Originally posted by hunter:
Would help if you could read the word

Originally posted by Bagger Vance:
THIS... is your problem with Ryanair

Originally posted by cowpat:
regenerate the letters?

Originally posted by hunter:
That thing where you have to enter a jumbled word for security when you are booking a flight. Would help if you could read the word

Originally posted by TJ Mucker:
I'm of an age that flying is still a bit of a novelty/mystery. Personally I'd prefer if every flight was treated like a shuttle launch at Cape Canaveral and less like the No42a leaving the depot in Broadstone, and to me Ryanair fall into the latter category. I swore to myself, after a 4 hour Ryanair flight to Malta last year that it would be Aer Lingus from now on. In my experience the price difference is shag all, usually more convenient airports and they 'seem' to take the whole business of flying that bit more seriously.....which I like. There it is!

Originally posted by Bressie:
Ryanair doesn't suit a certain type of Irish person.

Those who like to be treated like human beings.

Originally posted by dubliner 2:
Fixed that there for you.

Originally posted by hunter:
That thing where you have to enter a jumbled word for security when you are booking a flight. Would help if you could read the word

Originally posted by South Limerick Referee:
In terms of price, they have beaten all other airlines significantly in terms of price for all my flights. Sometimes I fly one way with Aer Lingus, and fly back with Ryanair, but thats to do with times etc. and the Aer Lingus flight would be more expensive.

This message has been edited - 09-aug-2012 @ 14:47

This message has been edited - 09-aug-2012 @ 14:51

Originally posted by About a Bicycle:
Thank God Ryanair perfected the low cost budget airline, with all its foibles, and let us see parts of Europe we probably never would have go to, as well as being able to forego the dreaded ferry and coach to Victoria Station.

Originally posted by dubliner 2:
That, of course, is complete crap. What O'Leary in particular did was take the model perfected by Southwest Airlines, and turn it into a +++ised version of that where low fares meant poor service.Southwest did the same thing in America, before Ryanair, and still have very high levels of customer satisfaction. Ryanair's personality is that of its CEO. Cheap, brash, loud and obnoxious and people put up with it because they get places cheaply. Some are happy to do so, some are not. What irritates me is that Southwest is proof that you can still make a fortune with the low fares model without treating people like schite.

Originally posted by About a Bicycle:

Not crap D2, I didn't say O'Leary invented low cost budget airline, I said he successfully introduced it to Ireland and, by extension, into Europe. I have flown to many places in Europe and never once had a problem with it. Most times I paid very little, I was lucky cos I was based in London and could avail of the Stanstead hub. But what I found best about Ryanair is it allowed me to fly home far more often than I could before they came on the scene. I remember the late eighties and the decision to go home for Christmas normally had to be taken by about May, otherwise the costs were just way too high. Flying a young family was just too pricey which meant bringing small babies on the ferry. I don't know if you've ever done that on a storm on the Irish Sea but it's no fun. I've never been treated like schite by Ryanair, I did have a bad experience with them on a flight back to Ireland, but I have had problems with other airlines too. I can't comment about Southwest, I'm sure you are right, but I would have little time for Aer Lingus, both as an organisation and as a pompous staff culture, than any of the moans I hear from people who get charged extras by Ryanair because they don't read the rules.

This message has been edited - 09-aug-2012 @ 15:36

Originally posted by dubliner 2:
I've never flown with Ryanair and choose to go with Aer Lingus.