Ryanair cancellation

AnnieB2018

If you cancel then you should get the taxes back.

Caz3121

AnnieB2018 said:

If you cancel then you should get the taxes back.

It is very likely the taxes will be £13.....and Ryanair charge a fee of £17 to process!
https://help.ryanair.com/hc/en-gb/articles/360017824978-Refund-Policy

CKhalvashi

Upsidedownandaround said:

zagfles said:

With Ryanair it's probably cheaper to just rebook than change dates!

Why can't you afford it, if eg redundancy your travel insurance may cover you if you have taken some out.

If he’s eligible for fee free flight changes then it probably wouldn’t.

"Free" flight changes are subject to an overinflated fare difference in most cases, meaning a fare higher than a new booking.

col81 said:

i have had a big reduction in income and can't go on the trip. Do i have any options?

It may be worth weighing up the options of cheaper accommodation if available at your destination compared to what you've already booked vs losing the flights. I've found decent accommodation close to many city centres/other attractions for sub-€20/night for a room.

Most are a bit more basic than your 'standard' hotel, but habitable.

If you still can't afford this, then losing what you've already paid will likely be the only option.

Upsidedownandaround

CKhalvashi said:

Upsidedownandaround said:

zagfles said:

With Ryanair it's probably cheaper to just rebook than change dates!

Why can't you afford it, if eg redundancy your travel insurance may cover you if you have taken some out.

If he’s eligible for fee free flight changes then it probably wouldn’t.

"Free" flight changes are subject to an overinflated fare difference in most cases, meaning a fare higher than a new booking.

col81 said:

i have had a big reduction in income and can't go on the trip. Do i have any options?

It may be worth weighing up the options of cheaper accommodation if available at your destination compared to what you've already booked vs losing the flights. I've found decent accommodation close to many city centres/other attractions for sub-€20/night for a room.

Most are a bit more basic than your 'standard' hotel, but habitable.

If you still can't afford this, then losing what you've already paid will likely be the only option.

And most people who say this reference an extra £15 or £20 because they expect their extras such as baggage and seats to be trasferred across because they don't understand what a 'flight change fee' actually is as they never changed a flight before covid.

CKhalvashi

Upsidedownandaround said:

CKhalvashi said:

Upsidedownandaround said:

zagfles said:

With Ryanair it's probably cheaper to just rebook than change dates!

Why can't you afford it, if eg redundancy your travel insurance may cover you if you have taken some out.

If he’s eligible for fee free flight changes then it probably wouldn’t.

"Free" flight changes are subject to an overinflated fare difference in most cases, meaning a fare higher than a new booking.

col81 said:

i have had a big reduction in income and can't go on the trip. Do i have any options?

It may be worth weighing up the options of cheaper accommodation if available at your destination compared to what you've already booked vs losing the flights. I've found decent accommodation close to many city centres/other attractions for sub-€20/night for a room.

Most are a bit more basic than your 'standard' hotel, but habitable.

If you still can't afford this, then losing what you've already paid will likely be the only option.

And most people who say this reference an extra £15 or £20 because they expect their extras such as baggage and seats to be trasferred across because they don't understand what a 'flight change fee' actually is as they never changed a flight before covid.

From the experience of multiple clients last year, no. I don't touch flights professionally (and any company I have a shareholding in is not licensed to), however have seen a few queries regarding this, however the following stood out to me as I dealt with it personally.

The fare they were seeing was different to the fare I was seeing as a new booking. The price for 'extras' was also different to the fare I was seeing as a new booking.

The fee payable on one booking I've been able to find with a quick search for 2 people excluding extras was £88 last year where the fare difference on the basic ticket should have been £0 (it should actually have been negative but that's covered in the T's and C's). The difference including extras was £141.

A new flight was £94 for the same 2 people with the same extras and seats, being the same flight it was being attempted to switch to, therefore making it cheaper to throw the original tickets and complete a new booking. They booked with another airline with comparable services on a comparable route for £67.

I am not saying this is always the case, but there is definitely price manipulation and a difference between fares for a changed ticket and a new booking.

Upsidedownandaround

CKhalvashi said:

Upsidedownandaround said:

CKhalvashi said:

Upsidedownandaround said:

zagfles said:

With Ryanair it's probably cheaper to just rebook than change dates!

Why can't you afford it, if eg redundancy your travel insurance may cover you if you have taken some out.

If he’s eligible for fee free flight changes then it probably wouldn’t.

"Free" flight changes are subject to an overinflated fare difference in most cases, meaning a fare higher than a new booking.

col81 said:

i have had a big reduction in income and can't go on the trip. Do i have any options?

It may be worth weighing up the options of cheaper accommodation if available at your destination compared to what you've already booked vs losing the flights. I've found decent accommodation close to many city centres/other attractions for sub-€20/night for a room.

Most are a bit more basic than your 'standard' hotel, but habitable.

If you still can't afford this, then losing what you've already paid will likely be the only option.

And most people who say this reference an extra £15 or £20 because they expect their extras such as baggage and seats to be trasferred across because they don't understand what a 'flight change fee' actually is as they never changed a flight before covid.

From the experience of multiple clients last year, no. I don't touch flights professionally (and any company I have a shareholding in is not licensed to), however have seen a few queries regarding this, however the following stood out to me as I dealt with it personally.

The fare they were seeing was different to the fare I was seeing as a new booking. The price for 'extras' was also different to the fare I was seeing as a new booking.

The fee payable on one booking I've been able to find with a quick search for 2 people excluding extras was £88 last year where the fare difference on the basic ticket should have been £0 (it should actually have been negative but that's covered in the T's and C's). The difference including extras was £141.

A new flight was £94 for the same 2 people with the same extras and seats, being the same flight it was being attempted to switch to, therefore making it cheaper to throw the original tickets and complete a new booking. They booked with another airline with comparable services on a comparable route for £67.

I am not saying this is always the case, but there is definitely price manipulation and a difference between fares for a changed ticket and a new booking.

That's certainly the first I've heard of that then.

My personal experience has been you pay extra/again for any extras e.g seats and baggage as you are booking a new flight as was the case whenever I've changed flights previous with Ryanair prior to their flight change fee waiver.

Also previously you weren't entitled to the Bogofs or temporary sale prices as far as I remember

Almost every thread I've read on here and the poster on this thread thats has referenced  a price increase has the change being between £10-25 pound per flight regardless of total cost. I presume not everyone who is complaining about not getting a refund in their thread has been booking £30 return flights.

Maybe it has changed though. Maybe we'll get someone in the summer having an issue with their £1000 school holiday flights going up another £500 to rebook when the flihgt is the same price to book a new rather than £20 a flight.

CKhalvashi

I'll pop you a PM now with further details