No high season fees on Ryanair

September1

As you can see on their Fees pages http://www.ryanair.com/en/fees/ from yesterday there is no high season any more, including summer in 2015.

They also cut baggage and seat fees for kids by 50% if adult is getting them as well. It means that you book a single bag for 15 for adult and then kids can take up to two bags for 7.50 each. That is only possible during initial booking.

MOH

Maybe I'm missing something but that just looks like they haven't updated their fee table into next year yet? I wouldn't take it as a guarantee that they won't reintroduce a high season period at some point in 2015.

September1

I made no such guarantee but I can confirm that I was able to book summer flights with low season fees as of today.

fergald

I booked them too, got 50% off kids as well, seating and baggage. September1 is correct.

rockthistown

They are still pure scum.

Gone Drinking

rockthistown wrote: »

They are still pure scum.

Why are they complete scum?

I've flown tens of times with Ryanair. Sure its not all the fake smiles and treatment that you get on Aerlingus flights but you still get there, on time.

If you've been done by Ryanair for having an overweight bag, or clicked the wrong thing during registration, causing yourself needless fees then I'd like to thank you. You're the reason the rest of us get such cheap flights.

If you know the rules and how to avoid the unnecessary charges during the booking, then you're getting (most of the time) a very good value for money flight.

bmm

Gone Drinking wrote: »

Why are they complete scum?

If you've been done by Ryanair for having an overweight bag, or clicked the wrong thing during registration, causing yourself needless fees then I'd like to thank you. You're the reason the rest of us get such cheap flights.

You've been reading your " How to be like Michael O'Leary" book again, haven't you ??!:pac:

ninebeanrows

Fact is if you shop around you can get flights just as cheap as ryanair and have a much more comfortable experience.

More especially on Dublin -London routes anyway.

munchkin_utd

Weathercheck wrote: »

Fact is if you shop around you can get flights just as cheap as ryanair and have a much more comfortable experience.

More especially on Dublin -London routes anyway.

you are aware that theres now allocated seating on Ryanair so the 1hour standing in a queue and subsequent boarding scrum is a thing of the past?
(edit: which would have been my primary reason for avoiding them when travelling as a family, along with "optional" baggage charges, which essentially arent optional if you are carrying an infant and all that goes with it)

devnull

Weathercheck wrote: »

Fact is if you shop around you can get flights just as cheap as ryanair and have a much more comfortable experience.

More especially on Dublin -London routes anyway.

Show me where else offers 19.99 fares from Dublin to London then I'll believe you.

Weathercheck

Weathercheck wrote: »

Fact is if you shop around you can get flights just as cheap as ryanair and have a much more comfortable experience.

More especially on Dublin -London routes anyway.

Aerlingus and Ryanair both go to Gatwick, one goes to Luton and one goes to Southend, and one goes to Heathrow while the other goes to Standsted. I know which I'd go with for "comfort". :P The odd time Aer Lingus will be cheaper, it's never happened for any trip I've been on to Europe/UK though.

ninebeanrows

I have went with whatever's cheapest in total, incl. trains.

Last two times it's been a combo of aerlingus and cityjet. Now both times it has been booked just 5-7 days before flight.

You can grab some 35 euro fares with City Jet into London just a few weeks out, you don't pay to pick your seat, get free snacks and are treated humanely, well worth it.

Weathercheck

Weathercheck wrote: »

I have went with whatever's cheapest in total, incl. trains.

Last two times it's been a combo of aerlingus and cityjet. Now both times it has been booked just 5-7 days before flight.

You can grab some 35 euro fares with City Jet into London just a few weeks out, you don't pay to pick your seat, get free snacks and are treated humanely, well worth it.

Humanely? Ah, you're one of those.
CityJet are great for heading over, pity about the return fare.
The buses/trains are no cheaper depending on the Airline, only where you're flying to. CityJet is an underrated gem though and we should stop talking about it on Bargain Alerts because I don't want more people finding out. :pac:

