Ryanair pricing for >1 passengers

danjkirby

Does anyone understand Ryanair's pricing variation depending on # of passengers? I needed to fly BHM to GDA for family of 4, but only need 1 hold bag + 1 10kg cabin bag so had to order separately as priority boarding (for cabin bag) seems to be either you add for all passengers or none (!!!!!!?) So here's what happened, just using outward journey as an example:

BHM to GDA 21/4/19:
1x adult only price £61.19 pp - booked it.
1x adult, 2x child price: £72.41 pp - booked it.

Now I can understand if once X seats are sold, the price goes up... but after booking, I had a look at pricing and for 1 adult it was back down at £61.19! Why is it cheaper for a lone traveller, and more expensive for a group? Higher price was also applied to 2x adults as well.

Are they allowed to deliberately overcharge for group bookings like this?

Westin

Perhaps after you booked only one or two seats left in the lower fare bucket.

When booking the three, it then takes all out of the next fare tier as insufficient seats available at the lower price.

You try afterwards for one seat or for two and the lower fare is given as one or two (but not three) available.

P.s. BHX rather than BHM is the code for Birmingham. GDA is the three letter airport code for a rural airport in the Central African Republic. Hope you booked this right :rotfl:

jpsartre

danjkirby wrote: »

had to order separately as priority boarding (for cabin bag) seems to be either you add for all passengers or none

In case it's ever relevant again, you can add priority boarding to individual passengers after booking.

ic

jpsartre wrote: »

In case it's ever relevant again, you can add priority boarding to individual passengers after booking.

Though remember its £6 per person at time of booking, £7 afterwards. Of course still a saving if only buying for one person.

danjkirby

Westin wrote: »

P.s. BHX rather than BHM is the code for Birmingham. GDA is the three letter airport code for a rural airport in the Central African Republic. Hope you booked this right :rotfl:

Haha, yes it should've been BHX to GDN...
Thanks for explaining, think that might make sense. Still miserable of them that you can't get all of the tickets at the lower tier first before it goes up a tier.

Westin

Perhaps still try to see the great deal and value that you have even at £72 per person.

Having recently shelled out £43.20 for a 43minute rail journey to London the other day (morning peak and I stood all the way), I think we all sometimes lose prospective of the relatively cheap cost of flying these days.

greyteam1959

Yes I agree with Westin.......
A 15 mile taxi ride to the airport costs me £10 more than my fight to Spain.