Big ole Ryanair Crank Fest super merge

galwayrush · 26-02-2009 08:25PM

mike65 wrote: »

If you did that they'd be no competition and Aer Lingus would charge 200 for flying to London.

http://www.jason-roe.com/blog/free-ryanair-free-flight-bug/

I remember when they charged £700 to £900.old money:rolleyes:

JC 2K3 · 26-02-2009 08:25PM

Carlotta wrote: »

Don't need luxuries when I fly thanks, never said I did. I don't agree that Ryanair should be allowed to treat passengers with utter contempt.

How do they treat customers with contempt?

I don't know why you are calling on everyone to boycott them just because you don't like their service....

MySelf56 · 26-02-2009 08:26PM

If you Boycott Ryanair how are going attend 5000 miles round trip former soviet republic for stag party get plastered? How our young kids are going enjoy bit sun shine after living cert in Caneries? How we are going to enjoy Weekend continental city trip?

Go Ryan air!! Pay it or leave it!!

luckat · 26-02-2009 08:26PM

Am I wrong in thinking that Ryanair had to back down on the wheelchairs thing?

I've flown with them a lot in recent years, and found them pretty courteous but just absolutely exhausted the whole time, and stressed out.

Carlotta · 26-02-2009 08:27PM

Deleted User wrote: »

OP doesn't understand the good Ryanair has done for all of Europe. Jobs, Ease of travel for tourists and boosted the economies of areas with Secondary Airports.

He just doesn't understand anything about how the world works and how ridiculous it would be to boycott said company over one employee.

bless. he can go enjoy his aer lingus cause it's been managed so well.

Not because of one employee. This incident is just one in a very long list of indefensible policy and behaviour by Ryanair and its employees. Don't forget that Ryanair air management had a chance to apologise for what happened and didn't. how much does an apology cost exactly?

Nothing anyone says about them being cheap, making air travel affordable, creating jobs etc NOT ONE THING excuses Ryanair's policies and behaviour. It isn't that they lack luxuries or have additional charges its that they do not treat people with respect. What does that cost?

26-02-2009 08:28PM

Carlotta wrote: »

Ok, so if they are going to be honest about their "no frills" policy why don't they scrap their customer service department. Why even bother having one? Harping on about them being "no frills" is not much of an argument tbh.

Or they should at least warn people that when they phone customer services they will under no circumstances be helped and will most likely get abuse.

If they just stated in their T&Cs that they offered no free extras AND their staff may decide to insult and abuse passengers when they felt like.

Here go fly with someone else. You're choosing to sign up to them, they're not a monopoly.

Understand?

jaggeh · 26-02-2009 08:29PM

for anyone that missed the story on rte news, it was also covered on newstalk and fm104.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAXnb-taeUU

CiaranC · 26-02-2009 08:30PM

Carlotta wrote: »

Not because of one employee. This incident is just one in a very long list of indefensible policy and behaviour by Ryanair and its employees. Don't forget that Ryanair air management had a chance to apologise for what happened and didn't. how much does an apology cost exactly?

Nothing anyone says about them being cheap, making air travel affordable, creating jobs etc NOT ONE THING excuses Ryanair's policies and behaviour. It isn't that they lack luxuries or have additional charges its that they do not treat people with respect. What does that cost?

Jesus, stfu. If they are that bad, they will go out of business. Unfortunately for you, that doesnt isnt going to happen any time soon. Which is fortunate for people who like cheap, efficient, punctual air travel. Like me.

JUST FLY WITH SOMEONE ELSE

26-02-2009 08:32PM

Carlotta wrote: »

Not because of one employee. This incident is just one in a very long list of indefensible policy and behaviour by Ryanair and its employees. Don't forget that Ryanair air management had a chance to apologise for what happened and didn't. how much does an apology cost exactly?

Nothing anyone says about them being cheap, making air travel affordable, creating jobs etc NOT ONE THING excuses Ryanair's policies and behaviour. It isn't that they lack luxuries or have additional charges its that they do not treat people with respect. What does that cost?

Are you never going to fly with them again?

