Ryanair adds further charges

stoneman

eco21 wrote: »

I love these arguements - if you think it is unfair/cruel/sneaky/etc dont fly with them, fly with someone else,

I will pay £80 return all in with RyanAir, rather than £120 for BA - to me money saving is getting it for cheapest - if I wasnt money saving I may think that the difference in BA is worth the £40. But, I am on a moneysaving board so will go with £80

* fictious pricing

Just one thing, who would you think would be more likely to get you home or your destination if a flight gets canceled. See, sometimes money saving is not always about saving money.

Bengt

stoneman wrote: »

As for punctuality, there has been research done that shows RA add on average 15 minutes to the time that most other airlines add to the time that a particular journey takes. that is how they manage to be so punctual. And as for price, i can often find prices much cheaper with other airlines, even legacy ones, for my specific needs. I.E. 2 people traveling with 2 pieces of luggage each for a 2 week holiday to a place that most holiday makers actualy want to go to.

I will not argue about price as this is very dependent on which destination and dates you are travelling.
But, when it comes to punctuality Ryanair definitely wins... So what if they add 15 minutes to the flight time. The whole thing about punctuality is to reach the destination on time (OR earlier). If that is accomplishd by adding 15 minutes to the flight time they are still OK. Better 15 minutes early 10 times than 30 minutes late on time...

stoneman

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Bengt wrote: »

I will not argue about price as this is very dependent on which destination and dates you are travelling.
But, when it comes to punctuality Ryanair definitely wins... So what if they add 15 minutes to the flight time. The whole thing about punctuality is to reach the destination on time (OR earlier). If that is accomplishd by adding 15 minutes to the flight time they are still OK. Better 15 minutes early 10 times than 30 minutes late on time...

PolishBigSpender

stoneman wrote: »

As for punctuality, there has been research done that shows RA add on average 15 minutes to the time that most other airlines add to the time that a particular journey takes.

And it allows Ryanair to depart at the advertised time and to arrive at/before the advertised time. That's excellent customer service - when I choose a flight, I want it to depart on time and arrive on time or earlier. I don't care if Ryanair add on 15 minutes to the actual flight time - better to be conservative with flight times and actually to stick to them. I mean, you're actually trying to criticise an airline for sticking to their schedule here!

Ryanair are actually very sensible with being conservative with flight times - you can't predict delays/wind conditions/etc, but by allowing time to be built into the schedule, it allows them to make time up throughout the day if a plane is delayed first thing in the morning. With unrealistic schedules such as BA/AF - they don't have this flexibility, and thus you end up getting flights cancelled when they end up hopelessly delayed.

And as for price, i can often find prices much cheaper with other airlines, even legacy ones, for my specific needs. I.E. 2 people traveling with 2 pieces of luggage each for a 2 week holiday to a place that most holiday makers actualy want to go to.

And this is the nature of Ryanair. Equally so, legacy carriers can be ridiculously expensive. I found one comparison not that long ago on a LGW-MAD flight. Ryanair were charging 60 pounds for the flight and one piece of luggage. Iberia were charging 600 pounds for a flight at a similar time. It really is a no brainer to fly Ryanair in such circumstances.

192jo

what a con check in on line , you panic to have the paperwork this boarding pass I printed my outbound but why at this time couldn't I PRINT MY RETURN 15 DAYS TO WAIT ,thats where there is major con probelms with ryanair, CAN THIS BE DONE IN AIRPORT IF YOU HAVE 1 CASE TO BOOK IN?
STANSTED LET YOU AWAY WITH 21KGS WATCH OUT YOU GET DONE ON RETURN , SO PAID OVER 700 POUNDS TO FLY WITH RYANAIR A EXPENSIVE LESSON LEARNT DON'T FLY WITH RYANAIR ,
PAID THE 40.00 X FAMILY OF FOUR EACH FOR NO RETURN BOARDING PASS ,
THE SICKENING THINK i HAD THE PAPERWORK WITH MY RESERVATION NUMBER ON IT NO ACCEPTABLE IN VALENCIA AIRPORT , 243 EURO PAIDED ON TOP OF MY 548 FOR FLIGHTS AND PRIORITY BOOKING TO SIT TOGETHER AS A FAMILY , ONE AND A HALF HOURS STANDING TO BOOK ONE BAG IN, NOT A HELPFUL AIRLINE , POSTED RECEIPTS AND COMPLAINED OFF , SPOKE TO SOMEONE IN BUDAPEST CAN'T WAITING TO SEE MY PHONE BILL WILL LET YOU KNOW,NEVER AGAIN WILL i FLY WITH THEM. :mad:

192jo

15 day period of when you return yes but whom want this hassle

melb

that's really annoying having to fork out all the extra money. However if you're going away for 2 weeks you can always print out both sets of boarding cards (outward and return) before you go or, if you're going away for longer you 'll just have to try and find an internet cafe and print them out there by putting in your confirmation details on the ryanair website.