Ryanair moves to Web Check-In Only
May 13, 2009 | 10:27 am
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Ryanair moves to Web Check-In Only
From next Wednesday (20th of May) Ryanair will run Web Check-In only and even charge for it!
People unable or unwilling to use web check-in will have to pay a €/Ł40 penalty fee.
Source: Ryanair.com
What do you think?
I think it's making a little attractive Airline even more unattractive.... The Online Check-In Fee is simply ridiculous (you have to check in one way or another) and a hidden charge they should get sued for... Chargin Ł40/€40 for people unable to check in online (non-europeans) makes it even worse...
What a rip-off!
[Edit: Wasn't certain whether this is Newsstand worthy, or Budget Travel only. Admins: Feel free to move. Thanks]
People unable or unwilling to use web check-in will have to pay a €/Ł40 penalty fee.
Ryanair will remove its Ł10/€10 airport check-in fee and introduce a Ł5/€5 online check-in fee per person, per flight, on new bookings, other than promotional fares (fares of “Free”, “€1” and “€5” will include web check-in on a free of charge basis), while a €40/Ł40 ‘boarding card re-issue fee’ will be introduced to encourage all passengers to arrive at the airport with their pre-printed web check-in boarding card.
What do you think?
I think it's making a little attractive Airline even more unattractive.... The Online Check-In Fee is simply ridiculous (you have to check in one way or another) and a hidden charge they should get sued for... Chargin Ł40/€40 for people unable to check in online (non-europeans) makes it even worse...
What a rip-off!
[Edit: Wasn't certain whether this is Newsstand worthy, or Budget Travel only. Admins: Feel free to move. Thanks]
May 13, 2009 | 10:44 am
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You have to wonder how many promotional fares there will be - one or two per flight so that Ryanair can have low headline prices still?
And I loved the guy on the radio who justified the fiver charge as it would reduce the costs of tickets
And I loved the guy on the radio who justified the fiver charge as it would reduce the costs of tickets
May 13, 2009 | 10:46 am
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May 13, 2009 | 11:51 am
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FR's 'come on' prices change two or three times a week. Over the past two or three weeks, their promotional fares at www.ryanair.com have been Ł5, Ł2.50, Ł1, Ł7.50 and Ł10 per flight with wide availability and range of destinations. Depending on date and route, you may need to be a little flexible, just like with legacy carriers.
I know my limits. I bought at Ł2 round trip all in, travelling with hand baggage and using online check in, paid for with a Visa Electron card. Today's price is Ł10, far too much for me.
I wonder what tomorrow's price will be. 
May 14, 2009 | 2:41 am
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Ł3 per flight, all in if you keep to the usual caveats.
May 14, 2009 | 4:38 am
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May 14, 2009 | 5:37 am
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A spokesman for the British Psychiatric Institute said: "Ryanair is no longer something to be hated, it is something to be pitied. It's as if Mr O'Leary has suffered some kind of severe mental trauma. Perhaps he has finally flown on one of his own planes.
May 14, 2009 | 8:28 am
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May 14, 2009 | 9:36 am
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I can understand checking in online when you're oubound from home, but what about when you're flying inbound to home? It's not always easy to find a computer with internet access and a printer at some holiday hotel?
May 14, 2009 | 10:14 am
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Check in is available 15 days ahead of flights. I guess for the few who can't check in before they leave, they must look for a library/internet cafe/hotel/whatever or take their chance at the airport.
May 14, 2009 | 12:01 pm
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Seems like an obvious business opportunity would be to set up internet kiosks with printers in the airside hall at airports that Ryanair serves.
May 14, 2009 | 1:46 pm
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I believe there is a saying back in sooty Lancashire in the past to the gist of You pays your money, you takes your choice ................. but it seems that legacy carriers may become more competitive price-wise for the flying public if Ryanair gets away with this, and other LCCs follow suit .........
May 14, 2009 | 5:10 pm
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You have been able to do so since - magically around mid-March- Ryanair decided here was no security issue about non EU/EEA passengers. Check the website and other forums here