Advantages: Cheap Disadvantages: basic service, lack of destinations from Scotland
Ryanair seem to get a lot of bad publicity and lots of negative opinions in newspapers etc. I don't understand it, it is after all a low cost, basic, no frills service. If you want extras try flying with BA, but be warned you will pay heavily for them. I use this airline regularly from Glasgow (Prestwick) to Brussels or Frankfurt and although I have had a couple of delays, I have had delays with every other airline I've used. I flew recently with ... ...both occasions the outbound and inbound flights were either bang on time or early. Sure, it's cramped and it can be a bit of a stampede to get your seat but c'mon, it's only a 90 minute flight. Some say that the destination airports are out of the way, and that IS true, but they are also pretty quiet and easy to get in and out of. Try driving to or from Heathrow or any other major city airport, for that matter. Besides, just because you are flying ...
proxam 25.09.2002
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Advantages: Cheap flights, painless booking thanks to the easy to use web site Disadvantages: not many
...I have used Ryanair on 3 occasions now and would highly recommend them to anyone. Their website, www.ryanair.com is very easy to use and their online booking service excellent. When they have the special offers on, the website can be a little slow and I was thrown out several times but generally it is very easy to use and very quick. It offers you several chances to pull out before purchasing flights and the full cost is broken down and clearly shown.
... ...a note of the booking confirmation number given on the website as you will need this to confirm your booking and collect your flight coupons at the airport. I have never yet queued at Prestwick check in, the staff are friendly, helpful and knowledgable and each flight I have taken with them has been on time.
When boarding you just sit anywhere so the plane usually boards fairly quickly as everyone just gets on and sits down, there is no looking ...
kimborob 26.03.2001
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Advantages: Cheap. Unbelievably Cheap if you look hard enough. Disadvantages: You get what you pay for....which isn't a lot!
Ryanair is an amazingly cheap airline. Frankly, I don't know how they do it, sometimes - and yet they're profitable, so they must be doing something right. At the price, you cannot complain about legroom, you cannot complain about the lack of an in-flight meal (especially when the flight is so short), and you should not really complain about the fact that - when they say they'll fly you from A to B - they actually land you at C, because their site ... ...don't know whether to recommend Ryanair to a friend or not, but it's a required field. I've decided to recommend, since they offer such incredibly low prices. Were my friend at all nervous about flying, or if they actually NEEDED to get to their destination (especially on time), then I probably wouldn't. I hope this helps you to decide! You're intelligent and you're in possession of at least some of the facts. Make up your own mind! That's the great ...
andymcf 01.11.2002
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This was to be my first time with Ryan. Yes, there had been others in the past but the first time with someone new is always meant to be special, isn’t it? Will they live up to expectations? Will it be a satisfying experience? Well, I was about to find out.
I had heard others tell of their experiences with Ryan – some had enjoyed it, others were more scathing. But I wanted to make up my own mind.
I was lucky that I had won the opportunity ... ...pay for the privilege although I understand his charges are reasonable. I was sent information regarding our meeting place and I duly turned up at the assigned place and time. But I didn’t get to see him straightaway – oh no, you are met by his assistants who ensure you are meant to be there and who take any bags you may have brought with you. His assistants were very pleasant and explained that I would have to go to a special area at ...
jools30 25.11.2001
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Advantages: Very good price, from £4.50 one-way Disadvantages: Poor customer relations - poor explanation of "Point to Point" policy
...because of a deal between Ryanair and the airport, this was still by far the cheapest option.
Ryanair fly to Stansted, which is 40 minutes by train to the centre of London, so I was aware that I would need to add on another train fare - it was still going to work out cheaper.
The outward trip went perfectly smoothly. No hassle, no delays. The return trip was a totally different story.
It all started when I missed my train to the ariport and ended ... ...presented my problem to a Ryanair staff member, I was told exactly that - it was my problem. Apparently, Ryanair are a "point to point" airline, and will have no responsability after they get you to your final AIRPORT destination.
