I Hate Ryanair

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• RT @edithmschmidt: So #ryanair just forced a disabled lady to GO up the stairs which she bravely did. Btw. First row psgrs would not fre … #
• RT @Smirnie71: RT @British_Airways: Remember the price u see is the price u pay.Compare us 2 Easyjet & Ryanair with value calculator htt … #
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The Irish no-frills carrier is looking at the possibility of increasing capacity on flights by getting some passengers to squat on stools.

These passengers would pay less than those in “normal” seats or possibly fly for free.

Ryanair spokesman Stephen McNamara said that the airline’s chief executive Michael O’Leary had already been in touch with aircraft manufacturer Boeing to see if such a scheme was feasible.

Mr McNamara said: “If it’s possible, if we can get the IAA (Irish Aviation Authority) to approve it and if it can reduce fares even further we will be doing it.”

Mr O’Leary told Sky News that he got the idea from the Chinese airline Spring, which said it could squeeze 50 per cent more passengers on board and cut costs by 20 per cent.

The idea is the latest of several unlikely innovations brought up by the airline.

Last month, Mr O’Leary suggested he could start charging for sick bags. That thought came in the wake of a suggestion that the firm could start charging up to a Euro a time for visits to the toilet.

• RT @vanwienk: Just bought a €65 Ryanair ticket set to my Given Name. Cost of changing it to my full name? Why, only a €100! Fuck you, Ry … #
• RT @callumbush: How can Ryanair say a flight costs £10 when it really costs £40?! Do I have to whack on a trolley dolly outfit and walk … #
• RT @PharaohNuff: I hate Ryanair & the sheep like mentality it drives people to. That & the fact that people have paid for priority over … #
• RT @SearchGoat: I hate everything about Ryanair… They have sneaky charges every step of the way #Ryanairsucks #
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• RT @drunkenbones: puttana merda ryanair maledetta… Rapina di 40 euro a biglietto dovete morire !!! #
• RT @ianghep: Just arrived in Spain, man RyanAir are god awful! #
• RT @lilirose: Supposedly departing in 10 mins, no sign of plane at gate. So much for Ryanair’s claim of being on time more than any othe … #

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This story by a Mr Macbeth…

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After we had completed the on-line booking for a flight to Mallorca, and proceeded to accept the cost by supplying our card details, we were astonished when the confirmation arrived the following day, and a further £30.00 had been added for paying by card at the rate of £10 per passenger.  This £10 is actually a £5 surcharge for each flight, outbound and inbound.  By all accounts this is for the privilege of printing our own boarding passes since the check-in desks have been scrapped.

However, worse was to follow!

There was a stipulation that boarding passes had to be printed, not when purchasing the air fares, but BETWEEN 15 DAYS before flying, and up to within FOUR HOURS of take-off.  This alone is seems to be a ploy guaranteed to net in more covert charges to the unwary – or in my case forgetful/naive as to this crucial ‘procedure’.  On arrival at the Ryanair check-in area, we had to confirm our details on one of those dreaded computerised machines, to discover that we three had to pay an extra charge of £120 because we had omitted to print our booking passes within the required time slot.  BE WARNED!  Make sure you print your boarding passes or you’ll be subject to these extortionate charges!

While Ryanair simply respond by asserting that their covert charges are “not illegal”, if it takes legislation to make ANY business more transparent and honestly run, then this must be done.  We already have a government who knows how to implement severe penalties upon their electorate who fail to toe the line in many aspects of daily life, so it can only be a well-practised procedure that needs applying to business as well.

Ryanair, Ireland’s largest rip-off airline, are yet again whinging about the Irish €10 tourist tax at airports for arriving passengers. In a sarcastic press release they claim to welcome the May traffic figures published by Fáilte Ireland which confirmed that the collapse in air passenger traffic is accelerating as May traffic fell by 15%, much greater than the 10% decline of the first four months to April. Ryanair claim that the collapse in passenger numbers has increased since the government’s €10 tax was introduced.

What Ryanair fail to realise is that there has been a fall in airline passengers globally and that this has nothing to do with a €10 tourist tax. Perhaps the trouble here is that people are finally understanding that Ryanair are out to rip them off and are choosing to stay away?

Ryanair seem happy to moan and whinge about €10 tourist taxes yet happily add €100’s to the price of a €1.99 ticket in the name of check-in, baggage and credit card fees when, infact, all these charges amount to are Ryanair taxes!