refund for Ryanair tickets booked by mistake

hopefulfooluk

There is a thing in place called the European Airline Passenger Service Commitment which, as long as 24hrs have not passed since the booking, will allow you to cancel even a non-refundable fare within the first 24hrs after booking, without penalty. Outside of that you are at the airline's mercy, but if you call them and quote that they have to under the EAPSC, they should (begrudgingly) do it, as long as you didn't buy the ticket more than 24hrs ago.

I've used this on BMI and Easyjet flights before - most T&C's fail to mention this get-out clause, but you can do it if you know it is there.

HTH,

Chris

greyteam1959

hopefulfooluk wrote: »

There is a thing in place called the European Airline Passenger Service Commitment which, as long as 24hrs have not passed since the booking, will allow you to cancel even a non-refundable fare within the first 24hrs after booking, without penalty. Outside of that you are at the airline's mercy, but if you call them and quote that they have to under the EAPSC, they should (begrudgingly) do it, as long as you didn't buy the ticket more than 24hrs ago.

I've used this on BMI and Easyjet flights before - most T&C's fail to mention this get-out clause, but you can do it if you know it is there.

HTH,

Chris

Well I think if this little snippet of information is correct it should be made an MSE Stickly

dmg24

hopefulfooluk wrote: »

There is a thing in place called the European Airline Passenger Service Commitment which, as long as 24hrs have not passed since the booking, will allow you to cancel even a non-refundable fare within the first 24hrs after booking, without penalty. Outside of that you are at the airline's mercy, but if you call them and quote that they have to under the EAPSC, they should (begrudgingly) do it, as long as you didn't buy the ticket more than 24hrs ago.

I've used this on BMI and Easyjet flights before - most T&C's fail to mention this get-out clause, but you can do it if you know it is there.

HTH,

Chris

The Commitment is only voluntary. Do you have evidence that Ryanair have signed up to it?

hopefulfooluk

mervyn11 wrote: »

Well I think if this little snippet of information is correct it should be made an MSE Stickly

Happy for that - I think it is correct but Martin may want to check with the powers that be first. I've certainly used it on a few occasions successfully!

hopefulfooluk

dmg24 wrote: »

The Commitment is only voluntary. Do you have evidence that Ryanair have signed up to it?

Nope. Like I said, I can only base it on my experience. Happy for someone to check before it becomes sticky.

dmg24

hopefulfooluk wrote: »

Nope. Like I said, I can only base it on my experience. Happy for someone to check before it becomes sticky.

No, in your original post you didn't state it was from experience, you stated it as if it was fact. Perhaps you could confirm your information before giving people false hope? :rolleyes:

Even for those airlines that have signed up to the Commitment, it should be noted that none of the measures are legally binding. Therefore, the airline would still not be legally obliged to refund the booking, it would only be at their discretion.

hopefulfooluk

dmg24 wrote: »

No, in your original post you didn't state it was from experience, you stated it as if it was fact. Perhaps you could confirm your information before giving people false hope? :rolleyes:

Even for those airlines that have signed up to the Commitment, it should be noted that none of the measures are legally binding. Therefore, the airline would still not be legally obliged to refund the booking, it would only be at their discretion.

Jeez, I was only trying to help.

But I am happy to stand corrected.

Armbase

dmg24 wrote: »

No, in your original post you didn't state it was from experience, you stated it as if it was fact. Perhaps you could confirm your information before giving people false hope? :rolleyes:

Even for those airlines that have signed up to the Commitment, it should be noted that none of the measures are legally binding. Therefore, the airline would still not be legally obliged to refund the booking, it would only be at their discretion.

WOAH!!!!!

Give the guy a break. He was onlyt trying to help.

It also geve me some info I didn't know.

Granted it may not be totally accurate but it gives them a starting point.

Bob

stoneman

She's off again, wrong time of the month girl?

tingtong

dmg24 wrote: »

No, in your original post you didn't state it was from experience, you stated it as if it was fact. Perhaps you could confirm your information before giving people false hope? :rolleyes:

Even for those airlines that have signed up to the Commitment, it should be noted that none of the measures are legally binding. Therefore, the airline would still not be legally obliged to refund the booking, it would only be at their discretion.

Oh dear, here we go. The official MSE Forum Police have arrived, ready to give grief to anyone who makes the slightest mistake.

dmg24 - instead of posting needlessly in order to get your post count up, why not go and find yourself a life ?