Originally Posted by
DYKWIA
You should be able to get your money back, assuming Ryanair wouldn't book on an alternative carrier. You may need a lot of patience and MCOL though

Haha thank you, for this amount of money I have all the patience in the world. It's the time we won't get back! Hotel in Bergamo, taxi to linate, flight to Heathrow, taxi to manchester airport to pick up the car, drive back to Sheffield. I think I'm still a bit shell shocked 😊