MSE News: Ryanair 'sticks two fingers up at passengers' with new card fees

worriedfirsttimebuyer

So they still make you pay the £6, but then give you it back as a 'voucher' presumably to be used onboard? Have I got this right?

MSE_Martin

I've always been supportive of ryanair. I think additional charges for baggage are fine. They are very cheap if you book right.

I don't care if they want to add a charge, they are dirt cheap, yet its now got to the point where this paymetn fee needs to be incorporated into their advertised price. That's the issue here.

S0litaire

Don't the pre-paid cards not come with a monthly fee to use them?
I was going to get one a couple of years ago but looking at the T&C's it said you get charged £5 month or something like that!

If they do charge a monthly fee then I wonder how much Ryainair gets of those charges!

malkie76

The payment fees are still avoidable. Even with the fees they are still mostly cheaper than the competition.
RyanAir are merely playing the game - the issue is the rules on price advertising.

Always worth remembering that you always get to see the final price before pushing confirm.

liz545

Are Ryanair even cheap anymore? It seems there's a new surcharge announced every week, and to be honest, I don't believe their headline prices - they never work out that cheap when I'm looking to book flights. The impression they give me is an overpriced, customer-unfriendly bunch of money grubbers, and I prefer not to fly with them. I only have one holiday a year - I don't want to spend it feeling like I'm being screwed by my airline!

glider3560

liz545 wrote: »

Are Ryanair even cheap anymore?

Yes, they are. We've booked flights to Pisa in October for £70 (for two people) including one 15kg suitcase.

Even with a £6 fee (i.e. extra £24), the price is still a bargain.

apt

Ryanair will even throw in a threat to arrest passengers free of charge. http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/s/1458568_ryanair-passenger-threatened-with-arrest-after-she-refused-to-leave-overbooked-holiday-flight-to-manchester?page_size=25#comments

beefturnmail

4 years ago i was left stranded in Salzburg at 11pm with no accommodation in the pouring rain (and then a 6 month battle to get them to reimburse my expenses). I vowed never to fly Ryanair again and stuck to this. Pay peanuts, get monkeys, but now it's gold-plated peanuts!

glider3560

apt wrote: »

Ryanair will even throw in a threat to arrest passengers free of charge. http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/s/1458568_ryanair-passenger-threatened-with-arrest-after-she-refused-to-leave-overbooked-holiday-flight-to-manchester?page_size=25#comments

Had she been offloaded, she could've claimed €250 compensation!

Comstock

gadgetmind wrote: »

Vote with your wallets; if everyone stops flying with Ryanair they will be forced to mend their ways.

Exactly. Why do we put up with this? Don't we realise we could be rid of this airline in a week if we wanted?