Ryanair - Comments & Feedback Thread

tara747

Bad Bad Bad Bad Bad Bad

Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah

tara747

Ryanair and mobiles in the same sentence... Jesus wept.

karendb

Hi - I've just booked to travel with Ryanair from Stansted to Santander in April - £85 inc. fees for all of us so I'm pretty happy with that. There are 5 of us - 2 adults and 3 kids - 16, 14 & 13. We flew from Stansted a few years ago but the rules have changed since then - they definitely weren't so strict about the one piece of cabin baggage.

We'll either stay in an apartment or, more likely, a mobile home for 12 nts - so won't have to take bed linen & towels. However, we're only taking hand luggage so I'd be really interested in some packing tips. We normally do ferry-drive type holidays in Europe and take everything but the kitchen sink - tennis/badminton rackets, picnic stuff etc. etc. so this is a big change for me.

I can think of some things:

1. Wear any heavy clothes/shoes and possibly loads of layers (Michelin man, move over!)

2. Vacuum pack your clothes so you can fit more into the correct-size bag.

3. Take as much as you can in your pockets - ie sandwich for eating on board.

4. Weigh your bags before you leave home - I might just get a hand weigher though - these sound like a good idea.

Also, what about taking shampoos etc.? Do they really only allow one bottle per person? We're not too fussy so would it be cheaper just to buy some at the local supermarket?


Maybe we could make this a Sticky because I'm sure others could make use of the info...

Thanks for your time - Karen

FloFlo

Great thread, I'd also like to ask if anyone has found any bargain luggage that fits the ryanair handluggage criteria.

richardw

Make sure the apartment has a washing machine and drying facilities for clothes.

karendb

richardw wrote: »

Make sure the apartment has a washing machine and drying facilities for clothes.

Yes - I know the camp site has clothes washing facilities but not all apartments do, so a good point

Andy_L

Ryan air limit you to 10kgs of hand luggage each, generally that's more likely to be a limit than what you can fit in the right size bag, especially if you consider the weight of vacuum bags & a pump

Shampoos etc - the limit for hand luggage is not bottle larger than 100ml and all containers must fit in a, sealable, plastic bag no bigger than 1l (1000ml) in size. So really buy them either airside or at your destination

Scubabe

Hi all,

Nabbed some flights to Germany in a couple of weeks time for a mere 4p return for both of us yay!

At the time I booking, I *thought* I had read all the conditions properly, but now I am a little confused.

The FAQ page says:

To qualify for Online Check-in each passenger must present either a valid passport or National Identity Card (Driving licences not accepted), issued by either the government of an EU/ European Economic Area (EEA) country or Switzerland which matches the document details printed on their online boarding pass, at both airport security and the departure gate.

Now, I have interpreted that as : you can check in using a valid passport, OR you can check in using a National Identity Card issued by an EU country.

Is that the right way to interpret it?

It's just that I travel on an Australian passport, not a UK one...

Has anyone had any problems checking in online with a passport which is NOT an EU passport??

I don't want to have to pay airport checkin fees

Thanks in advance!

jammin_2

Scubabe wrote: »

Now, I have interpreted that as : you can check in using a valid passport, OR you can check in using a National Identity Card issued by an EU country.

Is that the right way to interpret it?

It's just that I travel on an Australian passport, not a UK one...

G'day, sport! (sorry).. moving on..

That's the incorrect way of interpreting it.

You can only check-in online with Ryanair if you are the holder of an EEA passport / EEA National ID card.

You should go online, "Manage my booking", and pay for airport check-in.

Note that, on the up-side, this can be refunded later, after the flight:

Where a passenger is unable to avail of Online Check-in by reason only of not being the holder of either a valid passport or a National Identity Card, issued by the government of an EU/EEA country, any airport check-in fee paid will be refunded upon application.

http://www.ryanair.com/site/IE/conditions.php

Scubabe

Grrrrrr
That's not what you were supposed to say!!!

Going to see if I can instead re-book us seperately for £3.75 each way, that way I can just pay for my own airport checkin (and get it refunded) and hubby can still check in online.

If I can't get the flights I wanted, never mind, it's only 4p wasted so we can just wait till the next 1p sale, and I will book it correctly next time!

Thanks