20 reasons never to fly Ryanair

terryya

I think I might become a journalist as by the look of most of the Ryanair articles recently you don't need any talent and can just make up half your story without worrying about trivial matters such as facts.

Will make great reading thought for people who hate Ryanair, despite 99% of them never using them. From the articles you would think Ryanair were a monopoly and people had no option but to use them!

My Express reading inlaws were quite surprised when our 2p day trip to Belfast actually cost 2p, they could use the toilet for free, we flew on a normal plane, from/to normal airports.

hollydays

In a few weeks I am going to Italy for 5 days-total cost-just £240 for the hotel for two of us,have done this many times before,long may it continue,it must be a non existant holiday according to that journalist.

dzug1

blue_haddock wrote: »

Simple matter of the fact is if you dont like ryanair fly with BA and pay for the privelege of arriving late and having a 'free' curled up cheese sandwich.

My recent BA flights have been on time and the cheese sandwich has not been curled up:D

But I'll fly Ryanair if they go where I want to at a suitable time and price. By and large they don't.

robin_banks

Dont have a problem with Ryanair tbh, I'm not a freqeunt flyer but have used them 3 or 4 times, the flights were cheap, took off and landed on time.I don't expect an allocated seat I just try to get to the airport early. Travelling can be stressful but it's no more stressful with Ryanair.

All this garb about weight restrictions is a load of carp, why does anyone need to carry more than 15kg of luggage in the first place?.

A typical ryanair user surely goes away for a 3-4 day minibreak, so that's 3-4 pairs of pants, socks, t-shirts, shirts, a jacket, shoes, and some toiletries.

Courtesy of Mr O'Leary I've been to some great places in Europe, but that doesn't sound good to a lazy journalist.

dzug1

robin_banks wrote: »

All this garb about weight restrictions is a load of carp, why does anyone need to carry more than 15kg of luggage in the first place?.

A typical ryanair user surely goes away for a 3-4 day minibreak, so that's 3-4 pairs of pants, socks, t-shirts, shirts, a jacket, shoes, and some toiletries.

If they are going for a week or 10 days or longer maybe? OK not a typical Ryanair user, but a common scenario nevertheless.

brodev

15 years ago my wife and I flew from Glasgow to Malaga return for 1 week in March for a total of £440 pounds. This was with a charter airline as there was no other direct flight. For £440 we got 20 kilos of luggage each and we had in flight meals which were edible and allocated seats. We had to be at the A/Ps 2 hours in advance.
This year we flew Ryanair Glasgow Prestwick to Malaga return for £80 for both of us. For this £80 we got 2 seats wherever we could find them (no problems), 10 kilos of carry on luggage each, and no meals. We had to be at the A/P 40 mins in advance.
I struggle to think of what the price would be now if it wasn't for Ryanair etc. Even if people do not use Ryanair then, IMHO, they still owe them and the other low cost airlines a debt of gratiude as fares in all aircraft have fallen dramatically as a result of their low fares

apt

That's a fair point Brodev. But what was the case in the past will not necessarily be so in the future. If O'Leary really believes in competition why did he want to take over Aer Lingus? Ryanair will be hoping that most of the weaker European airline will go bust in the next few years. Then 1p, 2p, £5 or £10 lost leader fares will be a thing of the past except to the middle of nowhere in the middle of November.

mystic_trev

My first flight with Ryanair was to Dublin in 1987 - return £100 - and they were by far the cheapest then! My last flight with them was to Wroclaw in September for 2p. I also mde a flight to Dublin in Feb last year for 2p. Not many things can have dropped from £100 to 2p in 22 years :T

richardw

The strong no frills airlines in Europe will survive, ryanair would love to see the end of easyJet and vice versa, but it is highly unlikely. Cheap off peak fares are here to stay.

dealsearcher

I think O'Leary really loves to annoy the jounalists (e.g. the £1 toilet windup) and the journalists then write these articles to get back at him. All very childish and doesn't actually inform the public properly, which is what the journalists are there for.