Honestly, stop your internet rant for a second and think. Will you pay 200euro on Aer Lingus or 60euro on Ryanair to goto London?

JC 2K3 · 26-02-2009 08:33PM

Carlotta wrote: »

If they just stated in their T&Cs that they offered no free extras AND their staff may decide to insult and abuse passengers when they felt like.

It's kind of implicit that companies don't give away free extras... Ryanair will get you from A to B. That's ALL you'll get for the price of your flight. Is that so hard to understand? I think it's great personally. It means that when I want to go somewhere and not bring any luggage, I get my flight for slightly cheaper than when I want to. What's so wrong with that?

And I've never been abused by Ryanair staff, and I don't think methods are abuse are part of their training, so I wouldn't consider it to be Ryanair's fault if I happened to be abused by one of its staff....

26-02-2009 08:35PM

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Carlotta · 26-02-2009 08:36PM

JC 2K3 wrote: »

How do they treat customers with contempt?

I don't know why you are calling on everyone to boycott them just because you don't like their service....

I'm not calling for a boycott, there's a question mark in the thread title! I wanted to know what other people think, now I know. Ryanair will continue as long as people are willing to fly with them. People will except any amount of crap as long as they get a cheap flight. Even if none of you have never had a negative experience with Ryanair, you are well aware of how they have treated and continue to treat other people. I guess that bothers me more than it bothers any of you.

MySelf56 wrote: »

If you Boycott Ryanair how are going attend 5000 miles round trip former soviet republic for stag party get plastered? How our young kids are going enjoy bit sun shine after living cert in Caneries? How we are going to enjoy Weekend continental city trip?

Go Ryan air!! Pay it or leave it!!

I'll leave it thanks.

Deleted User wrote: »

Here go fly with someone else. You're choosing to sign up to them, they're not a monopoly.

Understand?

Umm, no, could you expalin it agian slowly.
It seems talking about Ryanair brings out the "O' Leary" factor in you people.

Its amazing how many Ryanair employees are on here.....
I mean do you people have a Ryanair fetish? Does getting a bargain turn you on?
I bet your the same people who delight in telling people you bought your jacket in Penny's for 2 euro.

NickNolte · 26-02-2009 08:37PM

I've flown with Ryanair plenty of times and I've rarely had an experience that I would call *really bad*. I've been treated shabbily on a few occasions but you can't really complain when you consider how cheap they are a lot of the time.

Having said this, I will never fly with them again if I can help it. The way they treat their staff is crazy. Whatever about the underpaid, overworked cabin crew, the fact that they've taken so much in-flight authority away from their (also overworked) pilots sets an incredibly dangerous precident in my opinion.

Ryanair are a 'race to the bottom' company. If many people are prepared to accept a 'no frills' service to save money, then that's entirely their own prerogative. Although I do feel that patronising a company like Ryanair makes its customers guilty, albeit unknowingly, of taking advantage of the explotation of its employees.

JC 2K3 · 26-02-2009 08:37PM

Carlotta wrote: »

Nothing anyone says about them being cheap, making air travel affordable, creating jobs etc NOT ONE THING excuses Ryanair's policies and behaviour. It isn't that they lack luxuries or have additional charges its that they do not treat people with respect. What does that cost?

2 or 3 times what Ryanair charge, it seems.

Am I going to pay extra because another company gives off an image of "respecting" me? Eh...no.

Although, I must say, having flown once or twice with them for €0.01 without taxes, I think giving free flights away is a much greater indication of respect than bullsiht "professional conduct".

26-02-2009 08:39PM

I'm not sure OP realised the masses love Ryanair.

When we think of weekends away that were possible cause of cheap flights, we don't think "i wish I had food on that flight".. or "that hostess looked tired"..

or "that story about the internet blogger ruined my weekend in italy"..

people like OP on the other hand dwell on the little annoyances in life and choose to hate something that doesn't in any way effect them. fun. the snobbery and lack of any understanding with regards their business model is ridiculous.

i'll take my cheap flights thank you and leave the cynical bitching to OP. shall we boycott Ryanair and cause so many more job losses OP?

dvpower · 26-02-2009 08:40PM

JC 2K3 wrote: »

And I've never been abused by Ryanair staff, and I don't think methods are abuse are part of their training, so I wouldn't consider it to be Ryanair's fault if I happened to be abused by one of its staff....

