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20/05/2008, 14:13 toni Joined on 28/01/2006 Posts 65 New Ryanair Boarding Charges All bookings made with Ryanair after 3 June will be subject to a £4/€5 priority boarding charge. This facility was previously free to those making online bookings and carrying only hand luggage. They say; ''By charging the same fee for priority boarding for both webcheck-in and airport check-in passengers, we hope to ensure that priority boarding will always be available for sale at airports for family members and groups who wish to purchase it.''    Report

20/05/2008, 14:25 Cat Joined on 21/01/2005 ------- Forum Moderator ------- Lot Posts 2,788 Re: New Ryanair Boarding Charges Toni, when you say all bookings will be subject to a 5€ priority boarding charge, I assume you mean only those who wish to purchase priority boarding, and not all bookings? As I have said before, so many people now choose priority boarding that often more than half of the passengers on a flight are priority boarders, which make a bit of a farce of the whole scheme. Not knocking Ryanair, BTW, just the laughable idea of priority boarding being something special. Cathy Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...    Report

20/05/2008, 14:34 toni Joined on 28/01/2006 Posts 65 Re: New Ryanair Boarding Charges Yes just for those who want it, apparently Ryan air have a 40% priority boarding allocation on all  their flights but as  this is pretty nearly always full now  they are introducing the new charge to ensure future priority boarding availability.    Report

20/05/2008, 14:34 ErnieY Joined on 05/12/2006 Nr Prayssac (Lot) Posts 2,952 Re: New Ryanair Boarding Charges Exactly Cat. I've always though it was just another crafty way of surreptitiously increasing revenue as it is was inevitable it would end up like this. Anyone for priority priority boarding Come on now, who can honestly say that the haven't quietly chuckled to themselves as they board the same bus out to the aircraft as the PB's, especially when you end up closer to the door and consequently are up the stairs and on the plane before them   My doctor said one drink per day, I can live with that !    Report

20/05/2008, 14:45 Val_2 Joined on 23/08/2004 Posts 3,055 Re: New Ryanair Boarding Charges Last year both ways the flight was only half full so we could choose wherever we wanted to sit and for 55mins does it really matter? I'd rather save my money for something else than that.    Report

20/05/2008, 15:02 Ron Avery Joined on 29/11/2004 Posts 3,099 Re: New Ryanair Boarding Charges Spoke to bruv, he said that there is the additional bonus with on-line Priority Boarding of not having to queue up to check-in, you go straight to the security gates, that has got to be worth a £5, saves putting a fuel surcharge on for the summer as well  At Stansted where there are no buses to the plane, you would certainly be last on Ernie, but as Val says, what does it really matter unless you like looking at clouds (or avoiding screaming kids).  If people just treated the planes as buses and just got on and sat down where there is a seat, there would not be any need for priority boarding. Driven away by an idiot    Report

20/05/2008, 15:23 Cat Joined on 21/01/2005 ------- Forum Moderator ------- Lot Posts 2,788 Re: New Ryanair Boarding Charges To be fair, for families or groups of  people wanting to get adjacent seating, priority boarding is their only option now, as people travelling on their own always nab the window or aisle seats, leaving only the middle seats free.  Doesn't bother me as I usually fly alone, and just chose the first seat I find, always between two lone-flyers.  I like to sit near the front, as the front door is always the first door active for disembarking. Cathy Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...    Report

20/05/2008, 16:07 Val_2 Joined on 23/08/2004 Posts 3,055 Re: New Ryanair Boarding Charges I prefer the back, that bit comes down last    Report

20/05/2008, 16:14 Stefan Joined on 23/08/2004 Posts 150 Re: New Ryanair Boarding Charges  Val_2 wrote: I prefer the back, that bit comes down last Er, I hope it doesn't...    Report

20/05/2008, 16:24 Ron Avery Joined on 29/11/2004 Posts 3,099 Re: New Ryanair Boarding Charges Cat said "Doesn't bother me as I usually fly alone" Perhaps a change of deodourant would help,  or smoke a Strand, you are never alone with a Strand  But you soon were as they tasted and smelt awful!! Driven away by an idiot    Report

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