ryanair may have a little ruse going...

mramoeba

mramoeba wrote:

ok my go......
oct 31st:
luton-marrakesh 24th jan-31st jan 2 adult one child

total £186.75 inc taxes

nov 1st: re-checked mine and bonkers ryanair now only wants £156.75. i've half a mind to go. i can see no logic here unless someone else has cancelled.

achtunglady

Hubby planned to go to Ireland, checked prices and flight was 99p each way excluding taxes etc, checked a few days later and the flights were 49p each way, so what with taxes and paying for luggage it came to £40.66, booked it and he goes away next Thursday for a long weekend to see his school friend he hasnt seen for 16 years. Its all swings and roundabouts (or just roundabouts if you live in Milton Keynes!!!):rotfl:

lowbrim

I have had a situation wher my son was online i9n London and I was online at another end of the country and we were trying to arrange a flight together knowing that the flight was more expensive if you booked 2 tickets rather than one (we had tried) we both put our bookings in and pressed the button together. My son got his booking at the price on the screen mine bounced back this flight is no longer available at this price and gave a price £50 more! You can't beat the system!! or does someone know differently?

alanjuk

RoCas wrote:

Yeah, it's not just RyanAir. I always delete cookies before making a new booking.

But if they log your IP address to identify you clearing your cookies will not help. Apparently Amazon used to do this and adjust the price accordingly

leeegglestone

alanjuk wrote:

But if they log your IP address to identify you clearing your cookies will not help. Apparently Amazon used to do this and adjust the price accordingly

couldnt this be looked at as illegal if they do do this?

arnie&caseysma!

falc wrote:

(babies don't get baggage allowance with horrid old Ryanair).

I thought babies dont get a baggage allowance with most airlines unless you pay through the nose......what are budget airlines for? Surely you would have ended up paying more than the extra £70 if you have gone with BA etc??

ynot2005

falc i would love to know for sure if this actually occurs or not

i have long thought especially with easyjet that the price goes up in relation to how many times you check the price, i have been caught out with a high priced ticket only to find the next day the price reverts back to the old price

how many of us go back and check on the price the next day after purchasing the ticket?

i dont like checking for prices in the evening and then sleeping on it and purchasing the next day, or even check in the morning and then go back in the afternoon- its has happened just too many times where this has cost me £10 or £20 a flight

easyjet even have my email address on the homepage when i access it thru a bookmark

it must be a scam...i can smell it!!

budgetflyer

I have 2 theories here.
Firstly ,cookies may not be a bad thing. Their software is continually monitoring demand so by clearing your cookies you may fool the software into thinking you are another potenyial customer for that route, therefor increased potential may put the price up.Cookies will also tell the software that you are continually "looking but not buying", therefor a downward price adjustment may turn you from looking to buying.JUST A THEORY

When looking way for fares with ryanair, I ALWAYS use the "find lowest fares tab" that way the software doesnt know which day I really want(although half the time,neither do I) You can then scan all the fares in a 20 day period.
you can do this in various forms with most airlines. If you have to input exact dates to access the calender feature,make sure its not the ones you really want,just to see the difference. JUST A THEORY

FINALLY, This is not a theory With ryanair, often you can save by booking singles. A single back to the UK may be priced the same number of Euros as we pay Pounds, saving 30% (less currency conversion charges)
THIS IS A FACT

falc_2

leeegglestone wrote:

Hmmm its difficult to say with ryanairs never ending "sale" prices & extended sales. Maybe a few of us should Test this theory out over a few days.

Ok heres my effort

31st Oct 9pm

Durham Tees Valley - Girona
22nd Feb 07 - 27th Feb 07
Price - 42.97inc Tax, minus Insurance or Luggage.

I will check the Price again Tomorrow.

any verdict yet?

leeegglestone

falc wrote:

any verdict yet?

just tried it again and it seems one flight falls on to be a penny making overall

37.98 so even cheaper

See these special offers creep up all the time i dont think we can ever do a fare test.