I've never had any problems with Ryanair staff either, but Michael O'Leary does come accross as an arrogant git, so it is to be expected that some of his staff might follow his example.

OctavarIan · 26-02-2009 08:40PM

Wait wait wait...

So customer service staff hate their customers?

Gummy Panda · 26-02-2009 08:42PM

JC 2K3 wrote: »

And I've never been abused by Ryanair staff, and I don't think methods are abuse are part of their training, so I wouldn't consider it to be Ryanair's fault if I happened to be abused by one of its staff....

But if they did abuse you, would you not expect Ryanair to punish the staff member?

Irish Ryanair staff seem okay to me. UK Ryanair staff are f*ckwits!

Stupid english bitch in stansted knowing we were running late and trying to refuse us entry. Funny thing was, the flight was 30 mins late and she knew it. Also she made security keep x-raying my bags. 4 times through it. Ugly cow, hope she got flap rot!

Carlotta · 26-02-2009 08:43PM

OctavarIan wrote: »

Wait wait wait...

So customer service staff hate their customers?

Yeah, its a great place to work if your have been in the customer service business for years. You get to take out all that frustration on the customer and your employer condones it. Good times.

Melted M&M · 26-02-2009 08:43PM

snyper wrote: »

Link or gtfo.

Anyhow.. no to the boycott thanks.

- Paying for check in luggage DONT FLY WITH THEM.. NO ONE IS FORCING YOU TO USE THEM

- Paying for wheelchairs SO??? NOTHING IN LIFE IS FREE

- Penalties for having too much carry on.. DONT CARRY IT ON.. YOU DONT NEED 6 BARS OF TOBLERONE

- Crap customer service (more like customer abuse) - FOR A 1 EURO FLIGHT WHAT DO YOU WANT? A PERSON ASSISTANT FOR EACH PASSENGER?

Just to say when I was in Nice airport Ryanair did not charge for a wheelchair I was bringing on a return flight (the person I was traveling with had an accident over there) they were very helpful reserved seats for us near the top and toilets and got a bus to bring us right up to the exit at Dublin airport we could not have been treated better that day.

When the wheelchair was brought over to us on Aer Lingus by a family member they did in fact charge 20 euro

I do not work for Ryanair but just that I had a positive experience with them and because of this I would travel with them again

Kazooie · 26-02-2009 08:45PM

OP,

You do realise that Ryanair spies probably read boards too.
Watch your back buddy.

26-02-2009 08:46PM

Carlotta wrote: »

Umm, no, could you expalin it agian slowly.
It seems talking about Ryanair brings out the "O' Leary" factor in you people.

i said ryanair isn't a monolopy. i.e a one company industry.

it means you have a choice of who to fly with. the customer base ryanair gets shows that people think they are the best.

Carlotta wrote: »

Its amazing how many Ryanair employees are on here.....
I mean do you people have a Ryanair fetish? Does getting a bargain turn you on?
I bet your the same people who delight in telling people you bought your jacket in Penny's for 2 euro.

"the same people".. :rolleyes: you may aswell create a new account OP after them few lines cause your not gonna get respected on this one.

Carlotta · 26-02-2009 08:47PM

Kazooie wrote: »

OP,

You do realise that Ryanair spies probably read boards too.
Watch your back buddy.

They'll never find me, mwah ha hahahahaha!

*looks about nervously*

Carlotta · 26-02-2009 08:51PM

Deleted User wrote: »

"the same people".. :rolleyes: you may aswell create a new account OP after them few lines cause your not gonna get respected on this one.

Ahhhh so you're going to remember me, how sweet:p

Ok, despite everything, I am glad I started this thread, its been very informative. So far i have learned that Ryanair is a low-cost, no frills airline and, also, there are other airlines I could travel with. Is that right? I know it took a while, i am a bit thick.