rosieirl

Little did I think I'd ever post in defence of Ryanair, but at least you know what to expect. And that lowering of expectations can often mean a pleasant-ish 'well,that wasn't so bad' feeling as you disembark at your home airport.
I'm just back from a transatlantic break, my third in three years (good for me, I know). This year, tempted by the 'new route' fares and 'ah sure they're irish' mentality, I flew with our home brand green and White shamrocks and all airline. American airline flights are american so you'd expect 'something different'. I also expect the extra touch flying home brand. I was bitterly disappointed. My flight over was fine (although not overly customer friendly). My flight back just two weeks ago was Ryanair-like, to the point it is unfair to compare with Ryanair. Some issues were unexpected e.g. Oven not working but staff seemed unprofessional and overwhelmed. Bar and dinner service were slow and as if we were inconveniencing them. But the worst part was their refusal to turn off the lights (4am Irish time) so no reason for people to quieten down and sleep and the subsequent shopping channel 'anyone for duty free?' The staff had one volume. Loud. All they needed was to sell scratch cards and play a trumpet song in celebration of another on time flight (they didn't). My non Irish friend said she'd never fly budget transatlantic again. I told her they're not budget..up to now.

So Ryanair offers are welcome here. They've set the bar low, and others are following them, it seems.

Jimmy Iovine

A few weeks ago I booked my flight home from England at Christmas for £10. I'm flying from Manchester on the 19th of December.

It feels like the bargain of the century.

September1

You can improve Ryanair experience by booking seats with extra leg room and plenty of bags so no need to carry stuff to plane. There are pros and cons to Aer Lingus and Ryanair - but good thing with Ryanair is that they stick to their rules, while couple times Aer Lingus tried to extort money from me against their T&C. Also with Ryanair being larger airline if things go wrong they have more alternative flights. Meanwhile AL is using nicer parts of terminal and flying with them is more about flying then walking in rain and wind. Airports that Ryanair uses are often very passanger unfriendly.

I think that from Bargain Alerts perspective, it is important to not be loyal to be airline. Ryanair is not always cheaper, I've seen often cases where same day and hour flight would be cheaper with AerLingus or Lufthansa.

ted1

Weathercheck wrote: »

Fact is if you shop around you can get flights just as cheap as ryanair and have a much more comfortable experience.

More especially on Dublin -London routes anyway.

Not true.
With Aer lingus staff very fond of striking I have voted with my feet and will never fky them again.

grimm2005

For me it's always a case of getting from A to B, simple as and I'm always looking for flights to everywhere in Europe and Ryanair is consistently the cheapest, usually by a considerable margin. If you look on google flights for dublin to london flights in January for example and pick any of the three Ryanair airports (Gatwick, Stansted and Luton), it's pretty much €40 return across the whole calendar and you can get an easyBus transfer from any of those airports for £4 return.

Another example is East-Midlands. Aer Lingus just announced that they will be flying to here again from next February. Out of curiosity I checked the flights for Ryanair around Feb/March when the route opens for AL and the Ryanair flights are mostly €20 return over that period for most dates. Aer Lingus was €72 for all flights around the same period.

Now obviously they aren't cheaper 100% of the time and I have "mixed and matched" on different legs or went for AL for more convenient times when it was needed but a good 90% of the time they are cheaper I've found and for me literally the only difference in the flying experience is that you have to check in before hand on Ryanair (takes about 10mins and you can use the app), the seats don't recline (a bonus if you're 6ft6'!) and the cabin is tackier and more garish (hardly a deal breaker).

As another poster mentiond, you aren't going to get to Britain for cheaper then €20 return on other airlines, hell you can't get a train to most places in Ireland for that price!

MOH

MOH wrote: »

Maybe I'm missing something but that just looks like they haven't updated their fee table into next year yet? I wouldn't take it as a guarantee that they won't reintroduce a high season period at some point in 2015.

Sorry, hadn't realised they had the fares already up so far into next year. I just assumed the summer fares weren't up so they hadn't updated the fees page

Etnies

Aer lingus I avoid for simple fact you can only check in 24hrs before your flight.. ****ing ricdiculous

ninebeanrows

Etnies wrote: »

Aer lingus I avoid for simple fact you can only check in 24hrs before your flight.. ****ing ricdiculous

Ehhh, not where I've flown to anyway, just click on the right box, advanced check in.... is a bit confusing alright but most destinations you can check in well before that.

