Originally Posted by Raffles

There is nothing wrong with EasyJet or Ryanair - and this is from a man most likely to be found up-front on long haul.

Both have brand new fleets of planes (because brand new planes are far cheaper to maintain), so you get a cleaner nicer cabin than BA, LH etc. The new Ryanair planes have 12 exit-row seats with extra leg-room (because there are four exit doors in the middle of the plane) and you can normally get one because most pax are leisure travellers who don't know such things exist.

Food is not free but is normally better than the free stuff you get on other airlines - especially LH Economy.

My biggest problem with both of them is the lack of self-service check-in. EasyJet is trialling it but has not yet rolled it out, Ryanair is nowhere. Why?! They already have everyones card details so it is easy to verify ID, and it would cut costs even further. Ryanair at London Stansted always involves at least a 20 minute queue to check-in.