Originally Posted by
colmc
I'm have a vague recollection that there has to be a minimum charge of some kind (1p) for to make a contract. As they do not sell return tickets (just 2 one way flights on one booking) hence it becomes 2p if you book a return.
In that case it's impossible to offer free flights and therefore shouldn't be advertised as such. Then again they're not the only ones guilty of this, bmi still calls
award flights 'free' and they work out more expensive than these 1p flights - however, it's not a huge flashing banner on their front page.
Originally Posted by
colmc
And yes - this is why they allow Electron to be fee free (which I wouldn't say is "obscure", just not always issued in the demographic of the average Flyertalk visitor).
Well it tends to be issued to those who are either too young to enter a credit agreement or those who have such a bad rating they'd not be trusted with an overdraft. A lot of banks issue Solo cards to people that fit in this category, but Solo is not fee free. The fees charged by Ryanair would be high even for Amex (which they don't accept).
If you look at Ryanair's
table of charges they claim the fee free Electron is a limited time promotion.
