Ianroid Eireann Small print scam?

JD Dublin

I don't know if anyone else has had this experience, so here goes.

I got on a train from Limerick yesterday on the return leg of a journey to Dublin, only to be told that my ticket was for the 4.20 pm train, not the 2.30 pm train.

The ticket checker made me get an extra €10 euro ticket for getting the wrong train. So all you people out there availing of the cheap tickets, just be careful you don't click the wrong time for your train or you'll pay the price.

When I said there was no price difference between the 2 tickets ie if I had booked the 2.20 orginally it would have cost the same as the 4.20, I was met first with indifference ( 'that's the rules' ). Then I was met with more rules ( 'did you not read the terms and conditions?', I responded that I hadn't, and asked the guy had he, he said he had ( incredibly )).

Lastly I was told 'you can wait for your train, the 4.20' if I didn't want to pay the extra. I told him not to get smart and that I hoped he could sleep at night with this codology on his conscience. This was greeted with a smirk.

Has anyone else got caught out with this Ryanair-style small print scam?

endacl

So...

Check what you're paying for before you pay for it...?

Good plan. That's what I'd do. Did you not do that?

:rolleyes:

schemingbohemia

So you didn't read the terms and conditions and expect to travel when you want for the cheaper advance fee you got - you then complain that the guy who was doing his job was involved in codology?

"only to be told my ticket was for the...." - did you not know yourself which train your ticket was for?

There is no scam here, just someone who couldn't be bothered reading the terms and conditions of his/her ticket.

dobman88

I don't see where the "scam" is to be honest. You booked the wrong ticket or else you got the wrong train. Entirely your fault. No scam here

Aint Eazy Being Cheezy

Calm it OP. It's not a scam, you just missed a detail whilst you were booking. Maybe the inspector was a smart arse too.

Sucks, but these things happen. At least you only had to pay ten euro, and weren't fined for having no ticket.

Lapin

I've seen it all now.

In a forum riddled with threads about Ryanair, someone has now managed to twist the airline's name into one about trains.

I'm starting to wonder if Michael O'Leary himself has multiple accounts on Boards and spends his spare opening posts in the Travel Forum for the free publicity.

JD Dublin

Lapin wrote: »

I've seen it all now.

In a forum riddled with threads about Ryanair, someone has now managed to twist the airline's name into one about trains.

I'm starting to wonder if Michael O'Leary himself has multiple accounts on Boards and spends his spare opening posts in the Travel Forum for the free publicity.

Sorry to disappopint Lapin, no it is not Michael O'Leary here.

If in doubt check out my other posts where you will see that I am not Michael O'Leary, nor a troll.:pac::pac::pac:

The point is, if someone in a hat wants to enforce rules then you gotta take it, even if it is small-minded and petty. I just don't see the point in enforcing them, unless you are Ryanair that is, and you enjoy bad publicity.

dobman88

JD Dublin wrote: »

Sorry to disappopint Lapin, no it is not Michael O'Leary here.

If in doubt check out my other posts where you will see that I am not Michael O'Leary, nor a troll.:pac::pac::pac:

The point is, if someone in a hat wants to enforce rules then you gotta take it, even if it is small-minded and petty. I just don't see the point in enforcing them, unless you are Ryanair that is, and you enjoy bad publicity.

It's small minded and petty to start a thread complaining about a person doing their job when you were the one in the wrong.

JD Dublin

dobman88 wrote: »

It's small minded and petty to start a thread complaining about a person doing their job when you were the one in the wrong.

If in doubt check out my other posts where you will see that I am not Michael O'Leary, nor a troll. Have you got your peaked hat on?

dobman88

I never said you were a troll or the other lad. It is just my opinion that you must be quite petty to start a thread over this when it was clearly your fault.

JD Dublin

dobman88 wrote: »

I never said you were a troll or the other lad. It is just my opinion that you must be quite petty to start a thread over this when it was clearly your fault.

I am not talking about fault, I am talking about catching someone out on the small print when it is to your advantage.

I quote a radio ad - ''There are some terms and conditions, but no sneaky ones''. IMHO this is a sneaky one, but thats just my opinion.

Clearly in isolation this is a small issue - but so is my excess baggage charge which certain airlines catch people on.

Will I travel with Iarnrod Eireann again - yeah no probs, but what I am asking is has anyone else been stopped like this.

FFS we are talking about a tenner - not the end of civilisation as we know it.

Nuff said.

dobman88

How is it sneaky? You booked the wrong train!! I'm sure it has happened before to people. It happened to me before, I was going to Limerick but booked the ticket to Limerick Junction by mistake. Did I start a thread over it? No. I paid the fare from Limerick Junction to Limerick.

They are not trying to catch people, it is in plain view on their website.

And they aren't called Iaranroid Eireann anymore. It's Irish Rail, just saying.

http://www.irishrail.ie

kerry4sam

Alritey then....Just a few things of mention as I close this thread:

~ I've changed the title of the thread from its original 'Ianryanair Eireann? Small print scam'
~ Yes they are now called IrishRail and no longer referred to as Iarnrod Eireann.
&
~ Moral of story is to YES, Just try and read the small print when making purchases!

Thanks,
kerry4sam