ryanair

[la bala]

I have been flying with Ryanair a lot of years now, yes i know, i am a tight *** and get what i pay for. , What i have noticed is, if i weigh my bag at 15kg, there weight belt always shows 16kgs. I have never had the belt scales weigh less than my figure. Anyone else had this. its ok i have got my hard hat on.

[88b]

I've never flown with them and won't but your not the first to report that

[aris]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2013408/Inventor-unveils-outsize-jacket-beat-budget-airline-luggage-charges.html

 

Wearable luggage.

 

 

I'm sure soon they will be weighing passengers and charging accordingly.

Edited December 18, 2013 by aris

[Dunkield]

I fly EasyJet quite a bit, but I have only flown RyanAir once (because I had to) and I would never do it again.

The low start price is just the bait to get you on the hook, from then on their sole purpose is to find ways of getting more money out of you.

 

As the old joke goes:

 

"Spare a thought for Michael O’Leary, Chief Executive of 'Ryanair'.......

Arriving in a hotel in Dublin, he went to the bar and asked for a pint of
draught Guinness. The barman nodded and said, "That will be one Euro
please, Mr. O’Leary."

Somewhat taken aback, O'Leary replied, "That's very cheap," and handed over
his money.

"Well, we try to stay ahead of the competition", said the
barman. "And we are serving free pints every Wednesday evening
from 6 until 8. We have the cheapest beer in Ireland"

"That is remarkable value" Michael comments

"I see you don't seem to have a glass, so you'll probably need one of ours.
That will be 3 euro please."

O'Leary scowled, but paid up. He took his drink and walked towards a seat.
"Ah, you want to sit down?" said the barman. "That'll be an extra 2 euro. -
You could have pre-book the seat, and it would have only cost you a Euro."

"I think you may to be too big for the seat sir, can I ask you to sit in this
frame please"
Michael attempts to sit down but the frame is too small and when he can't squeeze in
he complains "Nobody would fit in that little frame".

"I'm afraid if you can't fit in the frame you'll have to pay an extra surcharge of €4.00
for your seat sir"

O'Leary swore to himself, but paid up. "I see that you have brought your
laptop with you" added the barman. "And since that wasn't pre-booked
either, that will be another 3 euro."

O'Leary was so annoyed that he walked back to the bar, slammed his drink on
the counter, and yelled, "This is ridiculous, I want to speak to the
manager".

"Ah, I see you want to use the counter," says the barman, "that will
be 2 euro please." O'Leary's face was red with rage.

"Do you know who I am?"

"Of course I do Mr. O'Leary,"

"I've had enough, What sort of Hotel is this? I come in for a quiet drink
and you treat me like this. I insist on speaking to a manager!"

"Here is his E mail address, or if you wish, you can contact him between 9 and 9.10
every morning, Monday to Tuesday at this free phone number. Calls are free,
until they are answered, then there is a talking charge of only 10 cent per second"

"I will never use this bar again"

"OK sir, but remember, we are the only hotel in Ireland selling pints for one Euro"

[shaun4860]

 

I have used Ryanair once.........

 

 

Couldnt fault it.......boarded on time, hand luggage only

 

Arrived on time

 

Only to Dublin so didnt need drinks or anything.

 

I wanted a no frills return ticket to Dublin so prebooked, and as I said, couldnt fault it

 

[rapid basher]

Fly both been flying with easyjet

twice a week for the 2 months rippoff !!

If ya don't book the week before

Il take Ryanair any day over them

Cheaper bargen flights

[la bala]

I fly EasyJet quite a bit, but I have only flown RyanAir once (because I had to) and I would never do it again.

The low start price is just the bait to get you on the hook, from then on their sole purpose is to find ways of getting more money out of you.

 

As the old joke goes:

 

"Spare a thought for Michael O’Leary, Chief Executive of 'Ryanair'.......

 

Arriving in a hotel in Dublin, he went to the bar and asked for a pint of

draught Guinness. The barman nodded and said, "That will be one Euro

please, Mr. O’Leary."

 

Somewhat taken aback, O'Leary replied, "That's very cheap," and handed over

his money.

 

"Well, we try to stay ahead of the competition", said the

barman. "And we are serving free pints every Wednesday evening

from 6 until 8. We have the cheapest beer in Ireland"

 

"That is remarkable value" Michael comments

 

"I see you don't seem to have a glass, so you'll probably need one of ours.

That will be 3 euro please."

 

O'Leary scowled, but paid up. He took his drink and walked towards a seat.

"Ah, you want to sit down?" said the barman. "That'll be an extra 2 euro. -

You could have pre-book the seat, and it would have only cost you a Euro."

 

"I think you may to be too big for the seat sir, can I ask you to sit in this

frame please"

Michael attempts to sit down but the frame is too small and when he can't squeeze in

he complains "Nobody would fit in that little frame".

 

"I'm afraid if you can't fit in the frame you'll have to pay an extra surcharge of €4.00

for your seat sir"

 

O'Leary swore to himself, but paid up. "I see that you have brought your

laptop with you" added the barman. "And since that wasn't pre-booked

either, that will be another 3 euro."

