RyanAir ... ffs

[joggerjayne]

Just looking at some flights to Jerez.

RyanAir seem to be the only domestic airline who go there.

It's like ...

Ticket ... cheap

Charge for ONE bag (!) ... extra

Charge for paying by debit card (!) (as opposed to what? cash in a brown bag?) ... extra

Charge for online check-in (to help them by doing their admin for them) ... extra

Total cost ... far from cheap.

I might go with Iberian Airways !

[joggerjayne]

Salla ...

Even when you do pay for the bag, you luggage allowance is teeny ... and the excess weight charge is huge.

Stoofur ...

I don't mind paying for an airline ticket. But ...

I'd rather they just said ... it's �100, but you can bring your luggage, and we will check you in (not a novelty for an airline!), etc.

Sure, you CAN fly cheaply if you are hand-luggage only. But that is BA's market (overnight business travellers) ... NOT RyanAir's market.

If you were a family with 2 kids, going on holiday, your extras are ...

4 cases ... �80

Paying by debit card ... �40 !!

Advance boarding (free on EasyJet) ... �24

�144 in "surprise" extras.

[stoofur]

Checked bag is bags that are put in the hold. You are also allowed to carry on one bag (check the website for the size and weight). I usually fly with just the carry on bag but I usually only go abroad to see the inlaws for a couple of days (plenty of time).

[joggerjayne]

Yes, Bint ...

The music here is fab.

There's a great little club where lots of bands play, and you can eat and get cocktails, etc.

It was called Joogleberry. For some daft reason, they changed its name to the New Music Club, but everyone still calls it Joogleberry (and always will).

We've got a fab local jazz/funk band called Return Of The Bump Squad, who play there quite a lot.

[Bbbananas]

Did I mention I loved Brighton when I was there recently JJ? My FB profile pic at the mo is of moiself on Brighton Beach. Reports next day in the local papers commented on the fact that a Greater Spotted Tit and a basking white great whale were washed up on shore...

I don't mind mocking myself.

I could easily see myself living in Brighton.

[joggerjayne]

It's a fab place to live, Salla.

I couldn't imagine living anywhere else at the moment.

When I'm a crusty old bat, I'll move a mile or two down the road to Hove Actually.

[joggerjayne]

Salla ... My FaceBook pic (not that I use FB) is also of me on the front in Brighton.

omg !! ... we had photos taken near to each other ...

... we are almost GoG lovers !!

Okay, this doesn't mean we're married or anything ... it has to be just sex, okay !

LOL

[ummmm]

They wouldn't let my disabled Uncle on the plane because he didn't have a passport. There was 13 of us travelling back to Ireland. He had loads of photo ID, I then had to drive from Luton to Birmingham to get on an Airlingus flight. The other 11 got on the flight and told us there was no seats left anyway.

[joggerjayne]

Ummmm ...

Why was your uncle trying to board a plane without a passport ?

[Bbbananas]

Just sex JJ - abso-effing-lutely!!

Maybe when we're crusty old fag-hag-bags, we can be like the jollier raunchier versions of Hinge & Brackett and shock & outrage the more sedate (aka boring) residents of Hove Actually.

Ummm... poor Uncle.
And why does Aer Lingus always always bring to mind Cunny Lingus..... Not quite the same is it? Just my mind...

[joggerjayne]

Salla ...

No, they're not the same. Otherwise, I'd fly to Ireland and back more often ...

=0)

Hove Actually ... boring residents ???

Erm ... yes. Definitely.

[Bbbananas]

I'd just be on a constant loop to Cork and back....

What a thought!

[ummmm]

JJ....because you never needed one before. You didn't need one with Airlingus. Ryanair used that fact to over book seats knowing someone will turn up without a passport.

[stoofur]

It does say on the Ryanair website that you need a Passport or a national identity card.

So if you mean Ryanair rely on people who don't read the T's & C's then that is not the fault of Ryanair.

I don't mean to keep defending Ryanair but it is quite clear what the extra charges are and what there rules of travel are. If you want easy (not jet) then you have to pay for it.

My only gripe I really have with Ryanair and Easyjet is you can't book seats so when you are getting on the plane there is a big bundle (Unless you pay for Speedy Boarding Ha ha more charges)

[LoftyLottie2]

Ryan air are the pits and have the rudest staff possible. They make Easyjet look like an upmarket airline. Never, ever will I travel with Ryanair again. Don't forget you also have to put your handbag in your cabin baggage too otherwise is is charged as extra. Also remember that they charge per person for using credit cards even though you only use the one card. I wouldn't be surprised if they took the seats out of their planes and installed animal pens. I sincerely hope they go bust.

I managed a week's holiday with just the contents of my cabin case!