Ryanair check-in fee starts today....is it legal?

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PolishBigSpender

Budner wrote: »

I dislike them, but have to admit Ryanair is one of the best run companies in Europe. I think they would've investigated the legality before they did this

Bearing in mind that BA have lost nearly half a billion pounds this year, whereas Ryanair are expected to announce a small profit - this says absolutely everything you need to know.

sturll

PolishBigSpender wrote: »

Bearing in mind that BA have lost nearly half a billion pounds this year, whereas Ryanair are expected to announce a small profit - this says absolutely everything you need to know.

Bearing in mind that BA compete in a much larger market than Ryanair, you show yet again you are talking out of your anus.

If a Ryanair flight goes half empty it does so for a few hundred miles. If a BA flight goes half empty potentially it does so for thousands of miles.

Ryanair have an excellent business model - for Europe. Their main competition is arguably just Easyjet/Air Berlin and one or two others.

BA has loads of competition on every single route.

Thus without knowing whether their Europe operation was profitable or not you are making the usual bollox assumptions based on the same old !!!!! you always do.

PolishBigSpender

sturll wrote: »

Bearing in mind that BA compete in a much larger market than Ryanair, you show yet again you are talking out of your anus.

What has that got to do with profitability? One airline is going to make a profit, the other is going to make a loss. Nothing else matters to the shareholders.

If a Ryanair flight goes half empty it does so for a few hundred miles. If a BA flight goes half empty potentially it does so for thousands of miles.

What has this got to do with the sole object of business, which is to make money? Ryanair look like succeeding where the vast majority have failed.

Ryanair have an excellent business model - for Europe. Their main competition is arguably just Easyjet/Air Berlin and one or two others.

Partially because those three destroyed the competition.

BA has loads of competition on every single route.

More fool them, then.

Thus without knowing whether their Europe operation was profitable or not you are making the usual bollox assumptions based on the same old !!!!! you always do.

What has one aspect of their operation got to do with the one number that matters - how much money they made or lost?

Shareholders don't care about what routes BA fly or who their competition is - they care about one thing, which is profit. Profit will drive share prices upwards and result in dividends - everything else is absolutely pointless.

As a shareholder, I don't want to hear excuses - I want to see the company making a profit.

Part of Ryanair's success is undoubtably due to their handling of the unions.

sturll

PolishBigSpender wrote: »

What has that got to do with profitability? One airline is going to make a profit, the other is going to make a loss. Nothing else matters to the shareholders.



What has this got to do with the sole object of business, which is to make money? Ryanair look like succeeding where the vast majority have failed.



Partially because those three destroyed the competition.



More fool them, then.



What has one aspect of their operation got to do with the one number that matters - how much money they made or lost?

Shareholders don't care about what routes BA fly or who their competition is - they care about one thing, which is profit. Profit will drive share prices upwards and result in dividends - everything else is absolutely pointless.

As a shareholder, I don't want to hear excuses - I want to see the company making a profit.

Part of Ryanair's success is undoubtably due to their handling of the unions.

Oh my word. I am going to print this off and display it in my office.

You haven't got a bloody clue.

:rotfl:

PolishBigSpender

sturll wrote: »

Oh my word. I am going to print this off and display it in my office.

You haven't got a bloody clue.

:rotfl:

Not me that fails to understand that the purpose of a business is to make a profit, is it?

lufcgirl

It's not actually the fact they're charging a check-in fee that gets to me, it's that they're deliberately making things more and more difficult by taking away not being able to use my driving license as ID.

I don't mind paying a fiver each way, and printing my boarding card at home, but why does easyjet allow the use of a driving license and not ryanair?

Before everyone says about a passport, I've applied for one...but still, after the recent changes, I've switched to easyjet now for flights.

phoworth

getting a refund from Ryanair or the credit card company?

Hi,
I suspect this an old issue, I am unable due to work commitments to make a flight to dublin, in 2 months time. I understand that Ryanair won't give refunds, apart from tax. I purchased my flight using my credit card, will I be able to claim my money back using section 75?

cheers

Patrick

PolishBigSpender

lufcgirl - to be fair, the vast majority of EU citizens have very convenient credit-card size identity cards that can be used instead of a passport booklet.

Patrick- no. The ticket is non refundable and this clause is contained with terms and conditions that you accepted upon booking.