Two bookings on same Ryanair flight?
Jun 7, 2007 | 10:18 am
#1
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Two bookings on same Ryanair flight?
I've been a little careless....
Just booked "connecting" Ryanair flights at DUB, with 70 minutes between them.
I've done this a couple of times before and all has gone smoothly (web-check-in, hand luggage only, you can do the gate to gate transfer in about 15 seconds - and I'm happy to take the risk of a delay).
This time, I forgot to add web-check-in when buying my flight (or, more accurately, I actively removed it without thinking
). It now seems that I can't add web-check-in to the booking retroactively, and I don't fancy getting landside and back again in the allotted time.
It dawned on me that I could buy the second flight again, for only around 22, and add web-check-in. Is this likely to cause problems? What will they do if they notice the same traveller on the flight twice, only one of whom has checked in?
I would dearly love to ask Ryanair, but I'm guessing the chances of getting a straight answer are pretty slim.
Cheers
Just booked "connecting" Ryanair flights at DUB, with 70 minutes between them.
I've done this a couple of times before and all has gone smoothly (web-check-in, hand luggage only, you can do the gate to gate transfer in about 15 seconds - and I'm happy to take the risk of a delay).
This time, I forgot to add web-check-in when buying my flight (or, more accurately, I actively removed it without thinking
). It now seems that I can't add web-check-in to the booking retroactively, and I don't fancy getting landside and back again in the allotted time.It dawned on me that I could buy the second flight again, for only around 22, and add web-check-in. Is this likely to cause problems? What will they do if they notice the same traveller on the flight twice, only one of whom has checked in?
I would dearly love to ask Ryanair, but I'm guessing the chances of getting a straight answer are pretty slim.
Cheers
Jun 7, 2007 | 11:22 am
#2
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two ideas...
1) can you cancel the original booking?
2) if not, when you book the second ticket put your middle name in the booking and use a different credit card to pay?
1) can you cancel the original booking?
2) if not, when you book the second ticket put your middle name in the booking and use a different credit card to pay?
Jun 8, 2007 | 8:29 am
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I don't think Ryanair allows you to 'cancel', but cheers for the second idea.
Thinking about it, I suppose there's no reason why two unrelated John Smiths couldn't be on the same flight, and there's nothing that the two bookings would have in common.
Thinking about it, I suppose there's no reason why two unrelated John Smiths couldn't be on the same flight, and there's nothing that the two bookings would have in common.