Ryanair trial reserved seating
Apr 19, 2011 | 6:51 am
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Ryanair trial reserved seating
Ryanair have started a reserved seating trial on the Dublin to Gatwick and Dublin to Malaga routes.
http://www.ryanair.com/ie/news/ryana...served-seating
http://www.ryanair.com/ie/news/ryana...served-seating
Last edited by chalkitdown; Apr 19, 2011 at 7:02 am
Apr 20, 2011 | 8:12 am
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WN tried assigned seating out of SAN IIRC, and decided to stick with cattle call boarding. Though the new system with numbers seems to be working a little better.
Now child free flights, that would be a great idea.
EmailKid
Now child free flights, that would be a great idea.
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Apr 28, 2011 | 6:41 am
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May 3, 2011 | 6:30 am
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I was interested to note how low the Ryanair priority boarding fee was compared with easyJet (the latter being almost twice as much). It might backfire on them, though. The main reason I bother with easyJet Plus / Speedy Boarding is to get the exit row. If I instead have the option of reserving it, I'll consider doing that so long as the fee isn't too high, and if it's taken I won't bother with either, as so long as you're near the front of the "2"/"OTHER" queue you'll pretty much always manage either a window or an aisle.
Could this actually lose them some priority boarding sales? Might they just be better off doubling the priority boarding fee to make it more "exclusive" without reducing income from it?
Neil
Could this actually lose them some priority boarding sales? Might they just be better off doubling the priority boarding fee to make it more "exclusive" without reducing income from it?
Neil