 

O'Leary was so annoyed that he walked back to the bar, slammed his drink on

the counter, and yelled, "This is ridiculous, I want to speak to the

manager".

 

"Ah, I see you want to use the counter," says the barman, "that will

be 2 euro please." O'Leary's face was red with rage.

 

"Do you know who I am?"

 

"Of course I do Mr. O'Leary,"

 

"I've had enough, What sort of Hotel is this? I come in for a quiet drink

and you treat me like this. I insist on speaking to a manager!"

 

"Here is his E mail address, or if you wish, you can contact him between 9 and 9.10

every morning, Monday to Tuesday at this free phone number. Calls are free,

until they are answered, then there is a talking charge of only 10 cent per second"

 

"I will never use this bar again"

 

"OK sir, but remember, we are the only hotel in Ireland selling pints for one Euro"

brilliant . hope you dont mind me printing it off.

[HDAV]

NExt time turn up with 15kg dumbell and just plonk it on the belt................

[david_r]

I fly ryanair most weeks. I think this sums it up well...

 

 

If the link has not worked, type fascinating aida ryanair into youtube.

 

Genius.

[Dunkield]

Il take Ryanair any day over them

Cheaper bargen flights

 

Cheaper than RyanAir? isn't that called walking?

[HDAV]

I fly ryanair most weeks. I think this sums it up well...

 

 

If the link has not worked, type fascinating aida ryanair into youtube.

 

Genius.

 

Brilliant!

[88b]

We fly to Verona in Italy quite a bit strangely BA is cheaper than Easy Jet ( Gatwick to Verona ) plus you get a drink and a sandwich and the flight times suit us better. Bergamot would be closer but only Ryan air fly there so I've never used it. Our nephew loves in Dublin and for years used Ryanair to fly to Stanstead, this year they started using air Aron to fly into Southend , it's more expensive but worth every penny.

[Dunkield]

Same as that, although I still use EasyJet for fishing trips, I have booked all my recent family holiday flights through BA and out of Heathrow too.

Booked well in advance they undercut the budget airlines.

I am not knocking budget travel, I am sure without them the likes of BA would never have forced into this position, so for that alone I thank them.

[shaun4860]

Slightly off topic

 

Ive flown twice with guns, once Easyjet and once BA,

 

Easyjet were the easiest, prebooked, whisked through all the checks with no queuing,

 

BA informed me when I mentioned guns that it would be up to the pilot on the day whether we could take them or not,

 

[Billy.]

I think the price of your ticket should reflect your weight. Why should I have to sacrifice my luggage allowance or be forced to just take hand luggage, when the bloke next to me is eight stone heavier than me?!

[old rooster]

I think the price of your ticket should reflect your weight. Why should I have to sacrifice my luggage allowance or be forced to just take hand luggage, when the bloke next to me is eight stone heavier than me?!

 

Hmmm, watch out you'll get the thread chucked out for being sizeist!!!

[Billy.]

 

Hmmm, watch out you'll get the thread chucked out for being sizeist!!!

 

No, it's just a fact that the majority of the PW lot are heavy hitters and won't agree.

[old rooster]

No, it's just a fact that the majority of the PW lot are heavy hitters and won't agree.

Lightweight!!! :)

[shaun4860]

 

No, it's just a fact that the majority of the PW lot are heavy hitters and won't agree.

I dont agree.....

 

[Longchalk]

I've spent decades honing this industrial physique... I'd expect a bloody big medal not a surcharge!... (Ooops, a stray "d" seems to have crept into that last sentence)

[secretagentmole]

We wanted to go to Southern Ireland to see what it was like, flew via Ryan Air from Stanstead a few years ago. It was cheaper to fly to Dublin (including the various airport taxes) than it was to take the train to London. Booked, paid, printed off boarding passes, no dramas or hassle, had a nice day out in Dublin, no problem at all!

 

OK so they are the National Express version of flying, we had a day out, I got to the Guiness brewery, enjoyed my day out, the women went shopping, did not enjoy their day out so much, apparently Dublin in the morning stinks of vomit and urine!

Edited December 20, 2013 by secretagentmole

[SuperGoose75]

We wanted to go to Southern Ireland to see what it was like, flew via Ryan Air from Stanstead a few years ago. It was cheaper to fly to Dublin (including the various airport taxes) than it was to take the train to London. Booked, paid, printed off boarding passes, no dramas or hassle, had a nice day out in Dublin, no problem at all!

 

OK so they are the National Express version of flying, we had a day out, I got to the Guiness brewery, enjoyed my day out, the women went shopping, did not enjoy their day out so much, apparently Dublin in the morning stinks of vomit and urine!

If you want to see what southern Ireland is really like..then my advice is when you fly into Dublin get back out off it in any direction as fast as you can. Im not much into Cities anyhow' but have been in a few around Europe'including London and also Canada and Dublin has to be the worst city i have ever been in.For a start there is not really much to do other than drink or go shopping and temple bar ect is sett up for tourists and is not the real Irish Culture that you will find elsewhere out of the capital.