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Because some companies sell more than places in the plane and there are places that same sit is given to more than one person and there are situations when last
by venfen 2y ago
Because some companies sell more than places in the plane and there are places that same sit is given to more than one person and there are situations when last on the line can not get on the place since all places are occupied. It happened for friends of us.
- fhd2 2y agoUh, that's scary! I had this happen on one flight, they asked someone to take the next flight for some kind of bonus and someone volunteered. Pretty insane that this can happen in the first place, but I guess with something like Ryanair I can see how people might want to play it safe then!
- jadyoyster 2y agoI don't think Ryanair does this.
- oarsinsync 2y agoRyanair absolutely does this. I've been on a flight in the last 3 months that was +2 oversold. Everyone else had checked in online earlier than me and gotten a seat assignment, so I was held at the gate, unable to pass, until the gate was ready to close and they had confirmed they had a seat for me. The 'rules' state that they're supposed to ask for volunteers, but in this instance, they didn't. I was just withheld from boarding until they confirmed they had a seat for me.
- 76SlashDolphin 2y agoBut you can't even get to the gate if you haven't checked in, at which point you get an assigned seat. If you somehow managed to get past the entry point and security without checking in then something went wrong at the airport, not with RyanAir.
- oarsinsync 2y agoSame as the sibling comment already stated, I was able to check in, and instead of being assigned seat 24B (or something of that calibre), my boarding pass said “seat assigned at gate”. I still had a valid boarding pass. Nothing went wrong at the airport, besides Ryanair failing to follow correct overbooking procedure. Fortunately in that instance, had they refused boarding on me, I would have suffered zero inconvenience, and have received 350 euros compensation and a flight the next day. In a way, I wish they had refused me that day.
- woodruffw 2y agoI don’t think this is true — every airline that I know of supports “seat assignment at gate” to handle exactly this kind of overbooking. (How it happens can vary: your PNR might not have a seat assigned, or the seat might have been double booked. Either way, at check-in they’ll typically notify you and let you through regardless, since you have a perfectly valid ticket.)
- arethuza 2y agoPretty much every airline overbooks?
- bakuninsbart 2y agoDon't think this works at least in Europe due to regulations. Due to some kind of error, I was bumped from from a flight a year ago, which meant I a) got a free flight the next day b) got the cost of food and a hotel for the night back from the airline, and c) around 80€ flat. So unless you absolutely have to be there the day of your flight, it is even a pretty good deal to stay.
- CaptainZapp 2y ago> c) around 80€ flat. Then they cheated you. The cash compensation in Europe if they bump you is 250 - 600 EUR per flight and person, depending on distance. That even applies for significant delays. To be fair, it can be a hassle to get it. But sometimes, if the airline is clearly at fault not. And for the record: Every airline overbooks. But usually they find enough volounteers to make it work.
- rsynnott 2y agoI think this is more an American phenomenon; Ryanair does not systematically do it as far as I know. The EU's passenger rights reg would make this extremely expensive for the airline.