Ryanair may charge for toilet use on planes

arctictree

Just saw this:

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/22/20090227/tod-oukoe-uk-ryanair-toilet-d987f7f.html

So, will we be charged 1 euro or 2 ??! What if I don't have any coins?!

CreepingDeath

arctictree wrote: »

Just saw this:

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/22/20090227/tod-oukoe-uk-ryanair-toilet-d987f7f.html

So, will we be charged 1 euro or 2 ??! What if I don't have any coins?!

Depends... I'd say €1 for a piss, €2 for a dump, and 20c per sheet of toilet paper.

FlutterinBantam

Rip one out into the Dunnes plastic bag and leave her in the seat pocket.

They might get the message then.

Can't see them getting away with that.

niceirishfella

Yeah, they're taking the piss!

andrewh5

FlutterinBantam wrote: »

Rip one out into the Dunnes plastic bag and leave her in the seat pocket.

They might get the message then.

Can't see them getting away with that.

I agree.

mukki

niceirishfella wrote: »

Yeah, they're taking the piss!

no sh1t?

niceirishfella

it Boils my piss!

Mitch Connor

so €1 for 1, €2 for 2, how much for membership of the mile high?

quad_red

O'Leary said that on the BBC tv morning show this morning at around half seven.

And he did so, it appeared to us, firmly tongue in cheek.

Loco

FlutterinBantam wrote: »

Rip one out into the Dunnes plastic bag and leave her in the seat pocket.

Can't see them getting away with that.

They don't have seat pockets on Ryanair planes.

Liverpool St and many other stations around London charge, why wouldnt they get away with charging?

They should have an additional option,

Fast Checkin? No
Bags? No
Insurance Required? No
Will you need to take a dump? Yes!

Sleipnir

It's hardly 'discretionary' spending. "Will I bother? Naw...."

Dont be at yourself

Maybe they could do a half-price dump offer if you buy a hot panini.

Loco

NekkidBibleMan wrote: »

Maybe they could do a half-price dump offer if you buy a hot panini.

lol

the_syco

As you may or may not know, some of the newer Euro coins don't work well in the sweet machines. Thus, if you enter one of these coins into the machine, and it fails to work, do you
a) piss against the door?
b) sh|te against the door?
c) mention to the flightcrew that you need to "drop the bomb", but the "friggin door won't open"?

kazzer

And free Priority Piss with Visa Electron.

peter1892

quad_red wrote: »

O'Leary said that on the BBC tv morning show this morning at around half seven.

And he did so, it appeared to us, firmly tongue in cheek.

It certainly seemed that way! I had a to laugh at his cheeky 'enjoy the match, welcome to Dublin!' closing comment

Run_to_da_hills

This was a joke of FR for some time, can't believe its now a reality.

Bring your own pi*s bag.

Mythago

And O'leary bags himself some nice free publicity....................

FlutterinBantam

Loco wrote: »

They don't have seat pockets on Ryanair planes.

Liverpool St and many other stations around London charge, why wouldnt they get away with charging?

They should have an additional option,

Fast Checkin? No
Bags? No
Insurance Required? No
Will you need to take a dump? Yes!

One has options on the ground. On an aircraft one doesn't.

niceirishfella

would you get free air miles for every dump deposited?

Run_to_da_hills

Definitely a publicity stunt.

http://www.breakingnews.ie/business/?jp=eyauaugbqloj

Karlmartini1

Who will be the first person to pay the €1 and then scrawl on the wall with permanant marker "How many €1 coins will it take to remove this?"

Loco

They are doing it to cut the cost of flying for everyone.

Charging for bags -> Less bags on board -> lighter plane -> less fuel.

If everyone takes a dump before they board it will be cheaper for Ryanair!

wylo

In fairness , the mans a genius, at least once a month he has the news talking about Ryanair, not to mention the fact that if he did really introduce this, its definitely not going to stop people taking the cheap airline option! I wouldnt be surprised if it was him that was making those replies in that blog incident the other day.

