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More peaceful skies? - cheap flights boom over, says BA chief as oil hits new high
Following the recent peaceful skies! discussion, The Guardian points out today that flying may be just about to get .... That may mean even more peaceful skies Sophie.
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Permalink Reply by Eddie Finnegan on
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I've just got two more 1p Ryanair flights to Dublin for early June. It's easy for Willie Walsh to forgo his £700K BA bonus for messing up T5. Still, I suppose even us Paddies will all have to learn to be friends of the earth and the ozone layer whether we like it or not.
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Permalink Reply by Hugh on
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Whatever they say about Ryanair, there ain't no beating it for fantastic deals.
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Permalink Reply by Liz on
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Going on Ryan Air is the most soul destroying experience on earth.
When I wake up in Hell, it will look like the boarding queue of a Ryan air passenger jet. And once you add the miniscule extras on like £8 to be allowed to have oxygen on the flight, it isn't really that cheap unless you can go anytime, with your undies in your pocket and a very high tolerance of people who simply can't be bothered to listen to instructions and then complain about every other person on the flight just a little bit too loudly. Will that be you two then?
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Liz, I'll have to report you to Michael O'Leary. No, I go on Wed. return Tues (or vice versa), wrap my soul and finer feelings in my undies and switch off until I'm clear of the airport. Now, alas, Michael wants to charge me a fiver for priority boarding even though I check in online.
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Permalink Reply by Anette on
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Ryanair is the worst airline on the planet. They only allow you 15 kg hold baggage, they charge you masses if you're even half a kilo over, they have the worst legroom of any airline, and worst of all, when you have added on all the extra charges (excess baggage, priority boarding, which is pointless, as you normally end up on the same bus out to the plane anyway, fees for hold baggage) you would be better off flying a normal airline!
Also, and this is worth making a note of: if you book say 2 people together, under one booking number, you will still only be allowed 15 kg between you. Imagine the excess baggage charges for a family of 4! Book everyone separately, so you all get your 15 kg each.
This article tells you what a rip-off they are:
http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/consumer/article.html?in_article_id=42...
They're also on top of the complaints league: http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2008/0626/breaking78.htm
Sorry, having just been at their yellow and blue plasticky tacky and evil unprofessional mercy, I had to post. I hate them, and I hope they're the first to go when flight prices go up. Unfortunately they are sometimes the only viable option, so can't always be avoided. Like the plague.
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Here's a sideways glance at cheap tickets.
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He forgot the surcharge for insisting on sitting at the front of the plane where the young families are, then tutting loudly and looking sour when the air pressure makes their ears hurt and they cry or they start to play peek a boo with the passenger behind...but then, by the sound of him, he wouldn't have those of us who have the idiotic idea of taking our children on flights in the first place. On the other hand, I can't bear those parents who allow their children to kick the back of the seat the entire journey or who do not instruct their children to put the mute on their games consoles/turn their headphones down and make you spend the entire journey listening to tiny bleeps or just about audible (but not enough to be able to discern the music) pop nonsense. I just hate flying but I hate being stuck in a car as well and people on trains are annoying so maybe I'll put a tent up in the garden next year and turn off the phone...at least it's not so far to get to the loo in the middle of the night.
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Permalink Reply by Birdy_Too on
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I agree with Liz, the Ryanair experience is sheer misery, I avoid them at all costs.
We just need to lobby the train companies and government for 1 penny train journeys.
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Permalink Reply by matt on
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I've never used a low cost airline because they AREN'T low cost at all. There are occassional deals for 7am slots at airports 40 miles from London but who in their right mind would choose cost over convenience! It ain't worth the effort to save £20 here or there.
Piccadilly Line/Heathrow - easy outta the mad season of August or Xmas & Stanstead is excellent, especially if you pay a tenner more for a weeks parking & have someone park your car for you as you pull up at the terminal. :)
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I use low cost airlines because they can be good value. You know what you're getting. You get what you pay for. I've no complaints really. Yes, I'd rather they were more transparent - but I'd rather they were there than not.
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Ah Hugh, you're that gentleman reading a book, small bag with all your needs, who calmly stands behind all the anxious middle aged couples, harrassed parents et al knowing full well that there is no need to sprint across the tarmac and who coolly takes his seat just before the hostess starts the rounds ..mmmm those were the days. I remember them well (and I always thought the sunglasses gave me an air of mystery) :D
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