Ryan Air - What the hell??

[FlioFlopsAndIceCream]

Just checked in for our flights on Monday and Ryan Air have allocated 3 seats next to each (me, and 2 DCs), then husband has to pay extra for his seat (apparantly this is a thing now, that one parent in every family has to pay for a seat(??wtf?) - except there aren't any seats near the rest of us???

What is this Ryan Air??? Surely you can seat families together?

A complete joke. I'm fuming.... we've been looking forward to this trip for ages.

Ryan Air - thanks a million for getting our holiday off to a shit start

(I can almost let them off making DH pay, but surely they can at least allocate families to sit together??? CRAZY times)

(Sorry, I know we r lucky to be going on holiday! first world problem.)

McDonalds has much better customer service & is better value than many of the hipster joints selling burgers for £10 that also comes in paper & without cutlery.

Maybe you are right and it is a perfectly fair way to make money.

It is fair. It would be unfair the moment you had no other choices. There is 37 airlines operating from Manchester. Over 70 from Heathrow. Plenty of choice.

Just checked in for our flights on Monday

Hmmm - Monday is more than 48 hours away, isn’t it?

Also McDonalds gives you lots of dips for free as opposed to charging for it in more expensive places.

Quote from O’Leary;

Ryanair will never fly the Atlantic route because one cannot get there in a Boeing 737, unless one has a very strong tail wind or passengers who can swim the last hour of the flight.”

Change “Ryanair” to “MJN” and that’s comedy genius right there!

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Also McDonalds gives you lots of dips for free as opposed to charging for it in more expensive places.

They say that. Every single time we went through drive through, we never got them😂

@ContinuityError
"Just checked in for our flights on Monday

Hmmm - Monday is more than 48 hours away, isn’t it?"

@ poolblack

"I really want OP to come back and tell us more about rows of 4 seats on Ryanair...

I think it's unlikely. There are too many incorrect details that point towards this being more of a rant about Ryanair than an actual situation."

At keast the two of you seem to be flying the same Ryanair as I do.... someone upthread claims to have already checked in with Ryanair "for next week".... unless they count Sunday as next week (and even then it's a stretch) they have checked in before the 48 hour allocated slot so must have paid extra - or are living in a parallel universe.

But if you ask for them at the drive thru they tend to throw 20 at you, I think it's because they are working so fast & that way at least some will end up the car!

But if you ask for them at the drive thru they tend to throw 20 at you, I think it's because they are working so fast & that way at least some will end up the car!
Not where I am. Never ever have I had sauces I ordered🤷

I'm not even going to read the thread because it's true, Ryanair deliberately split passengers on purpose. Both flights we took recently dh was given a seat in one part of the airplane up the front steps and me another part, up the back steps. We checked in to the minute 48 hours ahead. There were oodles of seats available. Their algorithm deliberately splits people up.

The CAA say this is a dangerous practice in the event of an emergency. Families will naturally try and reunite rather than evacuate as they should.

Even a 30 second hesitation by a child or young teen wanting to get to their Mum or Dad would cause potentially catastrophic delays in an evacuation.

And OP never did come back to say how long the flight is ...

Have you asked at the window though when you pay?

Ive visited drive throughs in Ireland, England & France & the only issue Ive ever had was trying to explain what sweet & sour sauce was to the French ones, it's chinoise but I would recommend the pomme frite sauce.

@eeksville
I've literally just said I don't get even the ones I specifically ordered🙄
Ok. Ok. Maccies is better. You win fgs

Not getting the ones you ordered is not the same as asking & being refused though is it?

I wasn't aware it was a competition but ok...

That sums it up with clarity, @ohyoubadkitten

I think this quote from Michael O'Leary (Owner of Ryanair) is rather apt at the moment. (p.s. I like Harry & MM)

On environmentalists: “We want to annoy the * whenever we can. The best thing you can do with environmentalists is shoot them. These headbangers want to make air travel the preserve of the rich. They are luddites marching us back to the 18th century. If preserving the environment means stopping poor people flying so the rich can fly, then screw it.”

That’s the tension in the whole thing - cheap flights opening travel to more people vs expensive flights for the privileged few.

Same as cheap chicken for the masses vs humanely produced chicken for the better off.

There are no answers which are fair, but I would rather fly less and eat less chicken but do the whole lot as ethically as possible. However, I do recognise that I’m lucky enough to be speaking as an employed person with some disposable income.

I found Ryanair better than EasyJet on our last holiday. I was super impressed with their service for what I paid.

I wouldn’t hesitate to book with them again, EasyJet... would hesitate depending on price.

I don’t get all the Ryanair hate, when you book with them you must know what your getting in for. They just don’t do frills, in all areas! I like it that way and love the price it results in.

I have to say when I was in my tweens/teens (90s) I used to think flying was so glamorous. I find it such a faff now, all the getting to & from the airport, waiting around, security undressing, little plastic bags, queues, queues & more queues. I've started using the ferry again now I have my own kids & it's much more stress free but obviously limited destinations.

Next time, do two bookings, you and one DC, DH and other DC then you will have 2 twos.

I don’t get all the Ryanair hate, when you book with them you must know what your getting in for.
Exactly - one year I took mor than 80 flights on Ryanair for work - they were fine. All the issues I had were caused by the shit airport.

I don’t get all the Ryanair hate

There was a timely announcement today. Ryanair rated the worst company for customer service. Not just the worst airline, the worst company.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-49433807

Oh I hate this! Just ask the person sitting in the 4th row with you to swap with your OH, that’s what I do. With 2 kids it’s not like they’re going to say no.

pretty sure all airlines do this.

We flew to California last summer. DD was automatically sat next to 1 parent. Had to pay extra if we wanted to sit with OH too. Didn't bother, on the same plane so he could still help out if needed- he didn't as it happens DD was 8. This was with Virgin

We fly with easy jet on Monday- same thing. I'm sat with DD, OH is elsewhere.
flew to amsterdam and stockholm earlier this year just me and DD so no issue as automatically just sat with me (the adult)

It does make me snigger when people post these types of things. The company told you the deal when you booked, you pomposly thought it didn't apply to you, now you complain [HMM]

Obviously tldr.

This is just the latest in a long line of threads complaining about Ryanair.

The simple truth is that if you keep flying with them, they will keep behaving in this way.

I simply will not fly with them, precisely for this reason. I'd rather go somewhere else, or at a different time. Or, heaven forbid, pay for a better standard of service. If we can afford to go on a holiday (family of four - never cheap) we can afford to do it without entering the seventh circle of hell - deliberately!!!