you are stopped and your bag is overweight, the criteria to pass is that your bag must weight up to 10.0kg (actually 10.9kg unofficially). If you have your coat in your bag, put it on and stuff all your weighty items into the pockets. Although your combined weight is the same, the ryanair doris will allow you past. Once past this point, just put everything back in your bag. It’s a bugger to have to do, but it’s better than the £30/€35 they’ll charge you.
HTH
ghibbett said:
For my sins I am an experienced Ryanair traveller – which is not something to boast about – however when using them every week for 2 years, one learns the tips and tricks to beat the system.
I’m not going to write a tome about it, however there are a couple of points to all the above that I wish to add:
1. The carry-on weight allowance is 10.0kg, however Ryanair can only charge by the whole kg for overweight baggage, therefore any bags up to 10.9kg will be allowed on. This is the same for hold baggage of 15kg or 20kg.
2. Remember that EVERYTHING you have with you is classed within the hand luggage allowance, therefore that bottle of malt whisky you’ve just bought will, if you get stop-checked, have to be put in your bag and weighed. I’ve always wondered what the airports have thought to this rule, as surely it will dissuade people from purchasing items from the duty free?!
3. If you are stopped and your bag is overweight, the criteria to pass is that your bag must weight up to 10.0kg (actually 10.9kg unofficially). If you have your coat in your bag, put it on and stuff all your weighty items into the pockets. Although your combined weight is the same, the ryanair doris will allow you past. Once past this point, just put everything back in your bag. It’s a bugger to have to do, but it’s better than the £30/€35 they’ll charge you.
HTH
I’m not going to write a tome about it, however there are a couple of points to all the above that I wish to add:
1. The carry-on weight allowance is 10.0kg, however Ryanair can only charge by the whole kg for overweight baggage, therefore any bags up to 10.9kg will be allowed on. This is the same for hold baggage of 15kg or 20kg.
2. Remember that EVERYTHING you have with you is classed within the hand luggage allowance, therefore that bottle of malt whisky you’ve just bought will, if you get stop-checked, have to be put in your bag and weighed. I’ve always wondered what the airports have thought to this rule, as surely it will dissuade people from purchasing items from the duty free?!
3. If you are stopped and your bag is overweight, the criteria to pass is that your bag must weight up to 10.0kg (actually 10.9kg unofficially). If you have your coat in your bag, put it on and stuff all your weighty items into the pockets. Although your combined weight is the same, the ryanair doris will allow you past. Once past this point, just put everything back in your bag. It’s a bugger to have to do, but it’s better than the £30/€35 they’ll charge you.
HTH
Decent info which many seasoned Ryanair pro's (;)) are cognisant of. Always wear the "Big Coat"/"Gillette"/"Jumper" to the plane... then place it in the overhead storage.ghibbett said:
2. Remember that EVERYTHING you have with you is classed within the hand luggage allowance, therefore that bottle of malt whisky you’ve just bought will, if you get stop-checked, have to be put in your bag and weighed. I’ve always wondered what the airports have thought to this rule, as surely it will dissuade people from purchasing items from the duty free?!
Not entirely sure you're correct on that one. Certainly my last Bournemouth to Palma flight a couple of weeks ago both airports had signs saying you can take one bag of duty free ontop of your 10kg hand luggage (had to be in a duty free shop bag though).The weight thing seems a bit stupid (for all air travel), when passenger weights can vary dramatically. They ought to have a total gross weight for the passenger and all their baggage.
I suppose the snag is that the low-cost airlines would base their ticket prices on people who weighed as much as a flea and then would surcharge everyone else.
I suppose the snag is that the low-cost airlines would base their ticket prices on people who weighed as much as a flea and then would surcharge everyone else.
Deva Link said:
The weight thing seems a bit stupid (for all air travel), when passenger weights can vary dramatically. They ought to have a total gross weight for the passenger and all their baggage.
I suppose the snag is that the low-cost airlines would base their ticket prices on people who weighed as much as a flea and then would surcharge everyone else.
Get out more. Get on one of these low cost flights and expand your mind/broaden your horizons I suppose the snag is that the low-cost airlines would base their ticket prices on people who weighed as much as a flea and then would surcharge everyone else.
Deva Link said:
I suppose the snag is that the low-cost airlines would base their ticket prices on people who weighed as much as a flea and then would surcharge everyone else.
It's just like the regulation about the lowest advertised price law has to be based on payment using cash or debitcard.Well the cash payment model obviously doesn't work, so they base their price on using their own pre-loaded debit card and charge everyone else.
Whilst they say it's free to use the card at UK merchants until March some of the other fees are crazy, especially if you want to stick two fingers up to them and cancel your card.
Narrowly avoids using c word.
see http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/travel/2011/...
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