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More generally, "booking a Ryanair flight might hold a nasty surprise".
by ggambetta 3y ago
More generally, "booking a Ryanair flight might hold a nasty surprise".
- timeon 3y agoSimilar with Wizzair.
- OfSanguineFire 3y agoI fly Wizzair at least a couple of times every year, and while both it and Ryanair are categorized as budget airlines, there are clearly two levels of budget airlines: WizzAir’s management has never pursued cutting every possible cost as singlemindedly as Mr. O’Leary famously has, and there is more flexibility possible, albeit at slightly higher fares.
- tagyro 3y agoHa, just last week I was on a Wizzair flight that had a one-hour delay. Because of the delay, rentalcars automatically cancelled my (already paid!) car rental booking and their agent tried to extort 400 (then later, 500) euros from me. In the end, my family and I, were left stranded on the airport, on a Sunday evening and had to pay double for another car rental. Of course, neither company wants to refund me, not to mention pay the difference of cost between the two rentals. I filed a complaint via ECC, let's see how it goes.
- ipython 3y agoIt can backfire on them every so often. I took a Ryanair flight for a short hop when on vacation in the eu back before COVID. My son had the vomits as the plane was set for landing. Apparently one of the “cost saving” measures was eliminating the seat back pocket and the barf bags. Well, Ryanair, jokes on you - vomit ended up everywhere in the aircraft cabin due to you saving a few cents.
- thinkingemote 3y agoHowever, jokes on us as they saved much more replacing the comfortable breathable cloth upholstery with the plastic non porous, sweaty but much easier to wipe seats.
- eatYourFood 3y ago[dead]
- walthamstow 3y agoRyanair have a bad name but I've flown with them possibly as many as 50 return flights from STN to wherever. I don't /love/ flying with them but it's cheap as chips, never an issue, never a delay longer than an hour. Emirates first class it ain't, but they always get the job done for me. I went to see my friend in Denmark the other week for £40 return! Beat that!
- veave 3y agoMost people who make jokes about ryanair are just mad that everybody can afford to fly now. They yearn for the days when flying was an exclusive activity and only they could do it.
- hutzlibu 3y agoSome people are also mad, because flying is somewhat bad for a stable climate.
- NoPie 3y agoI am too very happy with cheap airlines including Ryanair. It is true that their customer service may not be brilliant but they make it more affordable to travel. I think it is a reasonable compromise that benefits us all.
- fragmede 3y agoIt sucks to be treated poorly, and to get nickel and dimed on every little thing until you just end up paying more than flying a less shitty carrier. Framing it as the petit bourgeois are mad that the proles can afford to fly ignores who loses in a the race to the bottom, and the misery it begets.
- veave 3y agoWhich is why you can pay more to be treated better. But some are upset that paying more isn't the only option.
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