Ryan Air and Checking in

[akane_1984]

Hi i've just went to check myself, my dad and my brother in for flights tomorrow morning from Belfast to Manchester but I failed to notice RyanAir doesn't accept driving license when using online check in. So me and my brother have valid passports but my dad only has driving license can I leave him not! checked in and get him checked in at the counter in the morning I can't seem to call Ryan Air all there reservation desks closed at 19:00 according to the website.

[SG-22]

I would have thought it would be ok, as long as you have confirmation that your father has paid to be on the flight you should be able to take that to the check in desk.

[CFC1]

Ryanair make me laugh! .. They have started a new promotion today with one million £5 flights! ... Great, I think, and proceed to book 4 return flights from City of Derry airport to Birmingham, next month. I go through all the booking process and at the end, it gives choices of payment... I choose Mastercard or Maestro, and.. it adds on a whopping £32!!!!!! ... However, if I were to pay by "visa electron" ... there's no additional charge! What the frig?
I know it's only £32 and the flights are cheap, but it's the principle!... What a shower of *****!

[Jenn]

Originally Posted by CFC1

Ryanair make me laugh! .. They have started a new promotion today with one million £5 flights! ... Great, I think, and proceed to book 4 return flights from City of Derry airport to Birmingham, next month. I go through all the booking process and at the end, it gives choices of payment... I choose Mastercard or Maestro, and.. it adds on a whopping £32!!!!!! ... However, if I were to pay by "visa electron" ... there's no additional charge! What the frig?
I know it's only £32 and the flights are cheap, but it's the principle!... What a shower of *****!

Don't worry, just booked some flights for £0 each way per adult and in the end paid £170 or so because a baby who doesn't get a seat or luggage allowance has to pay £16 each way, luggage costs money too, airport tax and then if you don't want to get trampled when boarding you pay for priority boarding.

Unfortunately still way cheaper than other airlines.

[CFC1]

That's frigging scandalous, Jenn! I guess there is always someone with a worse tale than your own! ... Yes, they are still cheaper, but a little transparency in their pricing wouldn't change them being cheaper and would stop many being disgruntled at the paypoint!
However, oneupmanship rules in this competitive market and so, unfortunately does the associated disingenuous prices! I am annoyed really because they have charged £32 for processing a credit card... calling it a handling charge (£4 per person each way!!!!!!) What handling charge? I press confirm and ten seconds later, the money money ends up in their coffers! ONE TRANSACTION, NO-ONE ELSE INVOLVED...NO-ONE HAVING TO SIT IN A SWELTERING ROOM AND PHYSICALLY COUNT MY TATTY FIVERS! ... and then they have the temerity to charge me £4 a go, 8 TIMES!!!!

I'd better to and have a lie down ...

Have a good trip, anyway, Jenn!

[Loftusrd1980]

Originally Posted by CFC1

That's frigging scandalous, Jenn! I guess there is always someone with a worse tale than your own! ... Yes, they are still cheaper, but a little transparency in their pricing wouldn't change them being cheaper and would stop many being disgruntled at the paypoint!
However, oneupmanship rules in this competitive market and so, unfortunately does the associated disingenuous prices! I am annoyed really because they have charged £32 for processing a credit card... calling it a handling charge (£4 per person each way!!!!!!) What handling charge? I press confirm and ten seconds later, the money money ends up in their coffers! ONE TRANSACTION, NO-ONE ELSE INVOLVED...NO-ONE HAVING TO SIT IN A SWELTERING ROOM AND PHYSICALLY COUNT MY TATTY FIVERS! ... and then they have the temerity to charge me £4 a go, 8 TIMES!!!!

I'd better to and have a lie down ...

Have a good trip, anyway, Jenn!

I thought that there miss advertising had been looked in to by Trading Standards or something a while back as you never get the flight for what is advertised.

They maybe cheap but you get what you pay for usually and I have found the staff on the flights terrible, rude, obnoxious, poorly managed queuing system and staff who forget that you are the customer.

[Jenn]

Originally Posted by Loftusrd1980

They maybe cheap but you get what you pay for usually and I have found the staff on the flights terrible, rude, obnoxious, poorly managed queuing system and staff who forget that you are the customer.

Trouble is if you want to fly from a smallish local airport to another smallish local airport, you're looking at Ryanair or one of the big boys at 3-4 times the price and 8 hours flight through changes and finish the trip on a train, not an option with a baby.

I'd gladly pay £50 more for the same flight with one of the big boys.

[Dony]

Originally Posted by Jenn

Trouble is if you want to fly from a smallish local airport to another smallish local airport, you're looking at Ryanair or one of the big boys at 3-4 times the price and 8 hours flight through changes and finish the trip on a train, not an option with a baby.

I'd gladly pay £50 more for the same flight with one of the big boys.

That's the thing though, although I don't like Ryanair, without them flight travel would be a lot more limited and expensive. They have made use of the local airports which the big boys always avoided.

Don't get me started on the pricing and add-ons though

[Epicurus]

Sorry to completely derail the thread, but what irks me more than anything about them now, is that everytime they email with a promotion, they never pluralise the unit of currency.

I.e.: 1 MILLION SEATS FOR 5 EURO

FLY ANYWHERE FOR ONLY 10 POUND NO TAXES OR CHARGES

etc etc. Maybe it's an Irish thing, they are typing like they speak.

[CFC1]

Sods Law! ... As soon as I'd paid a fiver each for my flights last Monday, Ryanair brought out a new £1 flight promotion, leaving me another £32 out of pocket!

However, I am now prearmed for the extortionate credit card/handling charge scam! ... I have this morning got myself a Visa Electron card from the Post Office, so A £1 flight should now cost me the princely sum of .... £1! ... We'll see!

[Crocodile]

Originally Posted by CFC1

I have this morning got myself a Visa Electron card from the Post Office....

I've applied for a basic Co-Op account for the same reason. What's the betting they turn out to be the "wrong type" of Electron card?

[CFC1]

Originally Posted by crocodile

I've applied for a basic Co-Op account for the same reason. What's the betting they turn out to be the "wrong type" of Electron card?

I note that the "free" Visa Electron" card payment is supposed to be for a limited period only! ... However, they have been saying that since last year ... http://www.ryanair.com/site/EN/faqs.php?sect=CHARGES

Sod's law again ... They are now doing free flights! ****, ****! I might as well have gone out last week and p****d that £72 up against a wall!

[Crocodile]

Originally Posted by CFC1

Sod's law again ... They are now doing free flights! ****, ****! I might as well have gone out last week and p****d that £72 up against a wall!

The "free" flights actually incur a 1p charge in fees/taxes. I haven't taken one through to checkout but I'll wager that the 1p still incurs the £4 "handling" fee!"

[CFC1]

Originally Posted by crocodile

The "free" flights actually incur a 1p charge in fees/taxes. I haven't taken one through to checkout but I'll wager that the 1p still incurs the £4 "handling" fee!"

We'll see in the morning when I "activate" the Visa Electron card that I got today!

[Jenn]

Don't feel too bad a free flight isn't really free as mentioned in my previous post.