Ryanair Query

scottishgirl87

I haven't been on a Ryanair flight for years but we have no other option from Glasgow (Prestwick) to Barcelona (Girona) in October.

At the moment the outbound flight is relatively cheap with no taxes, however, the inbound flight is alot more expensive.

Is there any repercussions if we say book the outbound flight now and then wait a couple of weeks to see what happens with the inbound flight? By that I mean, do we lose any rights eg. if there's another volcanic eruption and we can't get home do we have less rights than we would if we had booked a return trip.

Incapuppy

Ryanair don't sell return flights - your trip will consist of two one-way flights.

scottishgirl87

Incapuppy wrote: »

Ryanair don't sell return flights - your trip will consist of two one-way flights.

Ahh ok, thanks!

SaveTheEuro

An advantage of booking the return leg separately is that you'll pay less, because Ryanair use a one-to-one exchange rate.

If the return leg is, say, £50 you'll be charged €50.

The_Groat_Counter

scottishgirl87 wrote: »

I haven't been on a Ryanair flight for years but we have no other option from Glasgow (Prestwick) to Barcelona (Girona) in October.

At the moment the outbound flight is relatively cheap with no taxes, however, the inbound flight is alot more expensive.

Is there any repercussions if we say book the outbound flight now and then wait a couple of weeks to see what happens with the inbound flight? By that I mean, do we lose any rights eg. if there's another volcanic eruption and we can't get home do we have less rights than we would if we had booked a return trip.

If the outbound flight is cancelled for whatever reason, and you opt to get a refund instead of travelling, then you would also get a refund for your inbound flight if you purchased it at the same time - if you buy it separately then I don't think Ryanair would refund you the cost of it.

Of course there's all the EU 261/2004 rights that also come into play when flights are cancelled (and the associated arguments about whether or not a flight cancellation is due to "extraordinary circumstances" or not - "extraordinary circumstances" being an airline's potential get out clause).

benjus

Incapuppy wrote: »

Ryanair don't sell return flights - your trip will consist of two one-way flights.

Not completely true, I think.

Just before last Christmas when the snow struck, I was due to fly to Europe, collect my children, and fly straight back with them. I had booked the outbound and inbound flights separately. My outbound flight was delayed, and I was worried about missing my return flight as a result, so I contacted Easyjet. They told me that I would not have the right to change to a different return flight because I had not booked both flights on the same booking.