MAJOR FLIGHT SALE UNTIL THURSDAY. £10 E/W all-in to European Destinations

sloppychops

Oh you edited your post Burtie lol

darbooka

Burtie wrote:

Why would you want to do this? Children have to pay taxes, infants don't!!!!

1 Adult and 1 infant is cheaper than 1 adult and 1 child.

Even so, where an adult/child is getting a seat for under a tenner including taxes and fees (ie, the under-one-pound sale seats), then better to spend 2 more quid on the infant by getting them an adult/child seat and not have the infant restricted to your lap for the journey. You can still put them on your lap if you want to, when you want to, but they'll have a seat of their own to use which can be especially convenient for nappy changes.

Burtie_2

Yeah sorry, I found some weekend flights for 79p with the "speciall offer" 9.99 tax (they seem to have changed the tax figures to make the £10 single fares)

Burtie_2

darbooka wrote:

Even so, where an adult/child is getting a seat for under a tenner including taxes and fees (ie, the under-one-pound sale seats), then better to spend 2 more quid on the infant by getting them an adult/child seat and not have the infant restricted to your lap for the journey. You can still put them on your lap if you want to, when you want to, but they'll have a seat of their own to use which can be especially convenient for nappy changes.

To answer your question - NO!

See
http://www.ryanair.com/site/EN/faqs.php?sect=chd&quest=infants
http://www.ryanair.com/site/EN/faqs.php?sect=spn&quest=large
http://www.ryanair.com/site/EN/faqs.php?sect=bag&quest=extrabaggage

darbooka

Burtie wrote:

To answer your question - NO!

See
http://www.ryanair.com/site/EN/faqs.php?sect=chd&quest=infants
http://www.ryanair.com/site/EN/faqs.php?sect=spn&quest=large
http://www.ryanair.com/site/EN/faqs.php?sect=bag&quest=extrabaggage

Interesting albeit poorly worded on the part of Ryan.
I may phone them (at their high per-minute rate) to clarify and get back to you with what they say. The issue isn't for an 'extra' seat (ie, a second seat) for the infant but a single seat for the infant. Extra seat for infant implies that you may be using the seat to have the infant lay down across both seats.
Also, if they mean that infants are not entitled to their own seat then it is interesting - if not veritably discriminatory - that they will allow you to purchase an extra seat for one of your bum-cheeks but not for your baby.

Burtie_2

And how do you intend to "safely" carry the child when "No baby/car seats are allowed in the cabin of the aircraft." ?

This may not be a Ryanair specific ruling but a CAA one.

*edit* http://www.caa.co.uk/default.aspx?categoryid=3&pagetype=90&pageid=1344
OK, so it's not a CAA ruling, but you still need Ryanair to allow the car-seat to comply with the CAA ruling.

And you still then need Ryanair to confirm it's OK to "pretend" an infant is a child for the purpose of getting a seat.

darbooka

VickyM wrote:

Having just done this, I should point out that you also get charged £7 (£3.50 each way) ...

That Baggage Fee is only if you book your baggage online:

"A Baggage Fee is charged for the carriage of each item of Checked Baggage. The Baggage Fee may be prepaid at the current discounted rate of £3.50/€4.50 per item of baggage/per one way flight when making your reservation. If the Baggage Fee is paid at the airport or through our reservations centre, the full rate of £7/€10 per item of baggage/per one way flight is charged. Baby buggies, wheelchairs, scooters and walking frames are carried free of charge."
http://www.ryanair.com/site/EN/faqs.php?sect=chd&quest=infants

The 'full rate' would make the Baggage Fee cost more than my suitcase cost new. Could be cheaper to either: a) wear all your clothes on your person; or, b) use a laundromat at your destination ; and/or c) buy cheap or otherwise disposable underwear for your journey - all of which make the flights more attractive for day trips or one-nighters.

darbooka

Burtie wrote:

And how do you intend to "safely" carry the child when "No baby/car seats are allowed in the cabin of the aircraft." ?

This may not be a Ryanair specific ruling but a CAA one.

*edit* http://www.caa.co.uk/default.aspx?categoryid=3&pagetype=90&pageid=1344
OK, so it's not a CAA ruling, but you still need Ryanair to allow the car-seat to comply with the CAA ruling.

I'm not a safety expert and am not offering any advice to be relied upon, but as an experienced parent I would personally feel secure about my baby sitting in an aircraft seat if they are past the age that they can walk (ie, one-ish). Once they can walk they'll be encountering much more havoc then anything they could possibly experience in a cabin - even a Ryanar cabin - IMHO.

mrsafety

leave your children at home and give the rest of the passengers a break,

sloppychops

mrsafety wrote:

leave your children at home and give the rest of the passengers a break,

Oh now thats very helpful.If you havent got anything constructive to say i would keep quiet.