Advice needed- Screwed over by Ryanair!

jpsartre

cherabelle wrote: »

A little shocked by some of the replies- I was hoping for some help!

You misread the departure screen and went to the wrong gate. There's no help that be offered aside from recommending that you're more careful in the future.

Delree

likelyfran wrote: »

Yeah right! :rotfl:

True story. At first I wondered if he was responsible for the post here but they happened 24 hours apart and the respective attitudes are different.

The point is he's blaming himself (and the 11 others who got caught out) and not storming around shouting that he'd been scammed because it couldn't possibly be his fault.

AlexMac

Wow- what a facinating thread! And so prolific; 63 posts and rising! That's more than the average score for a Q about 'Overseas holiday travel...' which is ostensibly the topic of this forum.

We are really enjoying ourselves eh? And given the OP's targeted destination, how ironic that there's a German word for all this-

"SCHADENFREUDE"- "a feeling of enjoyment that comes from seeing or hearing about the troubles of other people" (Webster's Dictionary)

But then- why else am I here?

My German air travel story's a bit less interesting,but here goes;
Leipzig Airport - 4 hung-over companeros returning to Stansted from a stag do (3 straight men and 1 gay lad as it happens- he was the bride; our wives were off to Brighton with the groom).

Only trouble is, Bride-boy was a Cuban -born Irish naturalised citizen (don't ask; long story, involving a Russian University and a fuelling stop-over in Dublin; he didn't get back on the plane). The Ossies at Leipzig security couldn't cope with a black Irishman; in fact, they were a bit vague as to whether Eire was part of the EU! (they'd not been out much). A few tense phonecalls- but we made it home for the Civil Ceremony.

Now you might think- why's this geezer boring us with this story? But I advance the theory that its more fun than winging, blaming and trolling!
Auf wiedersehen pets

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AlexMac wrote: »

Wow- what a facinating thread! And so prolific; 63 posts and rising! That's more than the average score for a Q about 'Overseas holiday travel...' which is ostensibly the topic of this forum.

We are really enjoying ourselves eh? And given the OP's targeted destination, how ironic that there's a German word for all this-

"SCHADENFREUDE"- "a feeling of enjoyment that comes from seeing or hearing about the troubles of other people" (Webster's Dictionary)

But then- why else am I here?

My German air travel story's a bit less interesting,but here goes;
Leipzig Airport - 4 hung-over companeros returning to Stansted from a stag do (3 straight men and 1 gay lad as it happens- he was the bride; our wives were off to Brighton with the groom).

Only trouble is, Bride-boy was a Cuban -born Irish naturalised citizen (don't ask; long story, involving a Russian University and a fuelling stop-over in Dublin; he didn't get back on the plane). The Ossies at Leipzig security couldn't cope with a black Irishman; in fact, they were a bit vague as to whether Eire was part of the EU! (they'd not been out much). A few tense phonecalls- but we made it home for the Civil Ceremony.

Now you might think- why's this geezer boring us with this story? But I advance the theory that its more fun than winging, blaming and trolling!
Auf wiedersehen pets

I'm not sure anyone is deriving any pleasure from the misfortune of the OP but, while everyone has their own opinions about Ryanair, most posters appear to agree that the airline doesn't bear any responsibility in this case.

Sometimes in life you just have to accept you messed up and instead of blaming someone else you've got to bite the bullet.

By the way, Eire is not a country in the EU but the Republic of Ireland is. Even your gay,black,Cuban-born Paddy could have told you that.;)

Pollycat

likelyfran wrote: »

I don't know - maybe they've changed it since OP flew????

Do you know that they haven't?? :think::)

likelyfran wrote: »

Really? That screen shot was from the day the OP flew was it?
A: NO!

That's it, likelyfran - you carry on clutching at straws to justify your opinion. :rotfl:

SaveTheEuro

cherabelle wrote: »

We were forced to wait for the lost passenger bus.....we needed to be at gate 43!

You have clarified that you knew exactly which gate you should be at but couldn't get there because you were held by force. You should go straight to the police.

Pollycat

cherabelle wrote: »

A little shocked by some of the replies- I was hoping for some help!

The flight only had 18 booked on it, 11 of us missed it. We made ourselves known before the flight to say it appeared the signs where wrong and were told the lost passenger bus would collect us.

I'm not unable to read at all, despite been highly dyslexic I am extremely competant at following flight information having flown over 100 times.

Also, the day before 52 people had exactly the same problem!

cherabelle
Exactly what sort of help were you hoping for?

Do you really still think your were 'screwed over' by Ryanair?

Do you think other parties (Stanstead airport and maybe yourself) have some degree of culpability here?

As I said earlier:

Pollycat wrote: »

I'd love to have a verbatim account of what was said by the Ryanair desk

I bet they said it was your fault that you were at the wrong gate.

cherabelle wrote: »

We where taken to the Ryanair desk who have done nothing to help us other than charge another £110 to send us to Eindhoven. No apology, no goodwill gesture and basically said its our fault.

A lot of posters on this thread are saying the same.

Delree

It's just another example of the culture around these days that you are not responsible for your own mistakes.

This is why takeaway coffee mugs warn you that the contents are hot and microwave instruction books tell you not to try and dry your pet cat in them.

OP (and others) read the damn sign wrong and went to the wrong part of the damn airport and now cannot accept that maybe, just maybe she might have had a hand in her own misfortune.

poor_johno

This thread is a bit spicy.

likelyfran

Pollycat wrote: »

That's it, likelyfran - you carry on clutching at straws to justify your opinion. :rotfl:

Not really - reasonable points/questions that you clearly can't answer. :rotfl::T