I had to be in Edinburgh that night, because of my exam the next morning. I went ahead and got the train into Glasgow, as I knew there was a bus at around 12mindnight. Of course, my run of bad luck continued - and I missed ...
tw1314 18.05.2001 (21.05.2001)
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Advantages: Cheap Tickets, Good reliable service Disadvantages: No pre assigned seatig
...have booked and flown with Ryanair many times now, most recently from Prestwick to Stansted and back this week. Lots of people pay for low cost air tickets and then expect 1st class service. I have to admit, I don’t really like the low cost experience, in particular the free for all when it comes to seats, however I am prepared to put up with that when I can fly to London and back for 1p plus government taxes. I have made a few flights to London ... ...airlines, I much prefer the Ryanair experience.
History of Ryanair
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Ryanair has been flying for an incredible 18 years now, having set up with a 15 seater turbo prop plane following airline deregulation across Europe in the 1980’s. Remember the industry pre de-regulation, when prices were fixed, and it didn’t matter if you went BA or Aer Lingus, the fares were identical and the service was mediocre. They didn’t set up as ...
helencbradshaw 30.11.2003
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Advantages: Low price / free seats, ontime, safe flights, range of destinations Disadvantages: The attitude of the staff at times
...The Deal ~*~*~*~* Ryanair if a budget airline. While the safety aspect remains the same, there are subtle changes to your flying experience, including: · 15 kg baggage allowance. Less than the standard 20kg, but at these prices you can’t complain. You can check in as many bags as you like up to that weight limit, and are also allowed a small one to carry on. Plus your airport shopping of course :-) · No complimentary meals or onboard refreshments, ... ...next 8 years. Ryanair don’t always fly from the most convenient airports. Take the one near me, for example. It may have “Frankfurt” in the title, but Frankfurt Hahn is over an our away from the city in question. Not always a problem, but make sure you know which one you’ll be landing at if your destination has more than one airport. ~*~*~*~* Prices ~*~*~*~* The best bit! I initially booked my flights because, well, they were ...
zoe_page 19.12.2002
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Advantages: cheap, lots of destinations Disadvantages: really high charges to change flights, uses small airports, dodgy boarding passes
...to make any purchases.
Ryanair has the most routes and the lowest prices of the budget airlines that have hubs in London. Ryanair also has hubs in Shannon and Dublin, Glasgow, Brussels, and Frankfurt. I have flown Ryanair from London Stansted to Shannon and Venice and from Dublin and Pisa back to London. All four flights arrived basically on time and I successfully retrieved my luggage. I have had no problems with this airline so far (touch wood!) ... ...around £15 plus taxes!
Ryanair has an easy-to-navigate website from which you can book your flights. You simply give them your confirmation code at the airport and you're all set. One problem with this airline is that it doesn't fly out of Heathrow. So, it can cost you as much as the flight to actually get to the airport! (Stansted Airport is 45 minutes by train from central London and it costs around £20 to get there and back.) But you still save ...
OKkaraoke 25.10.2002
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Advantages: Cheap, simple and easy. Disadvantages: Basic, other passenger and unavoidable extra costs.
I have read a few reviews on Dooyoo and Ciao about the budget airline Ryan Air and it always surprises me how people seem to forget that you get what you pay for in this world. Because of this I have decided to write my own review as I fly regularly with Ryan Air. *Background*
Ryan air has been in operation from Dublin for just over 20 years now and offers a real alternative to more expensive flights to many many destinations around the world by ... ...to allow people who want a walk on walk off cheap flight to get that without tedious check ins and for those that need bags checking in etc they offer this at an additional charge. I have been using the Ryan air to Ireland service for several years now as my wife in Irish and we live in the east midlands.
*Booking your flights*
First off Ryan air offers the customer several ways to book their flights. The best and easiest way for the Net savvy ...
elmopants 30.01.2008 (31.01.2008)
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Advantages: A huge new range of destinations. Very cheap if you plan carefully. Disadvantages: Can be surprisingly expensive
...Lyon, easyJet to Amsterdam and Ryanair to several French and Italian destinations. (Carcassonne and Montpellier are especially to be recommended.) All were adequate for short-haul flights and although we experienced some minor delays, we thought they were still good value.
And there are new additions to the stable all the time. Bmibaby recently started services from the East Midlands to destinations which include Geneva, Alicante, Copenhagen and ... ...Don’t make the automatic assumption that no-frills airlines are cheapest. The point is that as a flight fills up, the price rises. No two people sitting next to each other are likely to have paid the same price.
