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> It seems that the real purpose of the verification process is to prevent online travel agencies from setting up accounts to buy and subsequently re-sell Ryana
by openrisk 2y ago
> It seems that the real purpose of the verification process is to prevent online travel agencies from setting up accounts to buy and subsequently re-sell Ryanair flights on their websites.
You'd think a lighter touch verification would also serve this purpose?
A face scan provides all sorts of other information that they might find valuable to have on their clients.
- tjpnz 2y agoIt costs £115 to change the name on the ticket so not sure how it makes any economic sense.
- buremba 2y agoYou need the full name & passport to be able to book a flight though. I'm not sure how the agencies can re-sell the flights later on? I'm assuming agencies do that to lock the prices early on for the flights that they know will be fully booked. If airlines didn't do the nasty tricks with the prices changing every minute, this approach wouldn't work, though.
- ivan_gammel 2y agoThey can ask that in their UI and skip Ryanair upsell process for you.
- 77pt77 2y agoThat sounds like an excuse and not a reason. Name changes in a ticket are very expensive in low-cost airlines, unless it's like a typo.