Loco

wylo wrote: »

In fairness , the mans a genius, at least once a month he has the news talking about Ryanair, not to mention the fact that if he did really introduce this, its definitely not going to stop people taking the cheap airline option! I wouldnt be surprised if it was him that was making those replies in that blog incident the other day.

He likes the free advertising alright, he has always been frugal.

quad_red

peter1892 wrote: »

It certainly seemed that way! I had a to laugh at his cheeky 'enjoy the match, welcome to Dublin!' closing comment

Yup To be fair, he blew the cardboard cut out presenters away.

He said the toilet thing with a big smirk on his face and even though the interview was set up as an attack on Ryanair's baggage policies, it ended up being a showreel for O'Leary to continually say just how much cheaper Ryanair were, that they were dedicated to lowering prices, that Heathrow was a joke and that BA were raising prices again.

They couldn't have bought better advertising.

maxxie

ha, they will find manys a little present in the overhead compartment so

mgadget

O'Leary is a legend, the Brits must think he is bonkers altogether. He gleefully ran rings around the BBC breakfast news live this morning and by the time it hit the BBC news at one o'clock, the main feature of the story was not of closed check-in desks but of Ryanair thinking about 'charging a pound to spend a penny', complete with an analyst commentary piece on the feasability of such an endeavour.

He clearly was taking the mick about charging for toilets this morning.

peter1892

For anyone that didn't see the interview, it's on this page:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7914542.stm

his reaction to the question at 40 seconds is brilliant

(and I'll admit that I'm no Ryanair/MOL fan but it made me laugh!)

Sleipnir

I think it's bull. THere's no such thing as bad publicity.

cat&mouse

MOL charges €5 for a Number1 & €5 4 Number 2, then what is he charging for Number 3? Will his prices rise with inflation, or a case of Spend more, payless!!!!!!

The-Ry-Man06

kazzer wrote: »

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ahhhhh ha ha excellent

jahalpin

Loco wrote: »

They don't have seat pockets on Ryanair planes.

Liverpool St and many other stations around London charge, why wouldnt they get away with charging?

They should have an additional option,

Fast Checkin? No
Bags? No
Insurance Required? No
Will you need to take a dump? Yes!

They only charge at the stations, they have toilets on most of the trains.

TX123

being ryaniar they had to decide on how they would actually gain profit from this scheme . i think there gonna spike al the drinks with laxatives lol they will make millions

Owen

Next step (Obviously satire, and not a dig at Ryanair directly) :

paulclan

imagine, you pay the airport shop €2.50 for your water after you have checked in through security. you avoid coffee shops entirely. Will the piss you take whilst in your seat (a male writing) into the bottle be greater or lesser in volume than the water purchased.Experiment at home to find this out before travelling. An extra empty plastic bottle should be brought through security just in case, perhaps?
Should Equality legislation cover this obvious disadvantage now to be suffered by females onboard. Will there be a cleanup charge levied by Ryanair for those whose credit card is declined by their Credit card company?
Is there some type of pill which will have the opposite effect on the kidneys to coffee?
Finally, will it be more comfortable to fly Aer Lingus or other carriers as the seats might be dry or not soiled as badly. Hope all this is still tongue -in -cheek instead of clenched cheeks!

Stevek101

Ryanair will not be charging their customers the €10 travel tax. I bet you no one will make a thread or say anything positive about that.

pclancy

This is insane. I cannot believe they're actually going to do it. So everyone has to have a credit card in their hand to go for a pee? What about elderly, disabled passengers, kids......WTF?

Stevek101

It won't happen. At least not for a very long time.

