Let's hear it for Ryanair

[Emlyn_Dewar]

You get what you pay for.
Don't like it? Dig a bit deeper into the pockets and choose another airline.

 

[Basher]

You get what you pay for.
Don't like it? Dig a bit deeper into the pockets and choose another airline.

Unfortunately, there's not always the option ...

 

[=VTA=MANFACE]

IMO they can make flight even cheaper by not having staff on the plane at all

Great idea ! I can land a 747 using FSX.

 

[Emlyn_Dewar]

Then put up with the grim service. Change times, dates, appointments, etc...
I can't believe that people are forced to fly Ryanair without any other option, unless there is an emergency situation.

 

[Basher]

I can't believe that people are forced to fly Ryanair without any other option, unless there is an emergency situation.

Unfortunately, they are. I have had the situation where I have had to meet a client (their premises) and the only airline that flys there is RyanAir.

 

[Emlyn_Dewar]

Ouch. Long flight though?
It could be tolerated if it was short, extremely short.

 

[j.col]

i have used them a lot.
as said before, you get what you pay for.
if you want first class fly with BA or Aer Lingus and pay loads.
yes they have a crap service, but they do it cheap.
that is all i am after

 

[Voltar]

Presumably no liquids though? Or do you pay BAA's extortionate charges for a bottle of water?


Any airline that refuses to provide water for its customers should expect those fare paying customers to treat the cabin like a cattle truck

Buy them in the airport after you go through security

No more than two hours-two and a half hours on one of those planes though. Being tall is unpleasant on Ryanair and Easyjet

 

[dannyjo22]

Where's this tap water come from? It's a plane.

The water systems on planes don't currently have to be of any specific standard, so it's never usually advisable to drink it - hence it usually says something to that effect in the toilets.

Wrong.

It's potable water, filled in the same tanks as the one that flushes the toilet. The same water is fed to the brewers that make the tea in flight.

It's perfectly safe to drink in theory. I would never drink or eat anything from an aircraft galley though. Thats because I've seen how regularly filters are cleaned and the state of them and I've seen people take apart toilets and lay valves covered in crap on the galleys.

I pack a subway and take my own water on board.

 

[csmager]

Wrong.

It's potable water, filled in the same tanks as the one that flushes the toilet. The same water is fed to the brewers that make the tea in flight.

It's perfectly safe to drink in theory. I would never drink or eat anything from an aircraft galley though. Thats because I've seen how regularly filters are cleaned and the state of them and I've seen people take apart toilets and lay valves covered in crap on the galleys.

I pack a subway and take my own water on board.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/travel/news/article6888626.ece

For reasons such as that, I imagine?

Tea's probably fine, as it's boiled first.

 

[bsoltan]

The only thing that has discouraged me from trying them so far is that they fly to airports that are a bit out of the way when there is a better airport to go to.

EasyJet are fine, flown with them for work and pleasure. Flying with them on Friday.

It is nice when you fly with a non-budget airline. I went Luftansa to Amsterdam and it was quite a bit nicer. Costs three times as much though.

In all cases, if food and drink is not provided free of charge then I take my own. Boots meals from the airport are much better value than buying things onboard. This goes for airlines like Thomson as well.

 

[Nexus]

The thing is, in the usual course of circumstances, why would you drink tap water from a plane or any form of public transport anyways?

Any drink that you receive from a galley water source is usually boiled, thus any pathogens are going to be killed, so it's unlikely you would catch anything.

Obviously on a premium flight you can ask for water, poured from a bottle whenever you like. If you can't afford to buy one on an economy flight, then perhaps the reason they aren't allowed to give you tap water is because it hasn't been boiled.

In many ways though, I feel you only have yourself to blame if you can't buy one.

WHSmiths at UK airports now does a deal where you get a large bottle of water and a free newspaper for like a £1 and they sell thousands of them. I personally always buy a bottle of water before boarding, even if I'm flying premium.

It's silly to fly without any means of a way to pay for something on a budget flight where they charge for such items and everyone is well aware that it's the case.

I'm sure though, that if you were clearly dehydrated and in urgent need of water that they would readily give you a bottle of water for free if required.

 

[regulus]

First time i was going to Ireland to meet GF's family and Ryanair lost my luggage :/ was not happy 1st time i had used Ryanair too. Not used em since

Means nothing dude. KLM and Qantas lost my luggage too, it doesn't make them a bad company. I must add that KLM only misplaced my luggage and I had it within 24 hours. In that 24 hour they offered me £100 to buy new clothes with and my luggage was delivered to my house via courier and I had a letter of apology as well. After such service I never took the £100 on offer.

I used KLM, or the Asian airlines for all my long haul needs, and Aegean or Austrian for my short haul trips. The budget airlines I would use once or twice a year.

 

[Basher]

Means nothing dude. KLM and Qantas lost my luggage too, it doesn't make them a bad company. I must add that KLM only misplaced my luggage and I had it within 24 hours. In that 24 hour they offered me £100 to buy new clothes with and my luggage was delivered to my house via courier and I had a letter of apology as well. After such service I never took the £100 on offer.

I think you just proved the difference between EasyJet/RyanAir losing your luggage, and the more 'premium' airlines.

 

[snowdog]

I don't get it, people are defending pubic transport but slagging ryanair.

It is many times more comfy than any bus/train/subway during rush hour, THAT is hell, at least you have a seat on a plane... Not only that but it is actually reasonably priced too, unlike trains, buses, etcetc.

After paying a tenner or 15 for an 800 mile flight, what are people complaining about ?

I'd rather spend 10 or 15 than 150-200 and have lots of crap you don't make use of like free drinks and food or whatever.


If you can stand an hour or more of commute in a cramped bus/train standing every single day when going to work, you can stand a 4 hour trip in a no frills airline once or twice per year.

 

[regulus]

I think you just proved the difference between EasyJet/RyanAir losing your luggage, and the more 'premium' airlines.

That is so, but I've also spend about 20k through the years flying ±35 flights with them and the same amount with Asian airlines. Ryan Air charged me £16 for a flight to Bratislava whilst the alternative, CSA, was charging me £294. Sometimes it's hard to ignore such rates, regardless of what dangers (e.g lost luggage) it poses.

 

[stockhausen]

... KLM and Qantas lost my luggage too ...

I think you just proved the difference between EasyJet/RyanAir losing your luggage, and the more 'premium' airlines.

I don't think that ANY airline (even the World's favourite or most hated airline) actually loses your luggage - that will be down to the handling agent at one of the airports involved - e.g. Servisair or Menzies Aviation.

 

[Basher]

I don't think that ANY airline (even the World's favourite or most hated airline) actually loses your luggage - that will be down to the handling agent at one of the airports involved - e.g. Servisair or Menzies Aviation.

True, but the way the airline handle it varies massively.

 

[Hatter The Mad]

Joke of airline run by a total moron. They need to go bust soon. Half decent airlines like globespan should have survived instead of the ryanair cowboy outfit.

Yeah, some joke and cowboy outfit, the 3rd largest airline in Europe.

Yeah, need to go bust soon, this airline that carried 60million people in 2008 and is worth £4.3bn.

 

[Hatter The Mad]

I had no money on me on a flight to Prague once, and they refused to give me even any tap water. I had to drink the tap, which was hot, in the toilet in the end.. I couldn't believe it.

Then pay to use a more premium airline.