To warn you of the latest extra charge Ryanair are doing

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Ryanair new fee

I don't fly with them but feel out of fairness to anyone who does, you should be warned.

We need a modern Consumer Act to end such behaviour, at least at short notice.

I prefer trains anyway

No need to put ideas in their head - they already charge £55 for therapeutic oxygen:

https://www.ryanair.com/gb/en/useful-info/help-centre/fees

So do some others. I think air france does.

I think the article was updated a little over 20 minutes ago so it might not have said that for a good portion of the thread.

Because when you are travelling as a couple, or adults with older children, you don't care about where you sit and you don't care whether you are next to each other or not.

We flew to Seville a couple of weeks ago with Ryanair. When I can fly to southern Spain for much less than the cost of a return train ticket from manchester to London, I’m not going to complain about the prices.

Ryan air can be cheap but you just need to add the costs up for what you need. Personally I hate lugging luggage onto the plane so I pay for hold luggage meaning it's usually cheaper with a better carrier but I have flown for £13.50 fairly recently. Only two days so managed with a tiny bag. You get what you pay for

Charityshopchic, but some families do care

@gotomomo - I get that you hate lugging luggage onto the aircraft but at least you know it is actually travelloling with you. Plus you can whizz through the other end. I travel a lot for work, I get a hold luggage allowance but often don't use it. And I've had hold bags go to the wrong place!

I hate Ryanair. Last flew with them over 10 years ago and promised myself I never would do again.
I consider the excitement of flying to be a part of the holiday. There is no excitement with Ryanair, only pure, cold dread. The saving in ticket price is not worth ruining the first and last day of my holiday over. They will never get any money from me.

Those that care where they sit will have to pay for the privilege.
Those of us that don’t care will get a cheaper flight.
(and Ryanair do a family ticket deal for those travelling with small children)

I flew with low costs and better ones and low costs are perfect for short trip under 2nhours. Don't understand what people find so horror like.
Get to the airport on time and with correct sized bags, get into plane, sit, get out of the plane, leave airport.
For longer flights better airlines are better on comfort side and extras like meal included absolutely.

Ryanair hates its customers. If it's a choice between trying to figure out where all my money has gone on a Ryanair flight and spending money on alternative transport, I'll pick the alternative transport. Too much flipping aggravation.

I also HATE EasyJet. If I want to go anywhere in Europe, I get the flipping train.

Thank you to the person who posted the link about the 'drip pricing' consultation. Maybe the next government will act on this, as I doubt the current one will.

They never wanted to be convenient though. They wanted to be cheap. They promised A to B and literally nothing else. And they do that. Tjey do what they say on the tin really.

Ryanair make flying much more accessible to

Argh pressed send too soon

They make flying more accessible to less well off people as they not only offer super cheap flights if you are happy to go without the extras but also fly to lesser known destinations which are cheaper on the other side.

Why shouldn't people pay for what they want instead of being subsidized by others who don't want the same thing?

If you want to save time, book the seat. If you don't, queue for your boarding pass. There are perks associated with higher fares, as there always are and always will be. Don't expect first-class service for fourth-class prices.

I love airline a la carte pricing because I'm not subbing others' meals, seat selections, luggage, etc.

Exactly. Would people rather go back to the days when only a few could even contemplate air travel?

Ryanair are denying this is happening now.

I remember ages back when Ryanair was a real airline.
Now it's just a money making, low service, poor quality outfit.
They just go on inventing further ways to charge you- wasn't there a song about this from Fascinating Aida?

I never bother paying for chosen seats. I rarely pay more than £25 for Ryan air flights so the seats will often be more than half the price of the flight. If I am now made to queue for a ticket then I will not be using Ryan air again.

They really are shooting themselves in the foot with this policy. The ONLY reason I use Ryan air is because of price. If they stop being cheap I won't use them.

Do Ryanair only accept printed boarding passes?

What if Ryanair is still the chespest when you add in seat selection?