RYANAIR "Lottery" Buy a flight for €9.99 & hope its cancelled - get €400 c

Capt'n Midnight

From https://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/ryanair-lottery-buy-a-flight-for-999-hope-its-cancelled-get-eur400-compensation-2792567

But expect to work hard to get any refund from Ryanair and expect them to use every trick in the book , and some new ones to avoid paying out.


And if they give you two weeks notice you are entitled to nothing. Something to be very aware of if you intend to fly with them in the next few weeks.

christeb

I was on the conference call with MOL this morning. Interesting stuff.

50 flights / week (from a total of 2500) are being cancelled during the next 6 weeks or so. Most likely hit will be routes with multiple departures (eg DUB - AMS, 4 deps per day).

He said they were working hard on looking at October cancellations, so your best bet is to look at something at the end of this month, as that would qualify due to it being within the requisite 2 week notice period.

Still, only a 2% (overall) chance and getting money from Ryanair? Tricky, you'd think.

grogi

christeb wrote: »

Still, only a 2% (overall) chance and getting money from Ryanair? Tricky, you'd think.

Exactly like in a lottery... If the chance of winning is 2% - then the average payout from €10 bet is 2% x €410 (on longer European flight) - €8.20.

whiterebel

Still better odds than their own lottery....

ted1

I'd say the payout will be only 210 as they are short flights

Fr_Dougal

Be quick, they're announcing the winners sometime after lunch. The flights that are being cancelled might have already been pulled.

Best of luck!

fat bloke

That is gas.

ted1

Mr.S wrote: »

ted1 wrote: »

I'd say the payout will be only 210 as they are short flights

The EU directive is very clear, €250 for flights under 1500km and €400 for over. Even if you opt to be rebooked or take the refund.

If you are rebooked onto another Ryanair flight that arrives under 2 hours later then your original flight, then you only get 50%.

As above, the cancellation needs to be less then 2 weeks notice.

All very clearly laid out on the Ryanair site and the claim form is quite visible. I'd say they're going to lose a fortune. Will be quite hard for them to get out of paying, it might take a while because of the amount of claims, but should eventually come through.

And my point was that most flights are less than 1500

keos

Looks like they published the cancellations list...

https://www.ryanair.com/ie/en/useful-info/help-centre/travel-updates/flight-cancellations7

ted1

Mr.S wrote: »

ted1 wrote: »

And my point was that most flights are less than 1500

Yes, and they get more then 210

250. Not a lot more

luketitz

Hardly worth the hassle, anyone profit from it?!