[cite]Posted By: Curb_It[/cite]so working out at 97 quid each... but i suppose it is school holidays for a return to and from shannon? you get a better deal than i medders.
When are you going? We're going on the 11th of June...
[cite]Posted By: razil[/cite]do they let you on first with kids?
Have no idea. If you do online check-in, you get priority boarding free anyway... but then I guess if you've got kids with you, you're likely to have hold luggage...
Prefer Ryanair to BA - at least with Ryanair you know what to expect, they don't pretend to be what they are not. BA just full of bull - world's faourite airline - pah!
I have flown with a lot of budget airlines and the two best by far are Wizzair and Air Berlin. They dont cover all the destinations that easyjet and Ryanair cover but great for Germany and Poland.
[cite]Posted By: razil[/cite]do they let you on first with kids?
No. You scrum down with everyone else and if you're not in the queue early enough you have to hope that some miserable sod will move to let your 3 year old sit next to you. Never ceases to amaze me how some people refuse to move...
[cite]Posted By: Curb_It[/cite]so working out at 97 quid each... but i suppose it is school holidays for a return to and from shannon? you get a better deal than i medders.
When are you going? We're going on the 11th of June...
er im going school holidays... ie.. july/august! anyway have had a massive result. changed to go from stanstead instead of gatwick and have saved myself 120! result.
Went to Norn Iron with easyjet a few months back, very impressed. Paid £3 each for the speedy checkin plus, was great, especially on the way back, we were the only ones who'd paid, so got our own check in desk (great walking past the long snake-like queue at the regular checkin) and then boarded first all on our own
Flights out was on time, flight back was slighly delayed, but I'm finding now days, no matter what airline you take, evening flights are delayed. We came back from the US on American last year and they had 3 not quite full flights in the evening, so cancelled the middle one and delayed the first so they could fill all the empties with people from the second, then put the rest from the cancelled second flight on the third, was a nightmare
[cite]Posted By: Curb_It[/cite]so working out at 97 quid each... but i suppose it is school holidays for a return to and from shannon? you get a better deal than i medders.
When are you going? We're going on the 11th of June...
er im going school holidays... ie.. july/august! anyway have had a massive result. changed to go from stanstead instead of gatwick and have saved myself 120! result.
Excellent. They'll get that 120 back out of you with the hidden charges anyway ;-)
[cite]Posted By: razil[/cite]do they let you on first with kids?
No. You scrum down with everyone else and if you're not in the queue early enough you have to hope that some miserable sod will move to let your 3 year old sit next to you. Never ceases to amaze me how some people refuse to move...
Yeah, how inconsiderate. You have made sure you have got to the airport early to get booked on in the first priority group, got to the gate in plenty of time, found your seat, put your hand luggage and coat in the overhead locker, put your newspaper in the seat pocket in front of you, just got comfortable, and someone who has made a decision to leave it all to the last minute, expects you to then gather all that up, and start hunting around the aircraft for one of the few seats that are left.
Try looking at things from the other perspective HH.
Now what gets me is when Easyjet call those with sprogs up first so they can sit near the front. Then when you get on
the plane, they are dotted all over the place, so no matter where you sit you either have one of them kicking the back of your seat, one of them flinging the chair in front of you back and forth, one of them screaming/crying, or one of them watching a hand held DVD player with the volume full up. You wanted kids, so you sit with all the other like minded souls please...
I fookin hate Ryannair and would not travel with them again. A couple of years ago we were flying Stanstead to Dublin for a stag weekend. When we arrived the flight was delayed for about 9 hrs and there was no one at check-in desk. Rep said they would investigate but didn't come back, so we went off for a beer. We kept checking and there was no change, flight still had a 9 hour delay. We wrongly presumed there was no rush to check in because of the delay. A couple of hours later we went to check in and they said we were too late and had sold our tickets to someone else. So we had to pay again for another flight. May have been our error ,but still thinks they are c***s.
Just got back from Palermo - the usual hour long delay with zero explanation, miserable bitches for cabin crew, getting the third degree because our luggage, though combined was under 30kg, was split unevenly so had 16 in one, 14 in the other - whilst everyone else seemed to just pack their suitcases into the poxy cabin (size restrictions on cabin baggage my arse) then landed and got told to go to a baggage carousel that didn't even exist... Never flying with them again - I'll fly to Catania with Sleazyjet next time.
Only problem I hav ever had with Ryanair was an air steward so pissed off I thought he might have opened the emergency exit mid-flight but for £50 return to Bologna I was willing to accept that
We're out in Greece at the moment , flew out with Viking airways which was the worst flying experience I've ever had . Flight was delayed for two hours and there was no apology at all. The leg room was non existant as well. Dreading the return flight
Used Ryanair for just me and the Mrs last June... no complaints, did what it said on the tin.