NickNolte · 26-02-2009 08:52PM

Although I appreciate that most of the time Ryanair are cheaper, I don't think they're *that* much cheaper. I fly to London regularly. The cheapest fare I've gotten with Ryanair was about €55 after all costs. It then costs me £40 return (about €60 up until recently) to get from and back to Stansted. Ergo my fare is actually really €110. My flights direct to Heathrow with Aer Lingus usually end up costing about €120, not including my tube ticket (which I would have to buy anyway, regardless of which airline I choose). So when I fly with Ryanair, I generally save myself €10-€20 overall and have a much less convenient journey.

I'm not saying Ryanair aren't cheaper but a lot of the time I'm happy to pay more for Aer Lingus as it ends up costing roughly the same amount in the end and the service is much better.

26-02-2009 08:52PM

Carlotta wrote: »

Ahhhh so you're going to remember me, how sweet:p

Ok, despite everything, I am glad I started this thread, its been very informative. So far i have learned that Ryanair is a low-cost, no frills airline and, also, there are other airlines I could travel with. Is that right? I know it took a while, i am a bit thick.

what age are you out of interest?

26-02-2009 08:55PM

NickNolte wrote: »

Although I appreciate that most of the time Ryanair are cheaper, I don't think they're *that* much cheaper. I fly to London regularly. The cheapest fare I've gotten with Ryanair was about €55 after all costs. It then costs me £40 return (about €60 up until recently) to get from and back to Stansted. Ergo my fare is actually really €110. My flights direct to Heathrow with Aer Lingus usually end up costing about €120, not including my tube ticket (which I would have to buy anyway, regardless of which airline I choose). So when I fly with Ryanair, I generally save myself €10-€20 overall and have a much less convenient journey.

I'm not saying Ryanair aren't cheaper but a lot of the time I'm happy to pay more for Aer Lingus as it ends up costing roughly the same amount in the end and the service is much better.

so if ya do the journey today, 55 for flight and say 45 for extra part of trip? (spot rate these days)

if you do it with aer lingus, 120 for flight and how much for the extra part of trip?

i havn't flown to london since i was very young so i'm interested enough in prices..

Carlotta · 26-02-2009 08:56PM

Deleted User wrote: »

what age are you out of interest?

Errr, not looking for a relationship at the moment thanks Ads.:p

Besides, we'd have to take separate planes to Paris for our romantic weekend away. But I'd promise to wait for your bus!!!

26-02-2009 08:58PM

Carlotta wrote: »

Errr, not looking for a relationship at the moment thanks Ads.:p

Besides, we'd have to take separate planes to Paris for our romantic weekend away. But I'd promise to wait for your bus!!!

Well not age then but do you earn your own money for flights?

thelordofcheese · 26-02-2009 09:01PM

Gummy Panda wrote: »

Irish Ryanair staff seem okay to me. UK Ryanair staff are f*ckwits!

Stupid english bitch in stansted knowing we were running late and trying to refuse us entry. Funny thing was, the flight was 30 mins late and she knew it. Also she made security keep x-raying my bags. 4 times through it. Ugly cow, hope she got flap rot!

Ryanair Uk are 48 kinds of terribad.
A friend of mine was flying to paris with ryanair, checked in, got through airport security, was boarding the plane and handed his passport over to the one of their staff, she noticed the bottom corner laminating had started to peel away from the backing and refused to let him board.
He made the point that after being checked in by a collegue of hers and airport security that the issue was nothing of consequence and he should be allowed board.
To make her point, the woman grabbed the laminate and the backing and pulled, in an attempt to show how someone could 'easily' swap the photos.
I don't know what part of dumbfuckistan this woman came from, but the upshot was she almost completely seperated the backing and the laminate, runining the passport.

My friend says he doesn't really remember what happened next, but the next thing he knows is he's outside the airport with a ruined passport and still in shock.

frankly the bitch is lucky that she wasn't cunt punted out the window and into the side of the waiting ryanair plane

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