Ryanair Gift Vouchers

Adamcp898

Hi, I'm planning on buying someone some travel vouchers for air travel. They're most likely to use them for travelling between London and here and so I'm wondering has anyone any recent experience of using Ryanair gift vouchers?

I've googled a bit and seen some people have had some bad experiences but those seem to be a couple of years old now so I'm wondering if it has changed at all? Or failing that if there's a better voucher option for air travel/another airline, albeit Ryanair are the cheapest for that route.

spurious

They were much more use to me than some Aer Lingus ones I got. (Long story)
The one bad thing about Ryanair vouchers is say you have a voucher for 100 euro and your flights are 59.99, you can't keep the difference and use it on another flight. (This is possible with AL vouchers).
So, if you're getting them as a present and want to spend say 100 euro, it's better get four vouchers for 25 or five 20s, depending on the most usual price on the route you think the recipient might use them on.

The actual using of them was painless.

athtrasna

How about a prepaid credit card? Much more flexible

Atlantic Dawn

How about cash in an envelope to them with a note saying use this for flights between London and here, saves all the "can I do this with them", "can I do that with them" messing around

sheroman01

spurious wrote: »

They were much more use to me than some Aer Lingus ones I got. (Long story)
The one bad thing about Ryanair vouchers is say you have a voucher for 100 euro and your flights are 59.99, you can't keep the difference and use it on another flight. (This is possible with AL vouchers).
So, if you're getting them as a present and want to spend say 100 euro, it's better get four vouchers for 25 or five 20s, depending on the most usual price on the route you think the recipient might use them on.

The actual using of them was painless.

You can't use the remainder on a different flight?!! Where does the remaining money go then?

coylemj

sheroman01 wrote: »

You can't use the remainder on a different flight?!! Where does the remaining money go then?

spurious

I just checked their most recent terms and conditions.

It seems as of 27th November, partially redeemed vouchers will result in an issuing of another voucher for the difference.
Any unused gift voucher balances will be reissued to the voucher recipient as a new voucher with the original expiry date applicable.*
Vouchers purchased prior to the 27th November 2014 will be void if voucher is partially redeemed.

More of the caring Ryanair face.

171170

Was going to give a family member a €250 Ryanair Gift Voucher for Christmas - not the most imaginative pressie, but one that she'd be delighted with as she's a regular Ryanair user; but when I went online to buy it, I discovered that they charge a €2 voucher fee! This for a gift voucher that is generated electronically and emailed to the purchaser! Now its not a lot of money, but it's so typical of O'Leary to squeeze the last drop of cash he can from his customers. So on principle, I'm not buying it!

Out of curiosity, I went to see what Aer Lingus charged for gift vouchers and, to my surprise, their FAQ page states that "The standard adminstration (note the spelling!) fee is charged on the voucher purchase." But there's no info on what the "standard adminstration fee" is! So Aer Lingus are in on the 'bleed the customer' act too!

Both airlines can take a hike - I'm giving her cash for Christmas!

AngryLips

Stay away from Ryanair vouchers. They can only be used against the cost of tickets for the person you're gifting it to and not for the total cost of the booking. So, say if you've got a €200 voucher and you and your partner want to book two return tickets totalling €220, then you'd only be able to use €110 of that voucher towards yourself only and no one else. If that isn't the biggest rip-off I've ever heard then I don't know what is.

Yamanoto

171170 wrote: »

I'm giving her cash for Christmas!

You got there in the end.

Airline vouchers are notoriously troublesome and exasperating to use.