Budget Travel - Ryan Air is having a 1GBP sale...

Not sure if this belongs here, but there are still some dates available...their 1GBP fare includes taxes and boarding fees... if you pay with a visa electron, there is no booking fee...

http://www.ryanair.com/site/EN/

Booking Period: Tue 06th Oct 09 - Thu 08th Oct 09
Travel Period: Tue 20th Oct 09 - Thu 17th Dec 09
Applicable Days: Mon - Sun (subject to availability)
Flight must be purchased: 14 Days
Blackout Period: Subject to availability
Notes on this fare: All Holidays, School Breaks and Major Sporting Events are excluded from this offer


1.00 Aarhus
1.00 Billund
1.00 Derry
1.00 Friedrichshafen
1.00 Glasgow (Prestwick)
1.00 Hamburg-Lübeck
1.00 Kerry
1.00 Klagenfurt
1.00 Knock
1.00 La Rochelle
1.00 Memmingen (Munich West)
1.00 Oslo (Torp)
1.00 Rodez
1.00 Shannon
1.00 Verona (Brescia)

Onerous fee to checkin at the airport kills it for us.

Onerous fee to checkin at the airport kills it for us.No, the £1 fare INCLUDES online check-in, taxes, fees etc. So it's live! :)

If you want, you can check baggage, request priority seating, pay by credit card and buy insurance. These are chargeable extras. Use a Visa Electron card if you have one (I have) to avoid the payment fee.

This is a very expensive offer :eek:. A recent offer was for 1p (£0.01) flights. We're off to Berlin, Dublin and Basel soon, usually for a total of 6p round trip all-in - we bought an extra seat for the space. ;) (It's allowed.)

we bought an extra seat for the space. ;) (It's allowed.)

a) It's unfair. Those offers are limited and you're keeping a fellow passenger from getting his 1p deal...
b) Good luck getting your extra seat - I'd love to hear your experience... ^

I am sure FR will suggest to call their 0900 helpline to request a refund for £0.01 after not getting the extra seat.

As a sidenote... I was considering buying 24 (or what is the limit currently?) seats once just for fun, but I am sure they would have oversold or cancelled them anyway, so I wouldn't have any advantage... Imagine flying "private" by buying all seats at 1p each... That would be too funny... :D :D :D

Raph: thanks for your comments. :)

a) I don't think so. I've yet to be on a full FR flight.
b) It's 'guaranteed' (if anything can be guaranteed). If I can't find two seats together, I'm supposed to find an FA who can then find them, presumably by moving somebody. In the event of not finding a seat, I may just about be able to afford to write off 1p. :p

I've thought about making multiple bookings. You're not restricted to one, after all. You could make another one straight away. The only downside is checking in 4+ hours ahead when FR would be aware of loads. If 48 (or whatever) pax were no shows, this would provide an interesting situation. Sure FR would have fewer pax on board, but they'd only be down £48 (using today's offer price) or £0.48 (when the 1p offer is on) and I think they need 70+% occupancy at a range of prices to break even. But they would miss the catering revenue.

No, the £1 fare INCLUDES online check-in,

Thanks for the non sequitur.

a) I don't think so. I've yet to be on a full FR flight.


I don't follow your logic here.

As Ralph said, "Those offers are limited".

I don't follow your logic here.Not really a question of logic. Second-guessing the FR booking engine is a fine art, though.

Consider:
- FR sell a high proportion of their fares at promotional prices;
- they change their offers about twice weekly;
- if they could sell their seats at higher prices, they would;
- today's offer price is £1. Last week it was £6. Before that it varied: £10, £3.00, £0.00 (which was really £0.01), etc;
- so this week's offer is lower than last week's but higher than in previous weeks;
- this presumably means that they didn't sell out at promotional fares;
- Friday's offer will be [insert random figure];
- FR's average revenue per pax is about €45, I believe; much of this is ancillary costs, such as baggage, catering, credit card charges and the like;
- FR marketing strategy is get as many web hits as possible.
- they are Europe's (the world's?) most profitable airline.

Whether I have an extra seat doesn't amount to much in the run of things. Of course, other passengers can do the same if they wish.

