Ryanair - Comments & Feedback Thread

mustbemoreorganised

Hi, my parents are due to go to dublin with ryanair this week with hand luggage only. In the past my dad has taken his breathing machine with him, it's the thing the doctor gives you for sleep apnea(sp). I don't know the exact dimensions, but if he won't get it into the handluggage with the clothes he needs as well. In the past he has taken it on many ryaniar flights in addition to his handluggage with no problems but in light on them clamping down on lap tops, handbags etc I am worried they might not let him take it on without charging him. I've looked on the website but can't see any reference to medical equipment. Does anyone have any recent experience of taking anything similar on a ryanair flight? thanks

kelloggs36

sturll wrote: »

Thats nothing, i once paid 1p for a flight and they had the cheek to attempt to charge me a further £10 to take a bag with me!

Talk about pushing it.

I mean as if - £10.01 with Ryanair or £150 with BA (where at least you get breakfast)

But was it really £10.01 as there are no taxes included in this price!

kelloggs36

I just compared the prices (as close as possible) to Easyjet for the same dates; Easyjet to Nice and Ryanair to Marseille (a bit of a drive, but doable) and there was no comparison. Easyjet cost £196.72 inclusive of all charges, taxes etc whilst Ryanair initially came out cheaper with the flight cost BUT with all charges, the total price was £276!!

omelette451

pcg2001 wrote: »

I often buy a few things in the airport and put them inside the hand suitase, however I know that by doing this I am going over the limit of 10 kgs (I have 10 kgs when going through security)- not the one bag limit. My only worry is that there will be scales near the boarding gates... then I would have to pay either £30 or throw the stuff away. as Balbadier said, that is not very Money saving. If someone spots a scale there, do let us know!!

Some airlines have scales attached to some of their metal guide-box-thingies. I've never seen Ryanair using them, but at Liverpool Ryanair and flybe share boarding gates and there is at least one flybe box with scales on it that could easily be used to settle arguments. That said, I've never seen them make a fuss about bags there at all. I avoid Stansted so haven't a clue what happens there, but I would suspect that they'd get at least one set of scales in the boarding lounge (possibly hand-held ones under the desk?), given that it's their biggest base.

Driver8

omelette451 wrote: »

Some airlines have scales attached to some of their metal guide-box-thingies. I've never seen Ryanair using them, but at Liverpool Ryanair and flybe share boarding gates and there is at least one flybe box with scales on it that could easily be used to settle arguments. That said, I've never seen them make a fuss about bags there at all. I avoid Stansted so haven't a clue what happens there, but I would suspect that they'd get at least one set of scales in the boarding lounge (possibly hand-held ones under the desk?), given that it's their biggest base.

Omelette, i flew to Krakow last Sunday morning with Ryanair and luckily i was in the bar just before they had brought the Ryanair sign out with the case measurer at the bottom and the Ryanair staff were actively asking people to put their cases in the stand to see if they fitted. I didn't see anyone actually get turned back has i thought i'd head for the flight. The same thing was happening at Krakow Airport with some passengers having to see if their bag fitted in the frame.
I don't think it is actually working in Ryanair's favour this practice with the one bag policy has in the seat opposite mine a young woman had her backpack at her feet during the flight, which i thought was a no no, due to all the over head lockers being absolutely packed has the flight was totally full. It was also taking a lot longer for the flight to be boarded due to people trying to find space for their luggage.

chem_j

When I was at East Midlands airport last summer, there were a couple who weren't allowed onto a Ryanair flight because they had too much luggage at the gate. Despite much pleading and tears they weren't allowed to take the extra, and in the end the guy stayed behind, and the woman took the maximum she was allowed.
Two years ago I was told at Stansted security that my rucksack was too big and I should go and check it in. Seeing as this was my 4th Ryanair flight in 2 days, and my bag hadn't miraculously grown in the 2 hours since I had got off my previous flight, I just went through a different security gate, without any problems (it was only a small 25 litre one). Ironically, when I got home, I discovered that I had made it through two sets of security with a tub of yoghurt in my bag, which hadn't been picked up as liquid!

daleuk_3

Right guys, looking to book some flights to Palma Mallorca with Ryanair for June/July or August.

The cheapest I can find is £17.49 each way + taxes. = £76 total.

Only a few days ago the same flights were £99 total.

Now do I wait for the price to change? or book now?! argh!

Teahfc

£76 book now and dont break the golden rule ! Dont look back !

miamoo

I would wait as the flight prices are up and down all the time, especially as your dates are very flexible. If you wanted August only, I would book now.

Lezanne26

I flew with Ryanair last September, Murcia to East Midlands. We were told one of the cabin crew had been taken ill so they had to 'offload' 31 passengers in order to fly. The only solution they offered to anyone volunteering not to fly that night was to fly at 6am next morning from Alicante (20 seats available) - make your own way from Murcia to Alicante and pay for it, or fly next day (5 seats available) or day after paying for your own hotel.

Obviously, people were very reluctant to do this and when not enough volunteers were forthcoming they started trying to offload passengers who were the last to book the flight! I ended up being one of those who volunteered to offload so that the flight could take off - I don't know what would have happened if they hadn't got enough volunteers as Murcia Airport actually closes at 11pm - what would they have done with a plane-load of people? I ended up waiting outside the closed airport on my own at midnight until my lift arrived. Ryanair ground staff didn't care what happened as long as the flight took off and they could go home.

When I wrote to Ryanair to claim back my expenses for this fiasco (extra petrol, toll fees, 2 days lost income) they conveniently lost the original receipts that I sent them.

When I did actually fly home there were no problems - cabin crew friendly & helpful, seats OK - it was quite amusing seeing everyone trying to squash their hand luggage into the overhead lockers though!