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

Chuck Stone · 05-09-2012 03:04PM

The colours inside the plane are trippy.

minidazzler · 05-09-2012 03:10PM

seamus wrote: »

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.

It IS OK to pay for everything. It's called Capitalism. As long as you pack a small enough bag (which is still a pretty decent size) and you follow their little rules flying with them costs fcuk all and is hassle free. If people can't follow simple rules then they deserve what they get.

Complain all you like, but don't expect sympathy. In the vast majority of cases it's not deserved. (Colostomy bag situation from a couple of months back withstanding.)

Micky Dolenz · 05-09-2012 03:22PM

Confab wrote: »

They don't do that any more.

When I fly home I can either pay €55 return with Ryanair or €200 + with another airline. That,s some difference.

Biggins · 05-09-2012 03:26PM

Micky Dolenz wrote: »

When I fly home I can either pay €55 return with Ryanair or €200 + with another airline. That,s some difference.

I have to say, I find AirLingus oft times just as chap now.
I've booked flights twice with them in the last month and their prices are similar to Ryanair.

fishy fishy · 05-09-2012 03:28PM

you don't have to use it tho. You can always book Aer Lingus or some other airline.

Chips Lovell · 05-09-2012 03:29PM

It's this kind of stuff that really endears Ryanair to me as a company:

http://www.businesspost.ie/#!story/Home/News/Michael+O'Leary+slams+%22stupid%22+passenger+for+not+printing+boarding+card/id/19410615-5218-5047-2e5e-ddacb3393351

suicide_circus · 05-09-2012 03:55PM

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.

i can't remember the last time ryanair got me anywhere for "pennies"! Those mega cheap fares are few and far between now.

pickarooney · 05-09-2012 03:58PM

afatbollix wrote: »

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

I'm not sure if Sleepy meant that it would look for flights to anywhere if you left out the destination, but if he didn't then that would be a cool option.

Micky Dolenz · 05-09-2012 03:58PM

suicide_circus wrote: »

i can't remember the last time ryanair got me anywhere for "pennies"! Those mega cheap fares are few and far between now.

I didn't mean it literally, even then you had to pay taxes etc.

mikom · 05-09-2012 03:59PM

suicide_circus wrote: »

i can't remember the last time ryanair got me anywhere for "pennies"!

I can't remember the last time any other airline got me anywhere for "pennies"!

suicide_circus · 05-09-2012 04:00PM

Vladimir Kurtains wrote: »

http://www.businesspost.ie/#!story/Home/News/Michael+O'Leary+slams+%22stupid%22+passenger+for+not+printing+boarding+card/id/19410615-5218-5047-2e5e-ddacb3393351

"Ryanair chief executive Michael O’Leary has described a passenger who forgot to print out her boarding pass when travelling with the airline as “stupid”.
He went on to describe passengers in general who forget to print their boarding passes as “idiots”, according to a report in the Daily Telegraph."
LOL he ain't wrong.

suicide_circus · 05-09-2012 04:04PM

mikom wrote: »

I can't remember the last time any other airline got me anywhere for "pennies"!

True but if youre gonna treat me like bollix and try and flog me loads of crap and absolutely crucify me if i make a mistake, you had better give me rock bottom fares, otherwise what exactly is the point in flying FR ?

Dave! · 05-09-2012 04:07PM

suicide_circus wrote: »

True but if youre gonna treat me like bollix and try and flog me loads of crap and absolutely crucify me if i make a mistake, you had better give me rock bottom fares, otherwise what exactly is the point in flying FR ?

One wonders why Ryanair is flourishing and Aerlingus is floundering if the former is so sh*t and offers no advantage to the consumer?!

K.Flyer · 05-09-2012 04:10PM

minidazzler wrote: »

As long as you pack a small enough bag (which is still a pretty decent size) and you follow their little rules flying with them costs fcuk all and is hassle free. If people can't follow simple rules then they deserve what they get.

Complain all you like, but don't expect sympathy.

Just make sure you are not one of the last 20 or so passengers onto the plane.
Even if all passengers stick to the "little rules" of "one carry on bag per person" there will not be enough overhead spaces to accomodate each passengers bag if the flight is full.
With the seats so tightly packed in now its very difficult to get your bag under the seat and if you do manage to do it you end up with a very uncomfortable flight.

suicide_circus · 05-09-2012 04:12PM

Dave! wrote: »

One wonders why Ryanair is flourishing and Aerlingus is floundering if the former is so sh*t and offers no advantage to the consumer?!

Aer Lingus ' massive wage and pension bill coupled with no doubt archaic civil service type work practices probably don't help. Im not saying ryanair aren't a fantastic success story Im just saying i don't see the value for money in them i once did. They are somewhat riding on the wave of past glories and will need to innovate as this won't last forever

Chuck Stone · 05-09-2012 04:16PM

Biggins wrote: »

I find AirLingus oft times just as chap now.

Because Ryanair forced them to compete.

K.Flyer · 05-09-2012 04:30PM

suicide_circus wrote: »

Dave! wrote: »

One wonders why Ryanair is flourishing and Aerlingus is floundering if the former is so sh*t and offers no advantage to the consumer?!

Aer Lingus ' massive wage and pension bill coupled with no doubt archaic civil service type work practices probably don't help. Im not saying ryanair aren't a fantastic success story Im just saying i don't see the value for money in them i once did. They are somewhat riding on the wave of past glories and will need to innovate as this won't last forever

Don't Aer Lingus have to pay out more for landing fees at the "better" airports.

syklops · 05-09-2012 04:36PM

anhedonia wrote: »

I will always spend extra money to fly aerlingus.

I outright refuse to support Ryanair's business model.

So before Ryanair came along you though 600 euros to London was just fine and dandy yeah?

CelticRambler · 05-09-2012 04:40PM

Micky Dolenz wrote: »

I didn't mean it literally, even then you had to pay taxes etc.

Not if you worked the system right. Best deal I ever got was an August return France to Dublin for three, 6cts all-in. :cool:

But that was 2009, those days are long gone.

Biggins · 05-09-2012 04:40PM

Chuck Stone wrote: »

Because Ryanair forced them to compete.

Very true.
Non-arguable.

So if anyone espouses saying that there is huge differences most times between similar flights, they need to re-look at the exact figures.

05-09-2012 04:45PM

K.Flyer wrote: »

Just make sure you are not one of the last 20 or so passengers onto the plane.
Even if all passengers stick to the "little rules" of "one carry on bag per person" there will not be enough overhead spaces to accomodate each passengers bag if the flight is full.
With the seats so tightly packed in now its very difficult to get your bag under the seat and if you do manage to do it you end up with a very uncomfortable flight.

Weird, last time I was on Ryanair I had a bag that was over their limit and not checked in either direction and was able to get it under my seat with no issue.

MadsL · 05-09-2012 05:21PM

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.

Don't have to; it's free.

http://www.skyscanner.com/mobile/iphone.html

Biodegradable Bellend · 05-09-2012 05:59PM

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.

If you need the app It's just €3...not a lot of money. If you don't need it, stop bitchin' and using it as an excuse to piss on Ryanair.

Lapin wrote: »

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.

Like this a lot.

jester77 · 05-09-2012 06:12PM

seamus wrote: »

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

I used to work for a company that had talks with Ryanair about developing their site. When it came to payment Ryanair thought that the honour of having Ryanair on your client list would more than cover the costs. So they most likely did find someone to do it for free!

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

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