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i want to book me and my 1 year old onto a flight,will ineed to book priority or will we be allowed on the aircraft first as i am with a toddler?also once i have made the booking,can i add on baggage after free?
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most airline board disabled passengers first. Personally, i don't really see the need to get on frst - as long as you are at the gate, everybody will get on, so you may as well wait till last once everyone has settled - probably better to entertain a toddler at the gate where there is a bit more space than for longer on the plane that is cramped and sitting still (in my opinion) depending on what sort of plane, the whole boarding process only takes about 15 minutes anyway, so personally i wouldn't pay to get on first! (plus you wont be forst anyway, even with "priority" - who is to say that 100 other peole haven't paid for it too?)
Ryanair used to call passengers with young children to the front of the queue first. Now that they're promoting their 'priority boarding' system, this has been dropped. (I've taken 8 Ryanair flights in the last couple of months, including two yesterday, so I'm confident that my information is up to date).
Priority boarding costs �3 (or �3) per person, per flight if booked online. But it might be better to simply try to get to the airport early, to get to the front of the non-priority queue. If you arrive to find that the queue is already lengthy, you can then purchase priority boarding from the Ryanair member of staff who will be trying to sell vouchers alongside the queue. It only costs an extra �1/�1 (i.e. �4/�4 per person) to pay at the airport.
Very few people actually pay for priority boarding. (There wasn't a single one on my flight back from Germany yesterday). So simply getting to the airport early is all that you need to do.
Your total baggage allowance (without incurring excess fees) is 15kg. (There's no allowance for children under 2 years). Every bag is charged for. It's important to try to get everything into one bag because the fee will only be �10 per flight. If you take two bags the fee shoots up to �30. (Three bags would cost �50). Excess baggage is charged at �15 (or �15) per kg (which has to be paid at the airport, not online).
To the best of my knowledge there's no way to add extra baggage once you've made your booking without either incurring the �35 flight change fee (plus the fee for the extra bag) or paying �20 per bag at the airport.
Chris
Priority boarding costs �3 (or �3) per person, per flight if booked online. But it might be better to simply try to get to the airport early, to get to the front of the non-priority queue. If you arrive to find that the queue is already lengthy, you can then purchase priority boarding from the Ryanair member of staff who will be trying to sell vouchers alongside the queue. It only costs an extra �1/�1 (i.e. �4/�4 per person) to pay at the airport.
Very few people actually pay for priority boarding. (There wasn't a single one on my flight back from Germany yesterday). So simply getting to the airport early is all that you need to do.
Your total baggage allowance (without incurring excess fees) is 15kg. (There's no allowance for children under 2 years). Every bag is charged for. It's important to try to get everything into one bag because the fee will only be �10 per flight. If you take two bags the fee shoots up to �30. (Three bags would cost �50). Excess baggage is charged at �15 (or �15) per kg (which has to be paid at the airport, not online).
To the best of my knowledge there's no way to add extra baggage once you've made your booking without either incurring the �35 flight change fee (plus the fee for the extra bag) or paying �20 per bag at the airport.
Chris
chris you cant book extra weight with ryan air
an exra bag yes
but thats to split your 15kg which includes your hand luggage too
if you dont have the correct offline booking form for the airport they charge you 40 euros to print 1
i know a woman who didnt have the 40 euros and they wouldnt let her board she tried to pay with her hubbys credit card via phone they wouldnt accept that
the woman missed her flight as she ran out of time and lost her money too
ryan air
robbers amongst airlines
an exra bag yes
but thats to split your 15kg which includes your hand luggage too
if you dont have the correct offline booking form for the airport they charge you 40 euros to print 1
i know a woman who didnt have the 40 euros and they wouldnt let her board she tried to pay with her hubbys credit card via phone they wouldnt accept that
the woman missed her flight as she ran out of time and lost her money too
ryan air
robbers amongst airlines
Hi Leggy.
I think you'll find that my post agrees with (the first part of) yours. I specifically stated that excess baggage charges (of �15/�15 per kg) can't be paid for online. They can only be paid for at the airport.
The 'correct offline booking form' you refer to is a print-out of the online check-in confirmation. Ryanair tell passengers, on their website, that they need that form on arrival at the airport gate (and that it will cost �40/�40 to get it printed out at the airport). They repeat the information when you book. They repeat it again on the email confirming the booking. They then send every passenger no fewer than three separate emails to tell them about the policy. If people are too thick to understand that information, they shouldn't be allowed out into the community, yet alone on an aircraft!
Chris
I think you'll find that my post agrees with (the first part of) yours. I specifically stated that excess baggage charges (of �15/�15 per kg) can't be paid for online. They can only be paid for at the airport.
The 'correct offline booking form' you refer to is a print-out of the online check-in confirmation. Ryanair tell passengers, on their website, that they need that form on arrival at the airport gate (and that it will cost �40/�40 to get it printed out at the airport). They repeat the information when you book. They repeat it again on the email confirming the booking. They then send every passenger no fewer than three separate emails to tell them about the policy. If people are too thick to understand that information, they shouldn't be allowed out into the community, yet alone on an aircraft!
Chris
hi,i dont usually bother with priority myself,my mum and dad have booked it and they are going on the same flight,we had decided to go with them last minute,so didn't want to be left at the gate on my own with a cranky toddler and a pram to carry to the plane!then try and find a seat somewhere near my mum!id rather just pay th e 6quid and get on with them but as with other flights people with kids used to get on first but as ryaniar are budget wasn't sure.also dont know if ill need baggage as i can carry 10k hand luggage and shove nappies in my mums,im trying to make it as credit crunch cheap as poss!!are they strict with hand luggage?have you ever had them ask you to put them in them boxes to make sure they are right size?
im going to spain with my 18month old in 2 weeks when i booked on line an add on popped up asking if i wanted prioty check in i paid the extra as i know my older kids will be excited to get on the plane.I was worried also that if everyone booked priorty its a bit of a con as we are all paying extra money to join the same long queue,but my grown up son and wife booked with easy jet on line and the add on offering priorty check in didnt happen and then friends booked with easy jet who have over 8.s and they didnt get offered priorty check in so it must be for famillies with young kids.
