F***ING RYANAIR. A Warning

[Wavingnotdowning]

Please don't make the expensive mistake I have. I booked my parking at Stansted at the same time as my flight. Now my flight has been moved to a day earlier. I cannot change my parking as, although booked through Ryanair, it is with a third party. I have now to wave goodbye. £69.99. So please all be careful, book directly with the parking company itself, which allows you to amend your times. Rant over!

Have flown with Ryanair at least 60-80 times. Never had an issue. They're the most on time flights we've used. Yes the can be fussy with hand luggage etc but you just need to understand the rules. I would never book any extras through them. I just use a comparison site which have always been cheaper.

Oh I’m so glad that was helpful @Wavingnotdowning! Have a great time!

Why couldn't you just book parking for that one extra day? Why would you need to cancel the parking for all the other days? I realise you still have to pay for that extra day but I don't know why you would need to cancel and rebook and lose so much money.
I do find Ryanair to be shit and avoid if at all possible and it is their fault as they've changed your dates but you can guarantee they won't give a shit!

@Wavingnotdowning you should be able to claim for something like this on your travel insurance if you have it. (I have mine through my bank account so have year-round cover). As long as you have proof that Ryanair changed your booking and that you have been refused a refund for parking, that's all the evidence you been. Hopefully!!!

I guess if you'd booked Drop & Go or Meet & Greet or equivalent.

Not sure about booking car hire with them now.

Ryanair groundstaff at Stansted are awful too. Never again.

In future order number plates off the Internet (show plates so no log book needed) and affix it to your car as you arrive. Numberplate cost about 15 for a pair. I have a number plate I use when booking and do this all the time regardless of what car I am driving. It is on private land so I can't see that there can be any comeback.

Good advice is to not fly Ryanair in general

She said a third party through Ryanair.

This happened to me and I just booked a separate extra day in the relevant car park covering until about an hour after the first booking (wasn't Ryanair, just another immovable booking).

I like Ryanair. Never had any trouble with them, frequent flyer.

Wizzair on the other hand, fuck me...

@KattyKattyKatz you can fly aer lingus or fly to Belfast with Easyjet. Also you can get the ferry to Rosslare, Cork, Waterford or Dublin. Loads of ways to get to Ireland instead of using Ryan Air

Similar happened to me. Booked through Ryanair app and felt v smug that I was so organised about parking. Anyway, they never sent my parking details through. Contacted car park and they advised to go back to Ryanair, who then sent me to a Stansted airport number. Nobody took responsibility for the booking. I ended up on some frustrating loop of phone calls, most of which were automated so end up pushing lots of buttons and getting more annoyed. Never again. Cost me £100.

Sorry to read about this, not one I've heard of before. This year marks 30 years since my last flight ever with Ryanair. I'd only ever consider them if it was the only possible way to get to attend someone's funeral.

I’ve not flown with Ryanair since they double charged me due to a computer glitch and refused to refund me in 1998.

Can you just add an additional days parking on to your booking? Or book that day using the actual car park website? I shouldn’t think you’d have to lose the whole booking.
I used to fly with Ryan air regularly and genuinely never had a problem with them, always took off and landed swiftly, they were very upfront about reading the terms and conditions, very no frills etc. I’ve had more disasters with BA than I have Ryanair (I mean, BA really used to mean something when I was a kid, it was seen as very ‘posh’ whereas these days they’re as low budget as the rest of them).

I go to Ireland with work very regularly. Always with BA or Airlingus. Ryanair is not the only way to get there

@TinpotNostradamus I like your style. Will let DH know your cunning plan

We book our parking through Holiday extras and you can change or cancel the booking easily. You can also pay a few pounds extra to accommodate for delays and there is even the choice to get your money back if your flight is cancelled after you have parked. Their prices are also very very competitive.

Your issue is with the third party, not Ryanair.

Dh uses them twice a week most weeks and has only once had a problem (out of hundreds of flights) when an aircraft had engine problems and a new one had to be found. They will do anything to avoid being late because of the huge cost penalties if that happens.

"They will do anything to avoid being late because of the huge cost penalties if that happens."

Well last summer two of us were over 7 hours late getting to our destination with Ryanair. Not a penny in compensation, not a single word of reply to repeated complaints.

Never again.

I refuse to fly Ryanair after shocking customer service years back. Aer Lingus are fabulous though!

Cost penalties for them as an airline. They get fined a huge amount.

(dh works in this area)

The authorities, CAA etc, should make sure they pay customers compensation (to which they are usually entitled) before even thinking of fining them.

Priorities.

@Wavingnotdowning how is it Ryanair fault about the days not being changeable ?