Cheap Ryanair Flights Discussion Area

timbo86

Guys after urgent quick help please if anyone has a spare 10 mins before midnight im looking at taking up a few of these offers but would like to just do the 1 pound each way option not bothered where i fly from but again ideally midlands but not fussy dates are any time between august 1st - 12th and any weekend i.e go sat come back sunday or something similar as will be working monday to friday. I know im being picky here but if anyone could help i would really appreciate it as im running out of time before midnight.

PolishBigSpender

JimmyTheWig wrote: »

Whichever side of this debate you are on, do you think RyanAir actually benefit from their policies?
My point is, would they be better off shouting that they did "Return flights to xxx for £42, typical fees included"? It strikes me that they get such a lot of stick when they don't need to.

Or do they get more custom from people who look at their flights for, say, £0.00 and still book them when it comes out at £42 than they would do if they advertised them at a typical price?
Or is it a case of all publicity's good publicity - i.e. the more people who moan, the more people talk about them?

Just wondered what other people's thoughts were. I know I'd prefer it if they advertised a typical price rather than a near impossible price.

Someting that you have to remeber - Ryanair do in fact show the total price at the flight selection screen. The rest (baggage, card fees, etc) are all optional - and this is what I can't understand. People seem to be complaining about the lack of honesty about the prices, yet they seem very clear to me.

And yes, in Ryanair's case, all publicity is good publicity. The more people speaking about the company, the more business they'll get - for every person that complains, another person will discover ridiculously cheap fares.

I think people have simply been spoilt by the availability of ridiculously cheap fares and now can't handle having to pay anything more than a couple of pounds for a flight.

No matter how many times you drum it into people that they should use Visa Electron and only take hand luggage, people still pay with expensive credit cards and take bags that they don't need. There was one example on here a while ago where someone's girlfriend HAD to have a piece of hold luggage - for a two day trip to Paris! Not Ryanair's fault, yet they still got the blame.

JimmyTheWig

Maybe "needing" hold luggage is the wrong word, but some people will very much want to take hold luggage. Some people don't have an Electron card.

My point is that there should be some sort of "typical" price at the start. Then some people will actually get a cheaper price than that when they get to the end of it. Then they might go around telling people how good Ryanair is! But probably not as much as those who currently say what a rip off it is. Which is why I wonder about the publicity side of things. It's certainly an interesting business model.

chrissiesurfergirl123

Have booked a two day trip Manchester to Shannon for me and the kids to visit relatives for two quid return each everything included with my electron card total price £6.

Also just got day trip to Dublin for the same price. Absolutely unbelieveable value. I couldn't get the bus to work one way for £2!

hollydays

PolishBigSpender wrote: »

Someting that you have to remeber - Ryanair do in fact show the total price at the flight selection screen. The rest (baggage, card fees, etc) are all optional - and this is what I can't understand. People seem to be complaining about the lack of honesty about the prices, yet they seem very clear to me.

And yes, in Ryanair's case, all publicity is good publicity. The more people speaking about the company, the more business they'll get - for every person that complains, another person will discover ridiculously cheap fares.

I think people have simply been spoilt by the availability of ridiculously cheap fares and now can't handle having to pay anything more than a couple of pounds for a flight.

No matter how many times you drum it into people that they should use Visa Electron and only take hand luggage, people still pay with expensive credit cards and take bags that they don't need. There was one example on here a while ago where someone's girlfriend HAD to have a piece of hold luggage - for a two day trip to Paris! Not Ryanair's fault, yet they still got the blame.

Why do they hide the insurance opt out in the middle of the list of countries?

PolishBigSpender

JimmyTheWig wrote: »

Maybe "needing" hold luggage is the wrong word, but some people will very much want to take hold luggage. Some people don't have an Electron card.

Ultimately though, both those charges are optional.

My point is that there should be some sort of "typical" price at the start. Then some people will actually get a cheaper price than that when they get to the end of it. Then they might go around telling people how good Ryanair is! But probably not as much as those who currently say what a rip off it is. Which is why I wonder about the publicity side of things. It's certainly an interesting business model.

The thing is that the price shown at the flight selection stage *is* the final price - it's paying by non-Electron and taking hold baggage that drives the price up.

The thing about many people is that they scream RIPOFF SCAM- but when they realise that Ryanair are frequently the best value, they don't hesitate to book.

chrissiesurfergirl123

hollydays wrote: »

Why do they hide the insurance opt out in the middle of the list of countries?

Sorry Holly but this did make me laugh when I booked my last flight - assume it is because they have listed "no insurance required" in alphabetical order with the countries (as if it is a country lol)- bizarre

dovermire

chrissiesurfergirl123 wrote: »

Have booked a two day trip Manchester to Shannon for me and the kids to visit relatives for two quid return each everything included with my electron card total price £6.

Agree re cheap flts, was on holiday for 14 days in early July, had 32 flts booked to various destinations, Dublin being the main one - using it as a hub to other airports, all paid for by Electron and most £1 per flt.

Gripe is, my Electron card is Halifax 'Easycash' account, Halifax charge you £1.50 per booking, which I believe is because it's paid for in Euro's and the card is GBP. The CO-OP bank have just stopped issuing Electron cards (late June) on the orders of VISA (I've been told this from two different CO-OP sources). Anybody know which (if any) Electron card don't charge for booking, or do one in Euro's for UK residents to get around any bank charge?

Dave O

ABerrisford

Hooray! Flying to Bologna from London next week and thanks to Ryanair It cost me 60 pounds less than my mate doing the same trip on the same days...hehehe.

Couldn't resist this sale so checked my term dates (I work in a school) and Glory Be! some of our October half term isn't blacked out so now I am going to Krakow £30 pounds return! Thats a night out in London!

ABerrisford

Hey Dave O

I have an electron debit Card for my current account with Abbey National! It doesn't charge me for booking with it and ryan air don't book me either! Its fantastic and about the only reason i like having an electron card since its practically useless everywhere else :-)

Amanda

dovermire wrote: »

Agree re cheap flts, was on holiday for 14 days in early July, had 32 flts booked to various destinations, Dublin being the main one - using it as a hub to other airports, all paid for by Electron and most £1 per flt.

Gripe is, my Electron card is Halifax 'Easycash' account, Halifax charge you £1.50 per booking, which I believe is because it's paid for in Euro's and the card is GBP. The CO-OP bank have just stopped issuing Electron cards (late June) on the orders of VISA (I've been told this from two different CO-OP sources). Anybody know which (if any) Electron card don't charge for booking, or do one in Euro's for UK residents to get around any bank charge?

Dave O