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Old Apr 25, 2007 | 12:47 pm
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StarAllianceGold
 
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Ryanair copy Southwest's Ding! with Bing!

Ryanair have introduced Bing!, a copy of Southwest's Ding! - a piece of software you download to your computer which then provides notice of special offers on routes you choose.

I'm guessing that they're using the same techology supplier, since the FAQs have been cut and pasted from Southwest.com, even including a reference to ATA Airlines, which have no relevance to Ryanair.

5. Will the Bing! application include ATA airports and offers for flights to/from those airports?
At this time, the Bing! application will only offer Ryanair airports as choices for “Home Airport” and only deliver offers for flights operated by Ryanair.

http://www.ryanair.com/site/EN/feeds...email&pos=HEAD

For some reason Ryanair aren't offering a Mac version, though Southwest do.

I have to say that there is no way I would trust Ryanair enough to download software from their website.
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