Our last trip to France (Montpellier) cost a total of £114 for the two of us, which was fantastic value for a bank-holiday weekend. The return legs actually cost £8.99 (plus tax). Cheaper than a theatre ticket. But we planned in advance ...
SuzanneW 22.06.2002
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Advantages: Very cheap, offers many European destinations - including to small airports Disadvantages: My flight was rather rushed
...history and the ethics behind Ryanair (see cujimmy's excellent opinion for a run down). I have only used this airline once and this opinion details my experience. I needed a relatively inexpensive flight to Aarhus in Denmark, on the cheap because my research budget was paying (and anyone who works in education will know how tight things are!).
Booking
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I tried desperately many times, over the course of several days to use their online booking ... ...reports in the news that Ryanair are soon going to be offering FREE flights, yes FREE flights!! Apparently they will be offering up to 10% of all their flights at no cost. I don't know exactly how this will work, whether you won't be able to be fussy over the destination or will have to camp outside the airport! Who knows....I will be watching this space for further details (just think, Paris for free!).
The Flight
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The flights were ...
moose 20.05.2001
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Advantages: Very cheap, Easy internet booking, Good choice of flights. Disadvantages: Scrum at boarding time, Obscure destination airports.
...far I've only travelled with Ryanair once: a return trip from London Stansted to Hamburg/Lubeck.
The most striking thing about Ryanair - and the very thing that lured me in - are their fares. How on earth can they make a profit charging such unbelievably small amounts? My return flight to Germany cost me just over £30 and most of that was tax! Booking itself, was a painless experience over the internet. Type in your preferred dates and you'll be ... ...explanation. Whether this is a Ryanair issue or a problem with Stansted itself I do not know.
As I mentioned earlier, Ryanair do not issue tickets. No tickets means no seat allocation. Being used to the likes of British Airways, being given the usual choice of window or aisle seat, I was not prepared for the scrum which occurred at boarding time. The reason was soon apparent: first come, first served. The moral is, if you want a window/aisle/seat ...
sjstokes 24.05.2001
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Advantages: economical and functional Disadvantages: delays
...to hit the town.
To Ryanairs credit, although we were delayed 40 mins, the return flight itself was quite different. A non-shabby normal looking plane and friendly smiley staff - a much more reassuring service.
I would travel Ryanair again, as it did provide a relatively economical service. ...
Fiona2403 04.10.2001
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Advantages: Low Cost comfortable pleasant flight Disadvantages: Not a lot
...for some reason I thought Ryanair only flew to Ireland but NO! Loads of destinations at very reasonable prices.
Don't go to the website expecting 99p flights, as these are before taxes and fees. It is very easy to search for a flight by going to farefinder. Here you just enter if you want a return or single. Where you want to fly from and to and the dates. Click on search and in seconds your search results are ready to browse through.
It is often ... ...We clicked through on the Ryanair website for Terravision airport transfers - these cost £9 each for transfers both ways. Which I didn't think was too bad so I booked up. WHen we landed the coach was there and it comes very regularly anyway - the same procedure happens here where you print out your confirmation and take it to a booth to get a ticket. The coach was comfortable and got us where we wanted to be. Not a lot to do with Ryanair but we booked ...
sarahl2002 10.03.2005
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Advantages: Cheapo Flights Disadvantages: If cancelled, they only guarantee a seat on next AVAILABLE flight.
...go into hold.
Dont blame RYANAIR if you can not be bothered to read the Conditions.
Good Luck and Happy trips. ******************
As the last review was wriiten in 2006 I thought it was about time for another one.
As you see from my discription of myself, I and the other members of the Fountain Travel Club have been giving Ryanair, and other CHEAP Airlines a going over for about 6 years now.
Previous reviews seem to very detailed about the Polotics ... ...to play the Rules that Ryanair asks you to tick to accept.
If you now want to take Baggage in the Hold the Limit is 15 kilograms and there is a charge for the Case, cheaper if you agree to it when booking. So if you want a case in the hold PAY WHEN YOU BOOK.
Do not go over the 15 Kilograms or YOU WILL BE CHARGED per Kilo above. YOU have agreed when you clicked, DO NOT TRY AND PLAY IGNORANT at Check In. You will not win and you are only holding ...
poshtroika 10.08.2007 (25.08.2008)
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