Carawaystick

There was an article by a doc in the IT a while ago stating that a person could die from a ruptured bladder, so a wet seat for the next passenger or a bodybag carrying passengers off seem the way forward for FR...
Maybe they'll let all their passengers pay an increased insurance levy to cover this or maybe their insurance company will strongarm them into avoiding this.

therecklessone

Stevek101 wrote: »

Ryanair will not be charging their customers the €10 travel tax. I bet you no one will make a thread or say anything positive about that.

I don't see any announcement to that effect from Ryanair, have you a link?

Stevek101

therecklessone wrote: »

I don't see any announcement to that effect from Ryanair, have you a link?

http://www.independent.ie/business/irish/ryanair-to-absorb-euro70m-travel-tax-1662865.html

I've checked the prices their sales no longer include the €10 tax on the way out. Now that is a big saving. It'll at least get you a few shots of the bathroom

therecklessone

Stevek101 wrote: »

http://www.independent.ie/business/irish/ryanair-to-absorb-euro70m-travel-tax-1662865.html

I've checked the prices their sales no longer include the €10 tax on the way out. Now that is a big saving. It'll at least get you a few shots of the bathroom

I've been checking flights the last few days, that is only applied to the "NO TAXES" flights available, the "SPECIAL OFFER" flights are the same price (€7) but they are charging the €10 out of Ireland...funnily enough they aren't charging the UK's £5 tax on either...;)

That article also says they are absorbing the tax at a cost of €70m, how can that be the case unless they are paying the tax for 7m passengers. Surely that means nobody should be paying the €10?

Stevek101

therecklessone wrote: »

I've been checking flights the last few days, that is only applied to the "NO TAXES" flights available, the "SPECIAL OFFER" flights are the same price (€7) but they are charging the €10 out of Ireland...funnily enough they aren't charging the UK's £5 tax on either...;)

That article also says they are absorbing the tax at a cost of €70m, how can that be the case unless they are paying the tax for 7m passengers. Surely that means nobody should be paying the €10?

It'll be on all flights don't worry. They expect to fly 7m people this year.

therecklessone

Stevek101 wrote: »

It'll be on all flights don't worry. They expect to fly 7m people this year.

Steve, you may be missing the point I'm making: The flights I have checked include the €10 tax ex-Dublin. They are at the start of May, and are not available as sale fares because they are one of the blackout periods.

DUB-STN 2nd May:

€7 flight
€10 tax

STN-DUB 2nd May

€7 flight
€0 tax

therecklessone

I've also checked flights in June and July and all ex-Dublin flights have the €10 tax.

Westdogg

This morning he claimed it was a big PR stunt. See

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2009/0307/1224242448956.html

However, if you read the article, he seems to state that Boeing's inability to provide a mechanism to accept coins on a toilet door in an aircraft and EU law prevent him from doing it. That would lead me to believe that it was not a PR stunt but something he had seriously considered which turned out to be neither mechanically nor legally feasible and, with the tide of public opinion turning heavily against him, he decided to pretend it was a stunt. Let's face it, with Ryanair's attack on that blogger last week and now this, he may have to simmer down although that is unlikely. Personally, I try to find any other company going to where I want to go and if it is around the same price as Ryanair, I will book that instead as Ryanair are really starting to completely pull the piss these days.

Stevek101

therecklessone wrote: »

I've also checked flights in June and July and all ex-Dublin flights have the €10 tax.

Oh no I understand what you are getting at but it seems to only applied to sale fares at the moment. It will be every fare... I'd say that's why there hasn't been an official announcement posted on the site yet.

therecklessone

Stevek101 wrote: »

Oh no I understand what you are getting at but it seems to only applied to sale fares at the moment. It will be every fare... I'd say that's why there hasn't been an official announcement posted on the site yet.

With all due respect, I'll give credit where it's due...and it ain't due until they absorb the tax fully.

Stevek101

therecklessone wrote: »

With all due respect, I'll give credit where it's due...and it ain't due until they absorb the tax fully.

Which they will do.

therecklessone

Stevek101 wrote: »

Which they will do.

Have you some inside knowledge you'd like to share?