MSE News: Ryanair threat for passengers without online boarding pass

avinabacca

Gorgeous_George wrote: »

I don't understand why ANYBODY would choose RyanAir.

simples

GG

I don't understand why anyone would persist with using a tired old meme from a mediocre TV ad in a misguided attempt to prove how switched-on and savvy they are - but there y'go, takes all sorts.....

MarkBargain

benjus wrote: »

Nice idea, and in fact some airports have internet stations with printing facilities. However, the airlines are one step ahead, and require the online checkin to be done several hours before departure.

It was posted on another thread that Ryanair have blocked the IPs of computers in airports so that passengers cannot print their boarding cards (if they had previously checked in but forgot to bring their card), but I haven't tried this myself.

NFH

PasturesNew wrote: »

Nice little earner for somebody with a laptop and printer who wants to sit in the airport and print them for people for £20.

Maybe Ryanair will follow this principle and deploy a sister company in airports (in official rented space) to print boarding passes at a premium price. Then it wouldn't be Ryanair making the charge, but a third party, hence not falling foul of the Spanish judge's ruling.

Gorgeous_George

danothy wrote: »

If I were to speculate I would guess that it's to do with having a physical receipt to acknowledge you checked in and subsequently be validated when you boarded the plane.

Modern passports are chipped. Check in and they 'mark' the chip account to that effect. Show your passport at the gate and Robert is your mother's brother.

Does anybody really believe that it isn't possible. The Americans pretended to put someone on the moon in the 60's.

GG

danothy

Gorgeous_George wrote: »

Modern passports are chipped. Check in and they 'mark' the chip account to that effect. Show your passport at the gate and Robert is your mother's brother.

Does anybody really believe that it isn't possible. The Americans pretended to put someone on the moon in the 60's.

GG

There's still a lack of a physical receipt for the customer to keep for their records or produce in the event of a dispute that wouldn't be available with the method you describe, even though it is more than possible. The local bus service to me issues proximity cards but they still issue a receipt when you load a ticket onto it.

Alpine_Star

According to the BBC ''Judge Barbara Maria Cordoba Ardao ruled that the company was breaking international law by imposing the charge''.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12253928

Which would explain Ryanair's toys-out-the-pram reaction and why the story has been covered in the UK.

Froggitt

I flew out of Detroit last year, and there were a bank of checkin machines that printed a boarding pass once you entered your ticket number and passport details.

Didnt need to do it in advance. Didnt need a human to print it out.

MarkBargain

Froggitt wrote: »

I flew out of Detroit last year, and there were a bank of checkin machines that printed a boarding pass once you entered your ticket number and passport details.

Didnt need to do it in advance. Didnt need a human to print it out.

That's a good point and I am sure Ryanair used to (maybe still do?) have these machines in UK airports. Surely they could use these and just charge £2 or £3 for people forgetting their boarding papers therefore? How on earth can a £40 charge be fair?!

Actually, what am I talking about, Ryanair now charge £12 on a return flight for customers for online checking, using their OWN COMPUTERS, OWN PAPER and OWN INK. That really does take some beating!

NFH

MarkBargain wrote: »

Actually, what am I talking about, Ryanair now charge £12 on a return flight for customers for online checking, using their OWN COMPUTERS, OWN PAPER and OWN INK. That really does take some beating!

I agree. That's much more unfair than charging for check-in staff's time and fixed costs of operating check-in counters at airports. It's a shame the Spanish judge didn't rule the online check-in fee as illegal, as it's totally unjustifiable and only designed to mislead consumers by making fares looker cheaper than they really are.

Bobjob_2

Not worth discussing. Simple solution: don't EVER fly Ryanair. All problems solved.