please boycott ryanair

[hermykne]

this is why
he is anti family
he being michael o leary (who had his first child last year and should appreciate travelling with kids)

this week he bumped up taking a piece of luggage in the hold of the airplane by 50%

so in essence
a family of 4 buy their four equally priced flights, and then pay 114? to bring their clothes/toys/books on holidays with them.

he is a rip off merchant and i have so little respect for him even though he gave ireland a pathway to the world when aer lingus was incredible expensive..

so i shall not use ryanair unless absolutely vital.

please think before u have to pay your hard earned sckecles over to him/ryanair

As long as people compare prices all in including any luggage they want to take, whats the problem - they might still work out cheaper - if they don't go elsewhere.

Yes, but even with the price of luggage, I am still flying to Scotland, with a family of 4 for 120euros.

We would pay that for one flight with BA or Lufthansa.

So, you could argue that he is family friendly as he is enabling my DCs to see their grandparents for a weekend.

exactly kinder - mostly they still work out cheaper!

If you check in online and don't put baggage in the hold you don't pay for it. So just make two separate bookings-one for one person who has the luggage, and the other for the rest of you travelling light.
It's no-frills so that means basic.

Already booked a Ryanair flight for August.
TBH even with the hidden extra charges, it was still about £300 cheaper than any other airline and the flight times are much more child-friendly. I was looking at very early morning/late night flights with BA. easyJet/BMI etc but have found much better times with Ryanair. i've flown with them many times and have always been happy enough.

I agree, it's no frills. I'd fly with Easyjet to Glasgow but they want 1 adult per child under 14 yo. That means I'd have to leave one behind. Therefore we fly with Ryanair. It's a PITA sorting out the luggage but we have no choice.

When I came to Germany we used to pay 600euros for one return flight to Scotland. That was 15 years ago.

My parents now fly over if we need a babysitter to stay overnight.

Mum & Dad live mostly in spain, and book on line with ryanair, like we do 'cos easy jet doesn't fly the route we go. Point is it is usually MUCH MUCH cheaper for my parents to fly from there to here and back than it is for us to fly there and back. I am sure ryanair knows we are mugs of some sort. I agree, my experiences of ryanair over last twelve months is CRAP. Flying with 2 kids, one of them being a 2 yo is a nightmare. Last time we flew in November, baby decided to scream for twenty minutes rather than get in seat for landing, and all attendants did was walk past tutting. Other airlines we've been on would have gone out of their way to help, such as flying to madeira when the attendants kept stuffing her with sweets which kept her quiet (mind you did throw up on landing, great going through passport control covered in sick) Point is, they made the effort, ryanair don't give a stuff once you've paid for the ticket. Basic manners and showing consideration surely doesn't cost, or maybe that's extra too

Disagree with OP.
You get what you pay for, and I like being able to take a family of 5 to Ireland for less than £100, it's the only way we can afford to visit.
A good tip is to check the one-way prices, as it's often cheaper to book two singles eg a £10 flight might be 10 euro if the journey originates outside the UK, saving you about 30%.

chippyminton you may get the flight s for 100stg but you ll pay 104euro extra to put four bags if u each take one, in the hold, its an add on.
i live in ireland and theres quite a furore over it. it may even go to the unfair trade commision office as he forbids infants to d othe fast check-in therefore those with under 2's must pay the higher boarding fee.

plus i m talking holiday flights from one country to another for 2 wks (average) with luggage.
its fine for light travel and no kids.

I do tend to travel light, but still managed to take two booster cushions, a full-size car seat and a couple of bags for under £100. We load up the children and ourselves like packhorses LOL.

It's horses for courses really - you pay your money and take your choice. I think you are being harsh by singling out ryanair. They provide a service - you are not forced to use it or any of the other budget airlines.

fransandisco - that can't be right? I've flown many many times with easyjest with 3 children, just me and a newbor, 3 & 4 year old/1, 4 & 5 yr old, you get the picture. They don't allow children under 14 to travel without an adult, but it doesn't have to be 1 adult per child.

ooh this reminds me, i must look at ryanscare for a flight to gerona sometime in next few months...

bloody nora, theyre cheaper than i thought

If you're heading for barcelona they lay on a connecting bus. V.cheap. I've flown from Bournemouth a couple of times for 1p plus taxes.

i like ryanair. no problems with them at all, i use them quite often. i like that i can just pay for what i want, everything isn't included which is better for me as i don't use everything. we fly to my dad's in france. he has all the car seat, highchair,
etc etc there waiting for us so for me no baggage in the hold is fine. cheap as chips. in fact, most people on our route are going to see family or are going to 2nd homes. ideal.

CM, i would indeed be going from bournemouth (easiest airport on the planet, no?) and oddly enough, my friend id be visiting lives in Manresa which is actually closer to Girona than Barca. Marvellous.

Bournemouth airport gets my vote and I live right next to Heathrow LOL. Flew from gatwick recently and realised that if we'd flown from bournemouth we would've be home at the time we were only just leaving the gatwick long-stay parking.

agh. gatwick. [shudder]

I would go so far as to guess that over 50% of Ryanair's passengers are frequent flyers, expats going home or relatives flying to see family living abroad. There are always loads of British/German families when we fly.

The thing with the budget airlines is that you are getting a cheap flight, and the flip side of it is that you do not get the service that you would get from normal airlines.

For me, Ryanair (and other cheap airlines) is the difference between my parents seeing their grandchildren once a year or several times a year.

chippyminton considering taxes alone change vary from 130stg to 176 stg i dont know how you got to ireland for under 100stg for 5? the taxes dont alter. sorry to be pedantic!

Ryan Air is a way of getting from A to B.
You pay for what you get, and I honestly don't see why they discriminate more agianst families than anyone else!

I can travel on the tube for longer than some Ryan Air flights take, and you don't get cabin stewards helping you manage your own children on the tube!

No one is going to boycott an airline that gets you there cheaper! They don't even do long haul, which is when service and a bit of comfort actually counts.

sorry, disagree with OP.

Surely you go with the airline that's best value for your particular circs? If ryanair is pricing families off their flights then they will go with another airline anyway - not worth a boycott!

When I can get a 1p flight with Ryanair there is no way I would boycott them. I have to pay extra for luggage and even checking in but its worth it cos the flight is cheap.

Why would you boycott something just because it doesnt suit you, how bizarre, I resent the fact that this year I have to take my holidays in august which is costing a fortune but hey-ho thats how its got to be.