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Ryanair launch an iPhone app - suprise surprise, it's not free

  • 05-09-2012 01:00PM
    #1
    seamus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,173 ✭✭✭✭


    Yeah, €3 for the "privilege" of managing your Ryanair booking from an app rather than from their website, and to book flights.

    Anyone got any theories as to what good reason they could possibly have for charging for this app which doesn't actually give you anything other than a nicer interface to their website?

    My suspicion is that they will include a feature where you can "print" your boarding card on the phone for a €1 fee (Aer Lingus already do this for free), and about six months after they've released the Android app, they'll start charging a €5 fee for anyone who brings a paper boarding card instead of their phone, claiming that "manual handling" of the paper incurs more cost.


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  • #2
    Dave!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,856 ✭✭✭✭Dave!


    They should offer a free app which allows you to search for / browse flights, and then you have to have the paid version to book it. That would be smart.

    Anyway, let them at it. Use the Aerlingus app if you don't like Ryanair.


  • #3
    Biggins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,567 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    They can keep it. Stuff them!


  • #4
    My name is URL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,626 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


    That's one ugly lookin' app


  • #5
    Pal
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,115 ✭✭✭Pal


    what's an app ?


  • #6
    Sleepy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 25,004 ✭✭✭✭Sleepy


    Give me functionality that lets me choose an airport (Dublin), enter my desired departure and return dates and return all flights under x euros that match my search and I'll pay €3 for it.

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  • #7
    AnonoBoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,559 ✭✭✭✭AnonoBoy


    Pal wrote: »
    what's an app ?

    It's an apple after two bites have been taken.


  • #8
    Micky Dolenz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 44,079 ✭✭✭✭Micky Dolenz


    If a business can get me close to a European city for a few pennies, then I won't deny them trying to turn a profit by other means.


  • #9
    General Relativity
    Closed Accounts Posts: 683 ✭✭✭General Relativity


    seamus wrote: »

    Anyone got any theories as to what good reason they could possibly have for charging for this app which doesn't actually give you anything other than a nicer interface to their website?

    They paid someone to devolop and build the app?


  • #10
    smash
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,808 ✭✭✭✭smash


    seamus wrote: »
    My suspicion is that they will include a feature where you can "print" your boarding card on the phone for a €1 fee

    Surely it will just generate a QR code that will scan from your screen at check in.


  • #11
    ejmaztec
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,369 ✭✭✭✭ejmaztec


    Biggins wrote: »
    They can keep it. Stuff them!

    There's no need to go app-sh1t over it.:eek:


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  • #12
    Dravokivich
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Music Moderators, Politics Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 22,424 CMod ✭✭✭✭Dravokivich


    Pal wrote: »
    what's an app ?

    It's short for application


  • #13
    seamus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,173 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    General Relativity wrote: »
    They paid someone to devolop and build the app?
    I was going to make the point that they don't charge you to use the website even though they had to pay someone for that, but the Ryanair website looks like a Junior Cert computer science project, so I can't be sure if they did pay someone to make it :p


  • #14
    Lapin
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 18,183 ✭✭✭✭Lapin


    seamus wrote: »
    Yeah, €3 for the "privilege" of managing your Ryanair booking from an app rather than from their website, and to book flights.

    Anyone got any theories as to what good reason they could possibly have for charging for this app which doesn't actually give you anything other than a nicer interface to their website?

    My suspicion is that they will include a feature where you can "print" your boarding card on the phone for a €1 fee (Aer Lingus already do this for free), and about six months after they've released the Android app, they'll start charging a €5 fee for anyone who brings a paper boarding card instead of their phone, claiming that "manual handling" of the paper incurs more cost.


    You did well to type all that with one hand.

    Because it looks from your post like Michael O'Leary is standing behind you, slowly twisting your other arm in an agonising attempt to force you to download his app before it snaps at the elbow.

    Hang in there with your good arm for another 15 minutes and use it to phone Joe Duffy.

    He loves listening to people whinging about Ryanair.


  • #15
    afatbollix
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,214 ✭✭✭afatbollix


    Sleepy wrote: »
    Give me functionality that lets me choose an airport (Dublin), enter my desired departure and return dates and return all flights under x euros that match my search and I'll pay €3 for it.

    Its called sky scanner it will look at all airlines for the route for you and list them in price order.


  • #16
    seamus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,173 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    Ah the fanboys are out :pac:

    What I loved looking at the reviews of the app is that one guy said, "Yeah it's a great app. €3 is a total rip-off, but it's Ryanair, so I expect that". It seems O'Leary has finally managed to grind people down into accepting that it's OK to pay for everything, nothing should be free.


