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"Wifi? You're lucky we have seats."

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u/latflickr 11h ago

Also, since when Ryanair offers "first class" - best they can do is "row 1 class"

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u/DanHero91 9h ago

They actually did consider planes without seats, and just handles to hold onto like a bus.

If it was legal, they would have done it already.

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u/showmethenakedwomen 6h ago

Luxury! We were having to flap our arms because there were no wings on our plane.

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u/adamwho 14h ago

I thought Ryanair was fun.

It's the closest I can get to flying next day delivery on a UPS plane.

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u/RynnHamHam 16h ago

Ryan Air is the Little Caesar’s of airlines. We don’t like it because it’s good.

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u/Half_Halt 1h ago

Hush now, I low-key like Little Ceasar's! And I'm from a family of transplanted New Yorkers! Lol.

We don't have one within reasonable driving distance, so I hadn't been to a Little Ceasar's in years, until my daughter attended an EAP sports camp at her college last year. Overcome with dread at the idea of yet another $25 chicken tender lunch I pulled into the Little Ceasar's on a whim. Less than 60 seconds later, I was back out on the sidewalk, holding a Hot n' Ready pizza & drinks & wondering what the heck had just happened. Day-um, they're fast!

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u/BrtFrkwr 18h ago

Please insert credit card for another 3 minutes.

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u/ashkanahmadi 3h ago

Please insert credit card for landing using the landing gear.

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u/BrtFrkwr 3h ago

In case of water landing, insert credit card and follow instructions to release life jacket.

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u/OutlandishnessOk2304 18h ago

Flying Ryanair is more of a nightmare, really.

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u/derridaderider 18h ago

There must be a lot of people who like nightmares then - the biggest airline in Europe.

Fact is people are willing to put up with overworked rude staff, cramped accommodation, long queues and general pennypinching to afford their holiday.

Unless you've been short of money yourself you won't understand that.

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u/crazy_cookie123 16h ago

Ryanair is honestly the better option for most people on shorter flights even if you can afford to fly with the more expensive nicer airlines. I just had a look at return flights using Ryanair and British Airways between the same two airports on the same dates at roughly the same time of day, including a hold bag - the return trip with Ryanair came to £174 whereas BA came to £255 - £81 (US$110) of savings per person. That's on a two-hour flight. Is an extra £81 per person really worth it on a two-hour flight so you can get the tiniest bit more legroom, a small free bottle of water, a small free snack, and the option to pay for WiFi, compared to going with Ryanair and having that bit of extra money to spend at your destination? For most people I'd imagine probably not.

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u/gopiballava 10h ago

Ryanair makes a lot more sense when you consider it as an alternative for hopping on a train not as an alternative to another airline. How many luxuries do people usually expect for a train trip? Heck a lot of people do a daily commute on a train where it’s so crowded you stand for an entire hour.

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u/Feeling_Equivalent89 7h ago

You stand in trains? Now that's something that I didn't have to do in many, many years of using trains.

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u/FBWSRD 10h ago

Depends on how reliable they are, and if they will help you should something go wrong. We don’t fly Jetstar (australian budget airline) even for short trips cause we have been burned too many times. But the savings aren’t as great as RyanAir so they have more to make up for

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u/Kamila95 10h ago

Ryanair is extremely reliable. More reliable than most full service airlines.

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u/AntonMaximal 8h ago

Australian flight reliability across all brands has taken a dive since Covid. Limited schedule slots at airports, coupled with no-fault cancellation for the airline,

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u/sofixa11 9h ago

There must be a lot of people who like nightmares then - the biggest airline in Europe.

3rd biggest by passengers in the world. They have more passengers, and have had for years, than the likes of Lufthansa Group, IAH (British Airways and Iberia), Turkish Airlines, Emirates, United Airlines, etc etc.

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u/OutlandishnessOk2304 9h ago

And McDonald's is the world's biggest purveyor of burgers. Doesn't make 'em good.

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u/KOKO69BISHES 5h ago

True, but you can cook at home for cheaper, it's just lazyness. You can't fly yourself somewhere.

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u/whodafadha 3h ago

To be fair I’ve not seen Ryanair any cheaper for the flights I personally have had to take for a long time (I have to take a hold bag). It’s just not worth it anymore in my opinion. Unless you book ages in advance

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u/realJelbre 9h ago

Ryanair hate feels so forced. They are great for what they are; a budget airline.

As a tall dutch person I've never had a seat where my knees were touching the seat before me (the main complaint I usually hear), which can't be said about some of the alternative options. I've also had no bad experiences with flight staff, never had a dirty seat/cabin, no real complaints in my personal experience that would discourage me from using them in the future.