ActingDanClark

Searches on skyscanner have NEVER prompted aer lingus for me on ANY route. Price is king for me, I have never had a negative interaction with a member of Ryanair staff and I have flown with them hundreds of times . thank you op for the info

JTMan

Etnies wrote: »

Aer lingus I avoid for simple fact you can only check in 24hrs before your flight.. ****ing ricdiculous

Now that you no longer need a paper boarding pass, and can use the app, it is not much hassle having to check in within the last day / few days.

doggystyle

We flew to ibiza this week with thomson airlines....and I swear, I will never complain about ryanair again! We were due to depart at 18.55 and when we arrived at dublin airport and checked in our luggage we were told the flight was delayed until 22.15.
Ok, s**t happens, we can deal with that. We arrived at the departure gate again, to be told it was now going to be a 02.35 flight, that the aircraft had "technical issues" and there was 1 coming from manchester. We eventually took off at 3am and lost a day of our holidays as a result... It wasnt too bad for us, we could manage, but there were families there too with children, some as young as 7 months... I felt sorry for them...
So theres a lot to be said for hearing that trumpet at the end of your flight!!!

Cipango

devnull wrote: »

Show me where else offers 19.99 fares from Dublin to London then I'll believe you.

London
Brussels
Milan
Paris
Barcelona
Madrid (booked a flight in December for €40 RT)
Lisbon
Oslo

€20 return flights:
Glasgow
Manchester
Birmingham


These are just off the top of my head. Definitely a lot more destinations for 19.99 return.

MOH

Weathercheck wrote: »

Ehhh, not where I've flown to anyway, just click on the right box, advanced check in.... is a bit confusing alright but most destinations you can check in well before that.

Only if you've paid to book a seat. So you effectively have to pay to check in in advance

AL website wrote:

30 Day Advance Web Check-in is currently available on the following routes:
All flights between Ireland and the United Kingdom.
All flights between Ireland and Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey.
All flights between Ireland and Lyon, Nice, Paris, Toulouse, Perpignan, Marseille, Bordeaux.
All flights from Ireland to Amsterdam, Rennes, Agadir.

Please note:
You must assign seats before you can use advance check-in.

Frank Lee Midere

rosieirl wrote: »

Little did I think I'd ever post in defence of Ryanair, but at least you know what to expect. And that lowering of expectations can often mean a pleasant-ish 'well,that wasn't so bad' feeling as you disembark at your home airport.
I'm just back from a transatlantic break, my third in three years (good for me, I know). This year, tempted by the 'new route' fares and 'ah sure they're irish' mentality, I flew with our home brand green and White shamrocks and all airline. American airline flights are american so you'd expect 'something different'. I also expect the extra touch flying home brand. I was bitterly disappointed. My flight over was fine (although not overly customer friendly). My flight back just two weeks ago was Ryanair-like, to the point it is unfair to compare with Ryanair. Some issues were unexpected e.g. Oven not working but staff seemed unprofessional and overwhelmed. Bar and dinner service were slow and as if we were inconveniencing them. But the worst part was their refusal to turn off the lights (4am Irish time) so no reason for people to quieten down and sleep and the subsequent shopping channel 'anyone for duty free?' The staff had one volume. Loud. All they needed was to sell scratch cards and play a trumpet song in celebration of another on time flight (they didn't). My non Irish friend said she'd never fly budget transatlantic again. I told her they're not budget..up to now.

So Ryanair offers are welcome here. They've set the bar low, and others are following them, it seems.

You can't really compare the noise on a transatlantic flight to the noise on a 45 minute trek to Bristol. That sounds appalling though.

grimm2005

Cipango wrote: »

London
Brussels
Milan
Paris
Barcelona
Madrid (booked a flight in December for €40 RT)
Lisbon
Oslo

€20 return flights:
Glasgow
Manchester
Birmingham


These are just off the top of my head. Definitely a lot more destinations for 19.99 return.

I think devnull's point was show me another airline with flights that cheap, not destination.

dodzy

doggystyle wrote: »

We flew to ibiza this week with thomson airlines....and I swear, I will never complain about ryanair again! We were due to depart at 18.55 and when we arrived at dublin airport and checked in our luggage we were told the flight was delayed until 22.15.
Ok, s**t happens, we can deal with that. We arrived at the departure gate again, to be told it was now going to be a 02.35 flight, that the aircraft had "technical issues" and there was 1 coming from manchester. We eventually took off at 3am and lost a day of our holidays as a result... It wasnt too bad for us, we could manage, but there were families there too with children, some as young as 7 months... I felt sorry for them...
So theres a lot to be said for hearing that trumpet at the end of your flight!!!

It (long delay) will happen to everyone at some point. Always easier on the way out though !