Ryanair refund query

Dtp1979

Is it possible to get a refund from flights cancelled 4 days in advance from Ryanair? I can’t see anywhere on the app with a cancel area

skallywag

Unless you purchased a ticket which has a dedicated cancellation policy (which would have been pointed out when you purchased it, and the ticket would have been considerably more expensive than the cheapest fare) then you cannot cancel on any airline.

I assume it's a no go I am afraid.

Dtp1979

skallywag wrote: »

Unless you purchased a ticket which has a dedicated cancellation policy (which would have been pointed out when you purchased it, and the ticket would have been considerably more expensive than the cheapest fare) then you cannot cancel on any airline.

I assume it's a no go I am afraid.

Ah I wasn’t too hung up on a refund tbh. I was more concerned about leaving a seat idle and somebody missing out on a flight cause I can’t cancel my seat

Atlantic Dawn

A couple of times I have logged in and rebooked my flights for another date and had the new flights discounted (slightly), not sure if cancelling so close to the date allows this.

dennyk

Ryanair tickets cannot be cancelled at all, as none of their tickets are refundable at all. I don't think their customer service even has any method to record a cancellation. However, Ryanair don't overbook their flights either (another reason why they don't bother taking cancellations), so you don't have to worry about someone being bumped for your empty seat or anything.

If you want to fly at a later date instead, you can change your ticket for the cost of a change fee plus the fare difference. However, depending on the fare it might be cheaper to simply book a new flight for your desired date, if it's a cheap one, as the change fee is more than the cost of some flights.

Hoboo

You can get government tax refunded, provided their admin charge is less than the refundable amount.

L1011

dennyk wrote: »

Ryanair tickets cannot be cancelled at all, as none of their tickets are refundable at all. I don't think their customer service even has any method to record a cancellation. However, Ryanair don't overbook their flights either (another reason why they don't bother taking cancellations), so you don't have to worry about someone being bumped for your empty seat or anything.

If you want to fly at a later date instead, you can change your ticket for the cost of a change fee plus the fare difference. However, depending on the fare it might be cheaper to simply book a new flight for your desired date, if it's a cheap one, as the change fee is more than the cost of some flights.

Ryanair overbook certain flights on high frequency routes and have done so for years. You can find stories of people bumped and pictures of load sheets showing >189 passengers easily.

Not turning up doesn't mean anyone is bumped anyway.

dennyk

L1011 wrote: »

Ryanair overbook certain flights on high frequency routes and have done so for years. You can find stories of people bumped and pictures of load sheets showing >189 passengers easily.

Ryanair claim they don't deliberately overbook, at least, and I'd be inclined to believe them, given that they probably don't want to be paying out €125+ compensation charges on a regular basis in addition to dealing with the hassle of rerouting people when they already have mostly full flights. That's a gamble that might make financial sense if you're regularly charging several hundred a ticket, but not so much when many of your tickets don't even cost half what you'd have to pay out in compensation alone. I'd guess most if not all instances of Ryanair "overbooking" that people are reporting are actually due to mistakes or technical errors, or operational reasons like last-minute staff deadheads.

L1011

Ryanair claim lots of things. Most of them aren't true!

Strumms

Rather then pîss away the flights and loose the money would you consider paying the change fee and rebooking for a time in the future when you could travel ? Again it could be more economical just to book new flights and dispense with the old ones but maybe worth considering anyway...