Ryanair Flights

Phoebe2601

I need to book a flight for our holiday in August. I found one back in June with Ryanair where the out-bound flight was about £45 pp & the in-bound zero! (plus taxes). I stupidly hung on hoping that the outbound would come down in price but am now kicking myself as the opposite has happened & both flights have gone up! Does anyone out there have any knowledge of how Ryanair operate? Do prices tend to increase the closer you get to flying? If this is the case then I guess I'm just going to have to cut my losses & book before I lose the flight completely. Any advice gratefully received, thanks.

Quentin

Generally ryanair are cheaper the earlier you book.

Just selling one more seat on your flight might send the fare up! Book it and don't look again at the prices!

benjus

Prices are unlikely to come down this close to the time of flying, especially in high season. Prices do quite often come down in less popular times and routes - I often find the best time to book these is about 6-8 weeks in advance. However, with high-demand times and routes it's usually best to book well in advance.

Phoebe2601

Thanks, both of you. I think I've learnt my lesson!

cclarke12

also worth remembering that you can just buy one portion of the flight at once, i.e. you could have bought the incoming flight which was cheap without buying the outbound flight at the same time. The only thing is that you will be charged in euros if you buy flight from europe to UK, but if it is free anyway it's not a problem etc. and the euro conversion rate the have used is usually fine. I have often done this and then bought the outward bound ticket at a later time. However, given Nationwide are now charging for Euro transactions it may not be so good for me to do this in the future.

brodev

cclarke12 wrote: »

However, given Nationwide are now charging for Euro transactions it may not be so good for me to do this in the future.

Are you sure about your facts here?

cclarke12

brodev wrote: »

Are you sure about your facts here?

Happy to stand corrected. I am probably just getting confused with all the discussions on which cards are best to use abroad and which don't charge for foreign transactions. For some reason I had it in my head that Nationwide were starting to charge. Having just looked at their website it seems that they only charge for transactions in some countries.