However, different story now we have the little man. Looked up some flights and, for the outward journey, they want a massive 58p for me and the Mrs... no problem there... yet they want to charge £20 for the infant... even though he'll be sat on our laps and not in his own seat!
Easyjet were wonderful for the little one. Priority seating, extra baggage allowance, helpful staff and no charge. Granted our seats were as expensive as BA's!
[cite]Posted By: Medders[/cite]Used Ryanair for just me and the Mrs last June... no complaints, did what it said on the tin.
However, different story now we have the little man. Looked up some flights and, for the outward journey, they want a massive 58p for me and the Mrs... no problem there... yet they want to charge £20 for the infant... even though he'll be sat on our laps and not in his own seat!
£20.58 for 3 of you isn't exactly steep though is it?
[cite]Posted By: buckshee[/cite]We're out in Greece at the moment , flew out with Viking airways which was the worst flying experience I've ever had . Flight was delayed for two hours and there was no apology at all. The leg room was non existant as well. Dreading the return flight
Viking are what used to be Excel, same planes, same crew, just re-branded.
[cite]Posted By: Medders[/cite]Used Ryanair for just me and the Mrs last June... no complaints, did what it said on the tin.
However, different story now we have the little man. Looked up some flights and, for the outward journey, they want a massive 58p for me and the Mrs... no problem there... yet they want to charge £20 for the infant... even though he'll be sat on our laps and not in his own seat!
£20.58 for 3 of you isn't exactly steep though is it?
No but I think you can see that's not the point I'm making....
[cite]Posted By: T[/cite]Easyjet were wonderful for the little one. Priority seating, extra baggage allowance, helpful staff and no charge. Granted our seats were as expensive as BA's!
We flew with North West to the US and they were exactly the same. Excellent service and the trolley dollies loved him, in their full OTT american way!
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When are you going? We're going on the 11th of June...
Have no idea. If you do online check-in, you get priority boarding free anyway... but then I guess if you've got kids with you, you're likely to have hold luggage...
going to Ireland is the worst as you get loads of families all pushing in, screaming kids, stag and hen do's.
Fly allot with Easyjet now and to be honest, they are quite good.
er im going school holidays... ie.. july/august! anyway have had a massive result. changed to go from stanstead instead of gatwick and have saved myself 120! result.
Flights out was on time, flight back was slighly delayed, but I'm finding now days, no matter what airline you take, evening flights are delayed. We came back from the US on American last year and they had 3 not quite full flights in the evening, so cancelled the middle one and delayed the first so they could fill all the empties with people from the second, then put the rest from the cancelled second flight on the third, was a nightmare
Excellent. They'll get that 120 back out of you with the hidden charges anyway ;-)
Yeah, how inconsiderate. You have made sure you have got to the airport early to get booked on in the first priority group, got to the gate in plenty of time, found your seat, put your hand luggage and coat in the overhead locker, put your newspaper in the seat pocket in front of you, just got comfortable, and someone who has made a decision to leave it all to the last minute, expects you to then gather all that up, and start hunting around the aircraft for one of the few seats that are left.
Try looking at things from the other perspective HH.
Now what gets me is when Easyjet call those with sprogs up first so they can sit near the front. Then when you get on
the plane, they are dotted all over the place, so no matter where you sit you either have one of them kicking the back of your seat, one of them flinging the chair in front of you back and forth, one of them screaming/crying, or one of them watching a hand held DVD player with the volume full up. You wanted kids, so you sit with all the other like minded souls please...
Just got back from Palermo - the usual hour long delay with zero explanation, miserable bitches for cabin crew, getting the third degree because our luggage, though combined was under 30kg, was split unevenly so had 16 in one, 14 in the other - whilst everyone else seemed to just pack their suitcases into the poxy cabin (size restrictions on cabin baggage my arse) then landed and got told to go to a baggage carousel that didn't even exist... Never flying with them again - I'll fly to Catania with Sleazyjet next time.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1197799/Ryanair-make-passengers-stand-bid-cram-board.html
Tie someone up with a seatbelt who is standing up and you can call it "vertical seating!"
Who cares how bad they are for a 75 minute free flight.
However, different story now we have the little man. Looked up some flights and, for the outward journey, they want a massive 58p for me and the Mrs... no problem there... yet they want to charge £20 for the infant... even though he'll be sat on our laps and not in his own seat!
£20.58 for 3 of you isn't exactly steep though is it?
Did anyone see Michael McIntrye in Belfast on Saturday night? Neil Delamere was on it, and he ripped into Michael O'Leary, very funny.
No but I think you can see that's not the point I'm making....
We flew with North West to the US and they were exactly the same. Excellent service and the trolley dollies loved him, in their full OTT american way!