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Ryanair -flight cost increased whilst awaiting confirmation of payment

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Can Ryanair do that?
I booked flights, luggage etc and got through all their sales pitch to final payment.  I entered all my credit card details for the agreed price, and was just waiting on the confirmation when I was notified that an item in my basket was no longer available and to re-book from scratch! The item was the return flight which was now £15 more expensive. Surely once my payment was being processed they cant change the price???

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  • eskbanker
    eskbanker Posts: 37,073 Forumite
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    I can't recall if Ryanair works this way but on many booking sites I've visited, there's a timer within which a transaction must be fully processed, so if that expired before payment had been completed then that would perhaps explain it?
  • MeteredOut
    MeteredOut Posts: 3,050 Forumite
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    edited 27 July 2023 at 9:55AM
    eskbanker said:
    I can't recall if Ryanair works this way but on many booking sites I've visited, there's a timer within which a transaction must be fully processed, so if that expired before payment had been completed then that would perhaps explain it?
    It's likely Ryanair does not do this, and its simply that someone else was buying the last seat in the same booking class the OP was also buying.

    I'm sure their T&Cs will have them covered on this one.
  • samtaylor99
    samtaylor99 Posts: 31 Forumite
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    Had the same experience with easyJet once. Just bad luck that someone else beat you to the last available seat at that price.
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