Originally Posted by
YorkieFlyer
I will add a cautionary note if I may? We checked in 6 hours before departure in January and got a Seat Allocated at Gate message and a printed boarding pass with that note. we were sequence 186 and 187 to check in. I noted that Ryanair say they don't overbook....We nonetheless has a worrying few hours. Once at the gate we approached gate agent immediately and had a penciled seat number added to our bp's and we flew ok. The flight was full. Did they overbook?
The only time I've heard of Ryanair overbooking is when there is disruption. Capacity is 189, so you were within the capacity of the plane.
Maybe the data exchange with the airport computer systems had already been completed? I've heard some airports have very archaic computer systems.