Legalyblond2
Mon 10/08/09
20:11
chris ive sen folk print it off and it doesnt always let ypu print the bar code
thats the bit they need
joke is that here in the reef they dont have a barcode scanner for ryan air
so they just look at it and say ok .
plenty cash made extrs tho
OH FCK OFF ABOUT TENERIFE WILL YOU,YOUR NOT EVEN SPANISH YOU W@NKER,JUST SOME DODGY G@Y SCOT THAT RESIDES THERE FOR THE MOMENT TILL THEY FIND OUT ABOUT YOUR EVIL SICK,HOMOSEXUAL SEX CRIMES AGAINST WAITERS AND DRUNKEN BARMEN!
LOL!
Want to know the hilarious bit?
In about half the airports I've used with ryanair, you get the priority crowd through the gates first on to the waiting bus that takes them to the plane. When they're all on, the start the next queue through - onto the same bus... this means the priority crowd are somethimes (usually?) the last ones off that bus and their priority fee goes to Michael O'Leary for fup all service.
I'd recommend Chris' advice - get there a little early and be first in the non-priority queue. It's about 3 mins extra of a wait. Also - no way are you getting free bags into the hold, and I'd recheck regarding a buggy too. I know that they even charge for handbags and laptops now (in theory - but it depends on where you are and how grumpy the jobsworth at the gate is)
In about half the airports I've used with ryanair, you get the priority crowd through the gates first on to the waiting bus that takes them to the plane. When they're all on, the start the next queue through - onto the same bus... this means the priority crowd are somethimes (usually?) the last ones off that bus and their priority fee goes to Michael O'Leary for fup all service.
I'd recommend Chris' advice - get there a little early and be first in the non-priority queue. It's about 3 mins extra of a wait. Also - no way are you getting free bags into the hold, and I'd recheck regarding a buggy too. I know that they even charge for handbags and laptops now (in theory - but it depends on where you are and how grumpy the jobsworth at the gate is)
Hello again, Pinkcowprint.
As I indicated above, I've flown with Ryanair quite a lot and (even though I only ever have light cabin baggage myself) I try to take note of what they actually do regarding cabin baggage.
The first thing to stress is that, at many (but not all) airports, they're very strict about the 'one bag only rule'. That means that things like handbags and airport purchases all have to be squeezed into a single bag. (If a passenger tries to board with an extra bag they'll simply meet with a refusal at some airports or a �30/�30 fee at others).
I've only rarely seen passengers required to put their bag into the 'measuring cage', but it does happen (usually when the bag is blatantly too big). To be fair to Ryanair, airline safety rules require that any large items of baggage have to be stored in the overhead lockers. Since the loading limit for a single locker (which has to take several people's bags) on a Boeing 737-800 is 56kg, it's understandable that a 10kg limit is imposed for each passenger. It's also reasonable that bags have to actually fit into the lockers. (The lockers on 737-800s aren't particularly big. If you do manage to sneak an oversize bag into the cabin, it might not fit into the locker. The safety rules would then require Ryanair's staff to refuse to carry that bag within the cabin).
Whickerman's post suggests that you need to check Ryanair's policy on buggies. I'll save you the trouble of looking for it. See here:
http://www.ryanair.com/site/EN/faqs.php?sect=b ag&quest=infantequipment
and here:
http://www.ryanair.com/site/EN/faqs.php?sect=b ag&quest=cabinbaggageallowance
Chris
As I indicated above, I've flown with Ryanair quite a lot and (even though I only ever have light cabin baggage myself) I try to take note of what they actually do regarding cabin baggage.
The first thing to stress is that, at many (but not all) airports, they're very strict about the 'one bag only rule'. That means that things like handbags and airport purchases all have to be squeezed into a single bag. (If a passenger tries to board with an extra bag they'll simply meet with a refusal at some airports or a �30/�30 fee at others).
I've only rarely seen passengers required to put their bag into the 'measuring cage', but it does happen (usually when the bag is blatantly too big). To be fair to Ryanair, airline safety rules require that any large items of baggage have to be stored in the overhead lockers. Since the loading limit for a single locker (which has to take several people's bags) on a Boeing 737-800 is 56kg, it's understandable that a 10kg limit is imposed for each passenger. It's also reasonable that bags have to actually fit into the lockers. (The lockers on 737-800s aren't particularly big. If you do manage to sneak an oversize bag into the cabin, it might not fit into the locker. The safety rules would then require Ryanair's staff to refuse to carry that bag within the cabin).
Whickerman's post suggests that you need to check Ryanair's policy on buggies. I'll save you the trouble of looking for it. See here:
http://www.ryanair.com/site/EN/faqs.php?sect=b ag&quest=infantequipment
and here:
http://www.ryanair.com/site/EN/faqs.php?sect=b ag&quest=cabinbaggageallowance
Chris
thanks chris for your info,i went the whole hog in the end and booked on a case and priority,a flight for me and my son which should have been about �80,suddenly cost me �156!!with a c.c charge more expensive than the flight itself,online check in fee,priority board,suitcase,something else,tax,something else..blah..blah,a friggin con!anyway thats what credit cards are for and i dont care anymore get me to the beach!!haha!
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