Travelling with Ryanair creates its own exciting challenge.
Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary has to be complimented for his charging for baggage in the hold. It certainly makes the street-wise passenger travel light.
Buying a ticket on the Ryanair webpage really is great fun. It pits the wisdom of the passenger against the cunning of Ryanair. And the passenger can win.
Compare the Ryanair site with Aer Lingus or Irish Rail. Irish Rail issues expensive looking tickets in the most nonsensical fashion. They either deliver them to your home address or you pick them up at a dispenser at a rail head. And not all rail heads have dispensers. The plot thickens. Okay Irish Rail will tell you it is different with the railway. Point taken. It is.
Last week I travelled from Dublin to Hahn to Berlin and back from Hahn to Dublin for €20.08 and of course that includes all taxes and charges.
Don't send baggage to the hold, don't take out insurance and ignore all the silly offers.
And then there is the fun of what not to put into your your carry-on bag. Though despite all the warnings, this passenger got away with a razor.
Has it never dawned on the security people the damage that could be done with a bottle that you can buy in the shopping area air side of security? and what about mobile charges and the damage that the chords could do?
It's advisable to take early flights as there is less chance of delays and it's important not to fly out of an airport in the middle of nowhere late at night as if the flight is cancelled there may be no where to stay.
Make sure to avail of the online boarding pass - easily 30 minutes saved. And if you get priority boarding make a dash for one of the emergency seats for that extra leg room.
Well done Michael. Just one thing, that redundant apostrophe on your menu card surprises me - not that anyone should ever buy anything on a Ryanair flight.
Flying Ryanair gives the passenger that sense of beating the system. It's great fun even if you happen to find yourself the oldest person on the flight, don't speak Polish and are not cuddled up to some beautiful young woman wearing hipsters.
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3 comments:
I agree with you often, I disagree with you somtimes, but a paean in praise of Michael O'Leary? When even his greatest admirers, including the author of Ryanland, have turned against him? You certainly like to swim against the tide!
Dominik,
Thank you for your comment and point taken.
Ryanair is not for the faint hearted and if it goes wrong it goes badly wrong. So far I have been one of the lucky ones.
Ryanair has an ad in yesterday's 'Frankfurter Rundschau' seeling Kerry to German readers. The plane this morning from Hahn to Dublin was full.
But of course under no circumstances should the airport at Hahn be called 'Frankfurt Hahn' but that's all part of the game. And there are times when it can be great fun.
Another point. Maybe there is something about Michael O'Leary sticking out his tongue at the status quo that is appealing - something 'irreligious' about his carry-on.
But of course in reality nothing is further from the truth. The man has a mansion and a stud farm in the midlands.
And by the way, before he mouthed off about the German translation of a particular English word, he should have got his people to check the dictionary!
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