  • #17
    i71jskz5xu42pb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,806 ✭✭✭i71jskz5xu42pb


    Mick's view on the €3 charge
    from the horse's mouth wrote:
    Ryanair's O'Leary in London launching a €3 app he'll never use cos 'social media is for people who have no friends' http://pic.twitter.com/b8rEHSnS

    You might hate O'Leary but you gotta love him.


  • #18
    Biggins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,567 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    seamus wrote: »
    ...It seems O'Leary has finally managed to grind people down into accepting that it's OK to pay for everything, nothing should be free.

    Are we sure he's not a member of Fine Gael? :confused:


  • #19
    kraggy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,414 ✭✭✭kraggy


    One of life's greatest mysteries is, why do people get so worked up about Ryanair charges?

    1. Nobody is forcing anyone to buy anything
    2. Everyone knows the costs involved in booking a flight and checking in etc with Ryanair.

    It's like that idiot on Facebook who wrote on Ryanair's wall complaining that she had to pay 60 euro per boarding pass because she forgot to check in before she go to the airport.

    Couldn't believe the amount of "likes" her post got. She agreed terms, she messed up, she had to pay. If she can't see the logic in that, then I hope she never has children.


  • #20
    Lapin
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 18,183 ✭✭✭✭Lapin


    seamus wrote: »

    It seems O'Leary has finally managed to grind people down into accepting that it's OK to pay for everything, nothing should be free.

    I'm not a businessman but I believe its a lot easier to survive in business if your customers pay for things.


  • #21
    CJ_
    Closed Accounts Posts: 30 ✭CJ_


    Silly the way they still don't accept a boarding pass on an iPhone.

    I did it for the first time with Air Canada 4 years ago!!!


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  • #22
    Lapin
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 18,183 ✭✭✭✭Lapin


    CJ_ wrote: »
    Silly the way they still don't accept a boarding pass on an iPhone.

    I did it for the first time with Air Canada 4 years ago!!!


    Why is it silly ?


  • #23
    seamus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,173 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    Lapin wrote: »
    I'm not a businessman but I believe its a lot easier to survive in business if your customers pay for things.
    Yes, but you don't need to treat your customers like scum to survive in business.

    All businesses see customers as cattle to be milked dry. The difference is that Ryanair treat their customers like that, most other businesses at least keep up a pretence that they give a ****.


  • #24
    General Relativity
    Closed Accounts Posts: 683 ✭✭✭General Relativity


    seamus wrote: »
    Yes, but you don't need to treat your customers like scum to survive in business.

    All businesses see customers as cattle to be milked dry. The difference is that Ryanair treat their customers like that, most other businesses at least keep up a pretence that they give a ****.

    So you'd like him to be more dis-honest? Cool. :p


  • #25
    Lapin
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 18,183 ✭✭✭✭Lapin


    seamus wrote: »
    Yes, but you don't need to treat your customers like scum to survive in business.

    All businesses see customers as cattle to be milked dry. The difference is that Ryanair treat their customers like that, most other businesses at least keep up a pretence that they give a ****.

    As I said earlier - nobody forces anyone to use Ryanair.

    I've never been treated badly by them and have been flying with them regularly for years.

    Only last Friday, their staff at Bristol were among the friendliest and most helpful I have ever encountered on any airline.


  • #26
    mikom
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,391 ✭✭✭✭mikom


    seamus wrote: »
    Yes, but you don't need to treat your customers like scum to survive in business.

    All businesses see customers as cattle to be milked dry. The difference is that Ryanair treat their customers like that, most other businesses at least keep up a pretence that they give a ****.

    Give me a ryanair deal any day over an Aer lingus "sale".


  • #27
    anhedonia
    Closed Accounts Posts: 391 ✭✭anhedonia


    I will always spend extra money to fly aerlingus.

    I outright refuse to support Ryanair's business model.


  • #28
    Mr Benevolent
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,433 ✭✭✭✭Mr Benevolent


    Micky Dolenz wrote: »
    If a business can get me close to a European city for a few pennies, then I won't deny them trying to turn a profit by other means.

    They don't do that any more.


  • #29
    CJ_
    Closed Accounts Posts: 30 ✭CJ_


    Lapin wrote: »
    Why is it silly ?

    Because it's the same as paper! Except it's on your phone, all they have to do is scan it. :)

    They're not the only ones guilty of it. It's the way forward.


  • #30
    Naos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,740 ✭✭✭Naos


    anhedonia wrote: »
    I outright refuse to support Ryanair's business model.

    Why exactly?

    I've flown with them for years and never had to pay anything extra. Granted at some stage I may be caught out and have to fork out but I've saved a LOT on my travels with their flights.


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  • #31
    Dave!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,856 ✭✭✭✭Dave!


    Also been flying with them for years, and my only complaint is that their branding, colours, etc., make me want to vomit. I'm sure it's an intentional strategy, but bloody hell...


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