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Comment on Poll - Does the “angry” Ryanair scratchcard winner actually exist? by Frau Klein im Internet during the week | kerstins kleiner blog

Frau Klein im Internet during the week | kerstins kleiner blog — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:06:11 +0000

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Comment on Poison-pill shareholders Ryanair blocking investment in Aer Lingus by Han Maenen

Han Maenen — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:25:09 +0000

I flew to Ireland on February 20 and returned on February 28 on Aer Lingus. Als always, pleasant flights with friendly cabin crrew, a 75-minute delay on the way home was caused by high winds at Amsterdam. I had only a small trolly which I did not check in. On the way back I saw Aer Lingus and Ryanair cabin baggage racks. I wanted to know whether my trolly would fit in both. It fitted easily in the Aer Lingus rack, but got stuck in the Ryanair one. As some flights were full, at the gate Aer Lingus tagged surplus bags and checked them in for free. With the other arline it would have been more than likely this: “Get your wallets out! Credit cards accepted!”.

Comment on Survey reveals skiiers avoid Ryanair like the plague by Han Maenen

Han Maenen — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:11:58 +0000

Last September Ryanair was bragging on its website about its guaranteed low ski fares and no fuel surcharges. Ryanair was “Europe’s favourite ski airline”, leading the way to the slopes. Of course, they hid the booby traps (high baggage and sports equipment charges) they use for any skier who commits the grievous error of booking with Ryanair.

Comment on Avoid Ryanair booking charges with pre paid mastercard by FairFx by Bernard Winchester

Bernard Winchester — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 01:31:36 +0000

Supplementary: I tried another booking with the FairFx euro prepaid mastercard and this time was NOT made to pay the administration charge. I suspect that on the previous occasions my form-filling program had changed the “prepaid mastercard” entry to a simple “mastercard”; it shows how careful you have to be!

Comment on Avoid Ryanair booking charges with pre paid mastercard by FairFx by Bernard Winchester

Bernard Winchester — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:24:34 +0000

I have acquired FairFx sterling and euro prepaid mastercards this week specifically for use with Ryanair and have just tried them both. Sad to say, although no charge is shown when “prepaid mastercard” is selected, after the purchase has been made, I found that the administration charge had been levied in both cases. Sorry! I will query it.

Comment on Ryanair - children’s passport requirements by Lola

Lola — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 20:06:31 +0000

Ordinarily, I would say I had little sympathy for someone who hadn’t read the T&C properly.

But, in this case I agree, that something as inane as needing a passport to travel on an internal flight should be flagged much more obviously.

And the ‘helpline’ attitude sounds absolutely appalling.

Vote with your feet and don’t give them your business again - no matter how cheap their tickets.

If people were a bit more discerning, they’d go about of business pretty quick, and we wouldn’t have to put up with dross like this.

Comment on Avoid Ryanair booking charges with pre paid mastercard by FairFx by olive

olive — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 21:56:40 +0000

when booking with prepaid credit card a fare of £149.73 comes out in euros €186.98 thats an exchange rate of 1.20872 way above todays exchange rate how can you avoid there rate.

Comment on Yup - I hate Ryanair by Eric lane

Eric lane — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 09:55:04 +0000

Boy, am I glad that I checked this barrel of shit out before I booked a flight. My friend warned me about them and at the time I wondered what all the fuss was about - now I know! I will never use them.

Comment on Avoid Ryanair booking charges with pre paid mastercard by FairFx by admin

admin — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 09:51:25 +0000

Dear Chris,

Yes, you are indeed missing the point.

Here’s a question for you Chris…do you agree with the £5 per person, per way, credit card charge that adds £40 to a booking of 4 people?

This charge is a complete scam. There is no justifiable reason for Ryanair to charge this.

By offering a pre-paid MasterCard on our website, we are enabling people to save this cash.

Just have a look at Steve’s comment above where he says “I do not think there is any inconsistency in being contemptuous of Ryan Air and still using them”.

Of course we’d rather people boycotted them completely. We have ourselves. We are now happy to drive to a departure airport further away and happy to pay slightly more on occasion but often the same total cost for an overall experience that is far superior.

You say “Get a grip, stop wasting time on daft websites that do not worry Ryanair in the slightest”?

What are you doing on here Chris? And how can you be so sure that Ryanair really are not that bothered about this website?

As you say, people can either go Ryanair and take the crap or fly with a better airline. We are just providing assistance with making the decision and an opportunity to save a few quid should the choice be Ryanair.

And come on Chris, £20? Really now. Get a grip.

Thanks all the same for your thoughts.

Regards,
IHR

Comment on Avoid Ryanair booking charges with pre paid mastercard by FairFx by chris

chris — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 20:54:28 +0000

sorry am I missing the point? This whole website is about hating Ryanair and so I assume to promote not using them and switching to other providers?
So why are you reviwing cards that make it cheaper to book with Ryanair, weird!

Get a grip, stop wasting time on daft websites that do not worry Ryanair in the slightest. Either go Ryanair put up and shut up, taking the crap they always throw at their passengers OR go with some one better (there’s lots of them) and yes that may mean paying more money.
The problem is too many people seem to want 5* service for £20!

I am getting really tired of this shallow anti Ryanair talk from people who have no intention of stopping using them and just sit and whinge on every flight, in the same way people hate TESCO but cannot live without them.

Have some balls and stand up for you convictions everyone…………