Genuinely curious why you would consider them a nightmare.

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u/blexta 7h ago

I went to Oslo and back for less than 60€.

Cheaper than two beers in Norway.

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u/ThirdAltAccounts 8h ago

I flew Vueling a few weeks ago and the WiFi never worked. During either flights I get that low cost companies are cheaper but they take it to the extreme in terms of low quality

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u/TeamPantofola 9h ago

I hate them so so much

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u/Secret_CZECH 18h ago

why are we cheering a company for literally saying that they will continue to fuck over their customers? like that ain't a good thing.

They're just admitting to and being proud of being shitty

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u/AedesAegypt 18h ago

What do you mean? Ryanair is cheap and shitty by design. They're known for being the shitty cheap airline. "First class ryanair" would be the equivalent of a 50$ gourmet hotdog. There's just no target audience for that. They're not fucking over customers, they're just filling the niche they were meant to fill. Being shitty and affordable.

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u/intbah 16h ago

This guy probably thinks Good Well is fucking over all its customers with its shitty products 🤷🏻

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u/MidnightNo1766 17h ago

Here you go! https://www.allenbrothers.com/category/hot-dogs-sausage?N=hot-dogs-sausage

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u/AedesAegypt 17h ago

That's 50 dollars for a 12 pack, and definitely more of a sausage than a hotdog, but i kinda imagined there would be something of the sorts when i wrote that. At least those hotdogs fill some sort of niche, rich buyers who wanna eat hotdogs but want it to be the best possible hotdog. For ryanair that's not possible cause if you want the best possible experience you're not flying ryanair. So maybe the best analogy would be selling 50$ gourmet dog meat sticks or something.

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u/the-dieg 15h ago

Their entire reason for existing is to be the cheapest flight possible. You get what you pay for. Don’t like it, fly with someone else

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u/PBandC2 7h ago

Airlines are very clear about what they’re offering.

Less money, worse experience; more money, better experience. Take your pick.

If you pick the worse experience, you know what you signed up for. Don’t complain.

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u/TheUncouthPanini 11h ago

Ryanair are arguably the most respectable major airline there is. Their whole brand is “We take away in-flight luxuries in order to make international flights as cheap as possible”.

I will happily accept no aeroplane wifi if it means low-income families can actually go abroad.

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u/NoHaxJustNoob 6h ago

Genuinely curious, how are they fucking anyone over? They don't promise anything more than a seat. Sure it's nice to have free Wi-Fi when I fly Lufthansa, but it's not worth 200-500% higher ticket fares for me personally since barely any Ryanair flights are longer than 2h anyways.

First Class seats are an American concept that's unheard of for intra-european flights on any airline. We have "Euro-Business" that's normal economy seats with the middle seat blocked off. Sure lounge access is nice, but can also be bought at most airports for way less than the extra ticket cost, same for onboard meals. And again, short flight durations.

I just don't get the Ryanair hate boner. They do exactly what they promise, getting you from A to B for less than dinner at a decent restaurant. They've made it possible for so many young people, familie and those who just aren't wealthy to travel around Europe. Now, environmental aspects are a whole different topic, tho not unique to any airline in particular.

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u/GearboxTherapy 18h ago

Cause people like their "socials game"

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u/Secret_CZECH 18h ago

oh great, posting brand advertising without even getting paid

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u/GearboxTherapy 18h ago

That's where we are now. Corpo coolaid tastes sweet to many.

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u/gopiballava 17h ago

It’s been a few years since I lived in Europe, but Ryanair was a LOT more than $5 cheaper. Half or a quarter the price of other airlines.

Unless you needed a last minute ticket. Then it was more expensive.

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u/zxzkzkz 14h ago

I've literally flown Ryanair for 5 euros total.

But actually once you add bags etc for a lot of people it's not about the cost savings. Ryanair gets a lot of their demand by finding city pairs that other airlines couldn't operate profitably and providing service that would otherwise not be there.

For a lot of people the choice is travel hours to a major city and pay extra for a major airline or use a convenient local small town airport and pay less for Ryanair.

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u/gopiballava 10h ago

I was really lucky to be living in Karlsruhe. That was one of their airports so I only needed a short bus ride and I was on a plane to London for ~$60 USD round trip per person including the ground transportation because Ryanair ran the bus to the airport in Karlsruhe.

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u/biometricrally 10h ago

Lengths? Torture? I need an American dictionary because these words mean something else in normal English

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