Ryanair thumbs up

Andrew33

I flew to LPFR from Dub on Tuesday evening 03/05 and returned on Thursday 05/05. I would just like to say, that my opinion of FR has been turned on it's head. Very helpful and friendly staff and a very pleasant experience all round. A bit of recline on the seats would have been welcome but bar that, a big thumbs up and the LPFR-EIDW leg was done in 2 hrs 20 mins!:D

xflyer

Never had a bad moment with Ryanair, the experience of most people. But no illusions that it will always be that way. Next opportunity will be in June. We'll see how that goes.

!MAVERICK!

Andrew33 wrote: »

I flew to LPFR from Dub on Tuesday evening 03/05 and returned on Thursday 05/05. I would just like to say, that my opinion of FR has been turned on it's head. Very helpful and friendly staff and a very pleasant experience all round. A bit of recline on the seats would have been welcome but bar that, a big thumbs up and the LPFR-EIDW leg was done in 2 hrs 20 mins!:D

Finally someone can post a positive story about Ryanair. Unlike the winge bags I listen to every everyday with their sob stories.

NoseyMike2010

!MAVERICK! wrote: »

Finally someone can post a positive story about Ryanair. Unlike the winge bags I listen to every everyday with their sob stories.

I love flying Ryanair ... he does exactly what he says he'll do. Get you from A to B as cheap as possible. The inflight meals are **** anyway!

!MAVERICK!

NoseyMike2010 wrote: »

I love flying Ryanair ... he does exactly what he says he'll do. Get you from A to B as cheap as possible. The inflight meals are **** anyway!

Exactly. From A-B, cheaply, and on time. Leaving passengers with less stress from busy airports, long check in times, and allowing them to stay in better accommodation.

mayotom

I must have flown with them a hundred times, they are rarely late and as said above, they do exactly what they promise, maybe they have taken the Glamour out of flying, but we have moved on from the 60's, its just a fast efficient mode of transport and Ryanair excel at what they do, carriers from all over the world now look upon Ryanair as an example to follow

Andrew33

Pretty standard replies! I wasn't referring to their no-nonsense, no frills punctuality. It was the helpfulness and politeness of the staff (both on the ground and in the air which changed my mind about them. I was a devout anti FR person because of the staff's treatment of passengers but they seem to have changed their tune!

ScouseMouse

I agree with you. Never has any trouble with them but it's when something goes wrong, the treatment changes.

Lapin

I agree with OP regarding Ryanair.

I've never had a problem with them despite flying with them regularly for years.

One issue with the post though v v v v v.

Andrew33 wrote: »

I flew to LPFR from Dub on Tuesday evening......

Wouldn't it have been just as easy to type Faro ?

hatz7

Ya, Ryanair are great, have traveled with them in the past and will do so again

tricky D

Once upon a time in the mid 90's, I booked a weekend to London on RyanAir through USIT. They messed up the outward trip but I noticed and got it changed with no problem. I got to Stanstead on the Sunday night after a great weekend and went to the desk only to find USIT had messed up my return journey to the following night when correcting the outward one. The flight was also full, so I was screwed with very little money, not enough to get back to London, nevermind money for the next day. So wandered around for an hour or so looking for somewhere to bed down, but was called on the tannoy to go to the desk. They'd an empty flight back to Dublin which I hopped onto with a mile-wide smile. The lady at the desk had personally sought out a solution for me which took her a good bit of her own time. Great trip back mostly spent in the cockpit doorway chatting to the crew. I'd thought about becoming a pilot in my teens until I discovered I was colourblind which added to the whole experience. I'll never forget that occasion and how helpful all of them were.

(Even better was when I got back to Dublin, all the taxis and buses had gone, but some bloke offered me a lift to town in his merc just as I was about to start walking)

I've flown with them many many times since, will do again happily and they do what they say on the tin - no frills. The experience is better than most bus trips to the likes of Donegal or Kerry. People just expect more from what is actually quite like a bus journey but with wings.

irishleedsfan

Only thing i dont like about ryanair is the quing in the airports in Spain when im sunburnt but that is my problem. The first time I flew with them I just said before 'just think of it as a bus eireann journey' Never had any problems since. Always punctual which is all I could ask for really for the price

Blue Punto

Ive flown with them many times and had little to complain against

But there was the time we were waiting to board a flight to Cardiff in the old terminal and as we were boarding we were asked to stop by a staff member before we went through so we did .
The staff member then gingerly went off about his buisness without telling anyone and they closed the flight with 23 very irate passengers waiting to board the aircraft(me being one of them)

Then we were told by the supervisor it was our fault that we didnt get to the gate on time

If their attitude torwards SLF has changed maybe its not before time

mikedublin

I find their on-board cabin crew are always very friendly, welcoming and cheerful.
I've done a good few flights with Ryanair, and am really hoping they will start doing flights to Greece and Cyprus someday.

Storm 10

Flew Ryanair to Malaga yesterday lovely warm weather here, the flight and cabin crew were excellent , out and in at the scheduled time.

C81

I can't understand alot of people complaining about no frills airlines. 15 r 20 yes ago people paid € 300 + to get to the uk. Now 30 to 60 quid gets u over.planes r glorified buses.. U don't c a stewardess on buses.. U pay 4 what u get... The less hassle and fuss the cheaper it is.. With risin fuel costs and less people flying profit margins fall. Prices go up.
They r still cheap even with hidden charges. Ryanair good!

highlydebased

I think the people who whinge are the ones who've been stung, or are people who think they get everyone. Read the information they provide and there's never a problem (bag sizes, boarding cards etc)

If they didnt operate such a tight ship the flights would be late, probably not as cheap etc. Going to Birmingham with them for 40e return in a few weeks, can't fault it really

pclancy

The first part of your post was on topic. The other part was unneeded. Everyone has been told a thousand times to just hit the "report post" button if you've got any issue at all with its content. Its not your place to tell anyone else what to say or do.

The forum is full of pilots and non-pilots alike and we've never enforced any kind of rule against using aviation terms, generally if people don't want to google they can simply ask "what does XXXX mean" and they're answered without issue. Its never been raised as an issue to me or described as bad manners. C81s post didnt bother me or anyone else, your post and then Testicles' both took away from an otherwise refreshingly nice thread.

Happy to continue discussion via PM but any more off-topic here will be removed.

Edit: Testicle/Roundy can ye not read the bold part?