Anyone else notice Ryanair's prices have gone up?

richardw

bagand96 wrote: »

When was the last time they had a 1p sale?

Something came quite close to it a few weeks ago

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3161514

Luton to Trapani for £4 was a bargain for a 3 hour flight, and a distance of 1147 miles, that's about 3.5p per 10 miles!

2010

Common sense dictates that more people want to fly 1st June to the end of Sept. so fares can be hiked and held there.(as is what`s currently happening).

It`s supply and demand, if you want a flight in peak months, you pay a higher price.
Come the winter months RA reduces the amount of flights to match capacity and thus can still keep prices higher, although not as high as summer months.

Compared to rip off prices of BA years ago and even now, RA is still cheap.

Ash121

Incapuppy wrote: »

I know that you meant one way, hence the wording of my post and I stand by my previous comment - £35 to fly anywhere really is good value for money IMHO.

Agreed. The trouble in most cases with RA (particularly with my destination) is that you're about 80km away from the actual city and then have to catch a bus which then eats into your time and costs a further £20. Heaven help you if you have to catch a taxi!

RA might be cheap but they also have the monopoly for that particular destination from my nearest airport. I can't travel to Gatwick to decide between Easyjet, BA or KLM.

On a further note the crooks at RA are not accepting payment from my Escape prepaid Mastercard. Raised this with their helpdesk (10p / min) who said they'll "investigate it" but one week on and nothing's fixed.

I have enough funds and have used the card for other online purchases. What are the odds if I pay with my normal credit card (with the £12 "admin charge") it'll work right away?

budgetflyer

Ash121 wrote: »

Hi - as mentioned that is only one way. The return trip is almost £79 and as I fly almost every week that then equates to about £320/month.

If whatever business you are in can't afford £40 per single flight then its not really a sustainable business.
Airport charges are probably £5 to £10. APD will be another £10, so your £40 fare has £20 of costs b4 any fuel, which has doubled in the last 2 years, aircraft leasing, staff, insurance etc costs.

Ash121 wrote: »

It seems like this thieving lot know that their rip-off card charges may be coming to an end with the the new Which? complaint that was recently filed and are trying to fleece the customer for as long as they can.

I've never had a problem with card charges. I don't pay them. I use whatever payment method excludes them.
If you are booking 8 single flights a month and are paying card charges on each then really you can only blame yourself.

Ash121

budgetflyer wrote: »

If whatever business you are in can't afford £40 per single flight then its not really a sustainable business.

Ok, I'm not sure why and how this thread got onto being grateful for only spending £40 per flight. The question was simply why had there been a price hike around the September time as in previous years the prices dropped once the summer holidays were over. This has now been explained.

budgetflyer wrote: »

I've never had a problem with card charges. I don't pay them. I use whatever payment method excludes them.
If you are booking 8 single flights a month and are paying card charges on each then really you can only blame yourself.

I refer to my previous post for this one.

adindas

I fully agree with this.
Just compare to how much it will cost to travel by train from MAN to LHR.

Also the flight now is cheaper than travel say in the early 1990s before the budget airlines come into the market.

Incapuppy wrote: »

I know that you meant one way, hence the wording of my post and I stand by my previous comment - £35 to fly anywhere really is good value for money IMHO.
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SaveTheEuro

Ryanair have put a figure on their fare increases for the next year. They declared an annual profit of €401m and said "we cautiously expect that our average fares will rise by up to 12% this year due to a better mix of new routes and bases, slower traffic growth, and higher competitor fuel surcharges."

Most of their profit comes from me buying cups of tea at €3 a time.

budgetflyer

SaveTheEuro wrote: »

Ryanair have put a figure on their fare increases for the next year. They declared an annual profit of €401m and said "we cautiously expect that our average fares will rise by up to 12% this year due to a better mix of new routes and bases, slower traffic growth, and higher competitor fuel surcharges."

Most of their profit comes from me buying cups of tea at €3 a time.

actually only 22% comes from other sales

With another strong performance in inflight sales, ancillaries grew 21% to €802m somewhat faster than traffic growth, and amounted to 22% of total revenues.

a 12% increase is pretty good considering they expect costs to increase by 13%

Due to higher oil prices we expect operating cost per passenger to rise by 13% inFY12

Fuel increased 37% to €1,227m as av. oil prices rose from $62 to $73

Ryanair is 90% hedged for FY12 at $820 per tonne (approx. $82 per barrel), a 12% price increase on last year, but significantly below current prices.