Ryanair giving €100 to Munster fans cxl tickets

Osk

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2009/0507/1224246058562.html

"RYANAIR IS offering Munster rugby supporters a €100 “losers’ bonus” if they cancel the flights they booked to the Heineken Cup final in Edinburgh to free up space for Leinster fans.......Optimistic Munster fans had booked their flights to Edinburgh long ago.

Said a Ryanair spokesman: “Most of our flights to Edinburgh and Glasgow for the Heineken Cup final were heavily pre-sold to Munster fans long before the end of the pool matches at fares of €80 to €100 return.

“Since many of these couldn’t bear to watch the Leinster ‘Ladyboys’ in Edinburgh we offer them the chance to cancel their flights and get a refund of up to €100 return,” the Ryanair spokesman said."

niceoneted

Obviously Ryanair will then sell them for about €300 making a massive profit. More than they would make on all the name changes.

Osk

Yup - hardly an act of benevolence methinks! Just letting others know who might be dithering over what to do.....

narwog81

Michael O Leary is a rugby fanso it could be benovolence.....

ah who am i kidding, laws of supply and demand, ryanair to make a fortune:D

dead right too

brandon_flowers

It only applies to flights departing and returning to Dublin Airport only. Michael O Leary has assumed that no Leinster supporters will be able to find Cork or Shannon Airport, where the majority of Munster fans will have booked their flights from.

Not a great offer IMHO.

[Jackass]

Osk wrote: »

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2009/0507/1224246058562.html

"RYANAIR IS offering Munster rugby supporters a €100 “losers’ bonus” if they cancel the flights they booked to the Heineken Cup final in Edinburgh to free up space for Leinster fans.......Optimistic Munster fans had booked their flights to Edinburgh long ago.

Said a Ryanair spokesman: “Most of our flights to Edinburgh and Glasgow for the Heineken Cup final were heavily pre-sold to Munster fans long before the end of the pool matches at fares of €80 to €100 return.

“Since many of these couldn’t bear to watch the Leinster ‘Ladyboys’ in Edinburgh we offer them the chance to cancel their flights and get a refund of up to €100 return,” the Ryanair spokesman said."

:rolleyes: Pathetic.

It's just another excuse to free up seats and then charge 4 times the cost of getting them back.

Another scam from the pikey's of air travel.

Podge_irl

They've increased the name-change fee on the flights as well, or at least that's what I've heard.

joey54

Podge_irl wrote: »

They've increased the name-change fee on the flights as well, or at least that's what I've heard.

If they can't get you with one thing they'll hit you with something else. Really are a horrible shower.

thegen

Really says it all about the class of this operation when they have to use "ladyboy" in their press release. They are really the lowest of the low.

Aer Lingus or the ferry from Larne to Stranraer

partyguinness

Would like to see the press officer call Rocky Elsom and CJ Van Der Linde a "ladyboy" to their faces....:D

narwog81

thegen wrote: »

Really says it all about the class of this operation when they have to use "ladyboy" in their press release. They are really the lowest of the low.

Aer Lingus or the ferry from Larne to Stranraer

they provide us with cheap flights, who cares about class.

if you dont like the way they do business, thre's a very simple solution....dont fly with them.:rolleyes:

easy, no one is making you take that 1cent flight.

(and no i dont work for ryanair, just sick of listening to people whinge about them)

WithCheesePlease

Podge_irl wrote: »

They've increased the name-change fee on the flights as well, or at least that's what I've heard.

Is that completely made up or is there truth behind it?

thegen

narwog81 wrote: »

they provide us with cheap flights, who cares about class.

if you dont like the way they do business, thre's a very simple solution....dont fly with them.:rolleyes:

easy, no one is making you take that 1cent flight.

(and no i dont work for ryanair, just sick of listening to people whinge about them)

Have I mentioned price or service in my post. Not whinging as you put it, just pointing out how low they will go to promote themselves.

Podge_irl

gearoid_healy wrote: »

Is that completely made up or is there truth behind it?

Saw it posted on some other forums. I don't have a flight to change so I can't confirm its veracity. Wouldn't surprise me though.

NickNolte

It's Ryanair, folks. What do you expect? Do what I do... don't fly with them.

suppafly

I bet u have to ring their €1 a min customer service number to get them to give u the refund, so they screw u with the phone bill