A Must Read - Ryanair Flights

Road_Hog

Danyúl_II wrote:

So when we booked it confirmed to us "No taxes/charges" etc etc - Are they actually allowed to state that to us before we press "Confirm purchase" and then demand extra payment from us after we've confirmed?

Seems very dodgy if they are allowed to do so..

Right, some people are getting confused here. This promotion includes all taxes and charges in the price except for credit card fees. Therefore anyone purchasing a ticket on this promotion will not have to pay any taxes when they get to the airport. However, if you have abused a promotion, Ryanair are quite within their right to cancel your ticket and refund your purchase in full. I would not put this past Michael O'Leary, as he is not scared of bad publicity. So, I would probably not book any accommodation or incur any extra expense until you've had some feedback from people who have actually turned up at the airport and taken their flights.

With regards to people who have booked flights prior to Gordon Brown's announcement of the increase of APD from 1St Feb, any airline is entitled to charge you the extra money, as it is merely collecting the tax on behalf of the Treasury. I believe British Airways is the only company that is stumping up the cost themselves.

catanna4u

jeppy wrote:

me too, where are you staying, i havent booked anywhere yet, but really looking forward to it. Last time we went we found a bar with irish dancing etc, it was great, temple bar is buzzing have a great weekend!!!

Scared that flights maybe cancelled, how can they take off at 1p per person!!!

im staying at a youth hostel. its costing me about £9 a night with my membership. should be a laugh...or a nightmare in an 8-bed dorm :rotfl:

oooh the irish dancing sounds fun mind you, we might need to wear our extra clothes, and put our toiletries in our hand luggage that fits 55cm x 40cm x 20cm without luggage allowance lol. I know what you mean about cancellations tho...i wont get my money back on the hostel accommodation if they do :eek:

sheryldoc

jeppy wrote:

me too, where are you staying, i havent booked anywhere yet, but really looking forward to it. Last time we went we found a bar with irish dancing etc, it was great, temple bar is buzzing have a great weekend!!!

Scared that flights maybe cancelled, how can they take off at 1p per person!!!

Tha bar with the Irish dancing is The arlington hotel bar I believe.. meant to be amazing!!.. we r staying a wee b&b jst off o'connell st..x

catanna4u

i can see it now....a hundred of us meeting up and handing out a wad of vouchers to resturants and bars together...omg thats freaky LOL :rotfl:

TBeckett100

just me in Lubec handing out the fliers then.

Danyúl_II

Road_Hog wrote:

Right, some people are getting confused here. This promotion includes all taxes and charges in the price except for credit card fees. Therefore anyone purchasing a ticket on this promotion will not have to pay any taxes when they get to the airport. However, if you have abused a promotion, Ryanair are quite within their right to cancel your ticket and refund your purchase in full. I would not put this past Michael O'Leary, as he is not scared of bad publicity. So, I would probably not book any accommodation or incur any extra expense until you've had some feedback from people who have actually turned up at the airport and taken their flights.

With regards to people who have booked flights prior to Gordon Brown's announcement of the increase of APD from 1St Feb, any airline is entitled to charge you the extra money, as it is merely collecting the tax on behalf of the Treasury. I believe British Airways is the only company that is stumping up the cost themselves.

Thank you very very much for clearing that up.

However, how can they say we have been abusing the promotion? All we did was go onto their website and voila, it shown up as 1p each way. Infact, how did the 2nd link where you don't need to put any details in of previous journeys come about anyway?

I don't want to have to wait too long before booking accommodation, as hostels in Frankfurt (where I have booked the flights to) generally fill up pretty quick.. therefore the idea of a cheap holiday may be defeated if I have to wait a week to see if they will honour the flights..

Any guesses?

maniac886

Danyúl_II wrote:

Thank you very very much for clearing that up.

However, how can they say we have been abusing the promotion? All we did was go onto their website and voila, it shown up as 1p each way. Infact, how did the 2nd link where you don't need to put any details in of previous journeys come about anyway?

I don't want to have to wait too long before booking accommodation, as hostels in Frankfurt (where I have booked the flights to) generally fill up pretty quick.. therefore the idea of a cheap holiday may be defeated if I have to wait a week to see if they will honour the flights..

Any guesses?

The only way of knowing if this will be honoured is when someone actually goes and comes back without any problems and reports back.

Glitterati

http://www.ryanair.com/site/EN/news.php?yr=07&month=jan&story=pro-en-120107
RYANAIR TAKES RECORD 1 MILLION BOOKINGS IN JUST ONE WEEK

5M FREE* SEAT SALE DRIVES RECORD WEEK OF BUSINESS



Ryanair, Europe's largest low fares airline today ( Friday, 12th January
2007) announced that it had taken a record 1,000,000 bookings between the 5th and the 11th of January. This is the first time Ryanair has sold more than 1M seats in a week and makes Ryanair the first European low fares airline to do so.

Announcing the record week of business, Peter Sherrard Ryanair's Head of Communications said:

"All last week the https://www.ryanair.com servers were going into overdrive to cope with record bookings for our 5 million free seat sale.

"This is the first time Ryanair has taken more than 1M bookings in a week and sets us well on our way to carrying more than 50M passengers over the coming year. Ryanair's 5M free seat sale continues until midnight 18th January and with so many free seats we expect record bookings next week too".

Lol I wonder why so many bookings

Danyúl_II

To anybody who has booked a flight for the next few days:

Please please please report back to us!

TBeckett100

Glitterati wrote:

http://www.ryanair.com/site/EN/news.php?yr=07&month=jan&story=pro-en-120107
RYANAIR TAKES RECORD 1 MILLION BOOKINGS IN JUST ONE WEEK

5M FREE* SEAT SALE DRIVES RECORD WEEK OF BUSINESS



Ryanair, Europe's largest low fares airline today ( Friday, 12th January
2007) announced that it had taken a record 1,000,000 bookings between the 5th and the 11th of January. This is the first time Ryanair has sold more than 1M seats in a week and makes Ryanair the first European low fares airline to do so.

Announcing the record week of business, Peter Sherrard Ryanair's Head of Communications said:

"All last week the https://www.ryanair.com servers were going into overdrive to cope with record bookings for our 5 million free seat sale.

"This is the first time Ryanair has taken more than 1M bookings in a week and sets us well on our way to carrying more than 50M passengers over the coming year. Ryanair's 5M free seat sale continues until midnight 18th January and with so many free seats we expect record bookings next week too".

Lol I wonder why so many bookings

all a big PR stunt. however i feel all warm and soft towards Ryanair with my 2p flights. just what they wanted. heh ho,I am happy to boost their stats.