Roger

You can add to your calculations the behavior of some people like me who even book two different "free" flights as insurance against a late inbound. It's been a while, but I seem to remember thinking the $25 (those fees, etc.) extra was well worth it.

Romelle

Yes, Romelle. I admit to having done the same when timing was uncertain but only once (so far).

And FR got an extra $25 from you, which is $25 more than they would have received had you not double-booked (assuming they didn't turn pax away from an otherwise full flight).

Thanks for the non sequitur.

Why do you need to check in at the airport?

Isn't it the case that if you have hold baggage, you MUST check in at the airport?

No, that's easyJet.

With Ryanair, you check in online regardless. If you have luggage, then you drop it at a bag drop desk, presenting your online boarding pass. If you have a non-EU/EEA passport, then you visit the Document Check Desk at the airport, presenting your online boarding pass.

And you have to pay for the online check in no? I read it's around £5. And if you forget this is much more expensive, around £40

No, No, No, No. Ryanair is fair when telling you every sevice you buy from them, you do it at their web page. As of that, I took advantage of the 10 euros all in on an expensive route usually full or almost full everytime I fly. That is MAD-STN or LGW-MAD. with my 10 or 15 euros all in fare, I fly to London with my carry on which weights 9.9 kilos. I always check in online 15 days or more before departure and sometimes I conect through STN to GSE, buying and insurance (that is a second ticket if I miss my close conection) for another 5 euros or pounds. STN-GSE-STN is usually 5 pounds or 55 kronas all in each way. That is way better than doing Lufthansas 99 euros to anywhere in Europe. At the most, I end up paying 40 euros for my trip.

So anyone can buy it and check in has to be done online, if you do not wish to pay a fortune at the airport. Also, buy one checked in bag online, either when you book your trip or when you check in, as paying for it at the airport will be also expensivo!!!

but all in all, Ryaniar is a great airline and takes me ultra cheap to plenty of places. On Tuesday, I flew MAD-VLC-MAD in the morning and back at night and went to visit a friend from Grad school and the total cost of my ticket was 0.02 thanks to my Bclys Visa Electron card that alouds me to not pay any credit card fee on Easyjet or Ryanair. And yes, Ryanair bill me 0.02 euros on my debit card. Imagine, this coming from a person that has worked on the credit card industry for years. I know it is more expensive to charge the 0.02 euros than not doing it.

So I second the OP, great fares, take advantage guys!!!!!!!!!!!

crap... missed this. I really wish they allowed RyanAir on the Mileage Run forums so I wouldn't miss these type of fares. If nothing else, they're excellent for positioning yourself for a MR.

And you have to pay for the online check in no? I read it's around £5. And if you forget this is much more expensive, around £40

For normal fares, yes, but for sale fares, online check-in is free. Yes, airport check-in is the expensive option.

No, No, No, No. Ryanair is fair when telling you every sevice you buy from them, you do it at their web page.

While it's true that you can easily find a list of charges, introducing a supplementary charge such as an online check-in fee that is mandatory for all normal fare passengers, rather than including it in the fare, is blatantly deceitful. They're not alone in this kind of practice (KLM used to have a fee 'for using the booking system'), but that doesn't make it any better.

Well said, carlitos! ^

Today's promotional fare is £/€5, to a lot more destinations than the £/€1 fare. With my Swiss hat on, I found £5 fares STN-BSL through to March 2010. As stated repeatedly, these fares INCLUDE check-in.While it's true that you can easily find a list of charges, introducing a supplementary charge such as an online check-in fee that is mandatory for all normal fare passengers, rather than including it in the fare, is blatantly deceitful.To be fair to FR - I know it's unfashionable ;) - the fee is shown on the prices page. If there are promotional fares and regular fares on the same date, the charge or 'free check-in' is clearly shown. Pax can only proceed after agreeing and checking the relevant boxes.

You sometimes hear people claiming they were hit with charges they didn't know about. Rubbish! They are drawing attention to their own (lack of) computer skills.

I really wish they allowed RyanAir on the Mileage Run forums so I wouldn't miss these type of fares. If nothing else, they're excellent for positioning yourself for a MR.

The positioning argument has been stated in MR forum, but low cost / budget airline sales and special fares are posted here in BT.

Hang out, sometimes you will find some deals here @:-)

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