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A few little things I noticed at the weekend having not flown RYR for about three/four years.

Checked in at +4 days on the outbound leg. Row 20. Checked in about 18hrs before on the inbound leg, row 23. If the row order above is anything to be believed then the vast majority of people must check in on the morning or day of their flight. A few of our party did this and were in rows 3, 7 and 10 etc.

I had no trouble swapping seats before takeoff. I sat down in 20E as allocated, party of three rocked up to sit in 20C, D and F. Two of my own party were in 20 A and B so we naturally swapped on the spot. Crew simply didn't care or notice.

Cabin bag only and it was checked for free both times. Zero hassle at either carousel - bag was there within 60 seconds of reaching for both legs. If anything it was less hassle than having to haul it in and out of the overhead bins but you may want to keep a laptop etc on your person in its own small bag to avoid not having access to it.

Overall I'm delighted with them. It's no frills but I expected no frills and for me the lack of these things means boarding goes faster and the flight arrives on time. Easy when you're prepared for it.

joeysoap wrote: »

Were the three of you on the one booking? If so, odd that they would allocate two of you to 20a and 20b and the third to 20e? Or were you on two seperate bookings and just checking in at approx the same time?

All on different bookings, there were 9 of us altogether.

joeysoap wrote: »

When you say checked in do you mean handed up at boarding gate? Or actually checked in? I agree with the speed of bags arriving on the carousel and the pleasure of not carrying them on board. Had the exact experience in April.

Taken off us at the gate because of the 90-bag rule. Didn't seem to be just wheelie bags either, one of the lads had a biggish holdall that was also checked, and there was a bit of space left in the overheads - but we weren't bothered in the slightest.

Anyone travelled on the new ryanair planes with the thinner seats? Was on a flight back from Nice at the weekend and experienced one of these - the seats are terrible - I've had a bad back all week as a result, zero lumbar support - this is a real turn-off for future flights

homer911 wrote: »

Anyone travelled on the new ryanair planes with the thinner seats?

I thought they were comfortable.
The overhead bins are huge !
Much prefer the new interior, but (despite flying very frequently) I only came across these new planes only once so far.

Must be me so. I am 6' 4" and never found the Ryanair seats very comfortable - definitely designed for someone smaller. Back still sore!

I do agree that the colour scheme is much easier on the eyes and the pivoting bins are easier to use, although I nearly cracked someone on the head when I opened mine after the flight - I'm waiting to hear about the first case of concussion!

hdowney wrote: »

Anyone got any pics of this new interior (yes I am lazy and cba googling, plus I'm on my way out the door!)

MUCH better than the older design.

testicles wrote: »

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That's odd, did you try another browser or check if you have any addons (ad block) that might interfere ?

homer911 wrote: »

The Irish Times reporting today on Ryanair random allocated seating splitting people up:


http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/ryanair-denies-deliberately-separating-passengers-to-make-money-1.3110490


Definitely experienced this myself recently, and it was apparent on the flight that a lot of other people did as well. Despite the claims from Ryanair, this is definitely either a change in policy, or a change in the seat allocation rules. Either way its a case of gouging!

I know 6 people that have experienced this in the last 3 weeks and there was a discussion on a UK forum discussing the same thing. And it happened on the return flights too.

Typical O Leary, tries to find any angle possible to piss off the customer.

quadrifoglio verde wrote: »

I really don't get why people are making a big song and dance about not getting allocated seats together. With Children under 8 I can understand. However over that, what's the big deal.
Yeah so you mightn't be able to sit beside your son/friend/gf/wife for an hour or two.

Whoop dee doo. It's a short flight, people should relax. You're either going to be with the person your flying with for the next few days or you've just spent the last few days in each others company.
During which time both would have spent the time of that flight ignoring each other with their heads in their phones.

Sit beside a fat smelly slob who falls asleep before takeoff, utilising both armrests and leaving no opportunity for you to get out and go to the bathroom on your lovely 4 hour flight to Lanzarote and let me know if you feel the same.

JCX BXC wrote: »

Sit beside a fat smelly slob who falls asleep before takeoff, utilising both armrests and leaving no opportunity for you to get out and go to the bathroom on your lovely 4 hour flight to Lanzarote and let me know if you feel the same.

That can happen with or without paying for assigned seats.

yabadabado wrote: »

Never hear of waking someone up ? A gentle dig works wonders.

The touchdown of the aircraft was hardly enough to wake this yoke up, say he had a few relaxing drinks before the flight, I could smell them anyway.

quadrifoglio verde wrote: »

That can happen with or without paying for assigned seats.

Not when you cushion yourself with family members to your left (or right)

JCX BXC wrote: »

Are you serious though? Yeah don't throw a fit like an entitled little **** but it's pretty obvious why people would like to seated with their companions.

Language in this post is unnecessary/excessive. Calm it down.,

JCX BXC wrote: »

Are you serious though? Yeah don't throw a fit like an entitled little **** but it's pretty obvious why people would like to seated with their companions.

I'm deadly serious. If I want to guarantee a seat beside my companions then I can pay for it or take my chances with the seat allocator.
Is it ideal obviously not but I can survive surrounded by strangers for a few hours if I need to.

It's a seat on a plane for a few hours nothing to be getting worked up about imo.

tina1040 wrote: »

The issue is not being seated apart when you leave it til 4 days before and there are only single seats left, it's intentionally being seated apart while plenty of available seats. Yes most adults can survive a flight alone but why intentionally?

I thought it was fairly obvious.

Apart altogether from the pros and cons of sitting alone or with friends and family, did no one notice the feeble responses of ryr to the IT piece?

"policy since 2014"

"more people travelling"

I don't recall not having side by side since 2014 and have never paid ryr for a seat. We'll see next time....

Especially in the case of an emergency. We've seen in the U.S. where idiots insisted on retrieving their baggage before evacuating. How much worse would it be if people are trying to make their way backwards and forwards to ensure loved ones get out? It would be absolute chaos, and could lead to loss of life. I think this new strategy should be banned.

MOH wrote: »

Or the extra ?2 to book a seat

But what if you do pay the extra to sit with your companion, and there's an emergency, and there's dozens of other people who didn't, trying to check on an elderly parent or teenage children or disabled wife, all blocking aisles with traffic going in all directions? It only takes one couple going in the wrong directions to clog up the aisle.