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Ryanair is further economizing
The company has announced that until the end of this year passengers and
their luggage won't be check in at those counters at airports dedicated for the clearance but for all the forthcoming flights passengers will do the job themselves in internet. |
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Ryanair is further economizing
"Markku Grönroos" wrote in message ... The company has announced that until the end of this year passengers and their luggage won't be check in at those counters at airports dedicated for the clearance but for all the forthcoming flights passengers will do the job themselves in internet. Where have they announced this? It isn't on their web site. OT1H, I can't see it as completely a bad thing that they allow people with luggage to check in online. OTOH, Unless they allow check in of the return flight before the date of the outbound (I can't remember if they do) how do they expect everyone to find internet access to check in for the return (the average FR passenger not exactly being the type of person who stays at hotels with access at the hotel or to carry their own laptop with them) tim |
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Ryanair is further economizing
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"Markku Grönroos" wrote in message ... The company has announced that until the end of this year passengers and their luggage won't be check in at those counters at airports dedicated for the clearance but for all the forthcoming flights passengers will do the job themselves in internet. Where have they announced this? It's in various media interviews. It isn't on their web site. OT1H, I can't see it as completely a bad thing that they allow people with luggage to check in online. Or if it means that people without EEA passports can now check-in online! While Ryanair is usually a very cheap option for me for solo trips, when I travel with (US passport holder) Oscar, it's around £20 more expensive (as we both have to check-in online on the same itinerary). Small amount maybe- but that can sometimes be the decider when we're looking at trips 'on a whim.' I've recently got a visa electron, which saves on their card charge too... -- (*) of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate www.davidhorne.net (email address on website) "The fact is that when I compose I never think of and never have thought of meeting the listener." -George Perle (RIP 2009) |
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Ryanair is further economizing
"David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)" wrote in message ... tim..... wrote: "Markku Grönroos" wrote in message ... The company has announced that until the end of this year passengers and their luggage won't be check in at those counters at airports dedicated for the clearance but for all the forthcoming flights passengers will do the job themselves in internet. Where have they announced this? It's in various media interviews. It isn't on their web site. OT1H, I can't see it as completely a bad thing that they allow people with luggage to check in online. Or if it means that people without EEA passports can now check-in online! TBH there is no real solution to this. The online system is never going to be able to check the validity of their visa. Though I agree that they shouldn't have to pay for this to be done. While Ryanair is usually a very cheap option for me for solo trips, when I travel with (US passport holder) Oscar, it's around £20 more expensive (as we both have to check-in online on the same itinerary). Small amount maybe- but that can sometimes be the decider when we're looking at trips 'on a whim.' I've recently got a visa electron, which saves on their card charge too... Where did you get that from please? (though the airline that I most wanted one for has now gone bust!) tim |
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Ryanair is further economizing
tim..... wrote:
"David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)" wrote in message ... [] While Ryanair is usually a very cheap option for me for solo trips, when I travel with (US passport holder) Oscar, it's around £20 more expensive (as we both have to check-in online on the same itinerary). Small amount maybe- but that can sometimes be the decider when we're looking at trips 'on a whim.' I've recently got a visa electron, which saves on their card charge too... Where did you get that from please? (though the airline that I most wanted one for has now gone bust!) Halifax- just open a basic account. -- (*) of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate www.davidhorne.net (email address on website) "The fact is that when I compose I never think of and never have thought of meeting the listener." -George Perle (RIP 2009) |
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Ryanair is further economizing
Martin wrote:
On Sun, 22 Feb 2009 18:07:39 +0000, (David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)) wrote: tim..... wrote: "David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)" wrote in message ... [] While Ryanair is usually a very cheap option for me for solo trips, when I travel with (US passport holder) Oscar, it's around £20 more expensive (as we both have to check-in online on the same itinerary). Small amount maybe- but that can sometimes be the decider when we're looking at trips 'on a whim.' I've recently got a visa electron, which saves on their card charge too... Where did you get that from please? (though the airline that I most wanted one for has now gone bust!) Halifax- just open a basic account. HSBC too! Watch for currency conversion charges. I probably wouldn't ever use it in anything other than pounds. Paying online for a tuifly ticket recently, they gave a very fair currency conversion rate, so as an experiment I tried it, to see if the credit card piles on an additional charge. Still, I obviously like wasting money. I've been paying far more than I should have for phone and broadband recently, and only just switched providers. It was incredibly easy to do- but I suppose inertia just kept me with the same unreasonable rates for so long... -- (*) of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate www.davidhorne.net (email address on website) "The fact is that when I compose I never think of and never have thought of meeting the listener." -George Perle (RIP 2009) |
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Ryanair is further economizing
"David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)" wrote in message ... tim..... wrote: "David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)" wrote in message ... [] While Ryanair is usually a very cheap option for me for solo trips, when I travel with (US passport holder) Oscar, it's around £20 more expensive (as we both have to check-in online on the same itinerary). Small amount maybe- but that can sometimes be the decider when we're looking at trips 'on a whim.' I've recently got a visa electron, which saves on their card charge too... Where did you get that from please? (though the airline that I most wanted one for has now gone bust!) Halifax- just open a basic account. Oh, so a complete new bank account tim |
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Ryanair is further economizing
tim..... wrote:
"David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)" wrote in message ... tim..... wrote: "David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)" wrote in message ... [] While Ryanair is usually a very cheap option for me for solo trips, when I travel with (US passport holder) Oscar, it's around £20 more expensive (as we both have to check-in online on the same itinerary). Small amount maybe- but that can sometimes be the decider when we're looking at trips 'on a whim.' I've recently got a visa electron, which saves on their card charge too... Where did you get that from please? (though the airline that I most wanted one for has now gone bust!) Halifax- just open a basic account. Oh, so a complete new bank account Why's that a surprise? It was easy to apply for, and I'll only use it say, 3 or 4 times a year- so won't keep much in it. -- (*) of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate www.davidhorne.net (email address on website) "The fact is that when I compose I never think of and never have thought of meeting the listener." -George Perle (RIP 2009) |
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Ryanair is further economizing
Martin wrote:
On Sun, 22 Feb 2009 18:48:40 +0000, (David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)) wrote: [] Still, I obviously like wasting money. I've been paying far more than I should have for phone and broadband recently, and only just switched providers. It was incredibly easy to do- but I suppose inertia just kept me with the same unreasonable rates for so long... How much do you pay a minute for a phone call? Vodafone are offering a SIM card fir prepay that charges ¤0.30/minute from anywhere to anywhere in the world ( with a few exceptions) I looked up what we pay within NL with a Vodafone Dutch prepay SIM card and it was ¤0.35/minute. I actually don't use my mobile much, and prefer to use it less and less. I pay 9p a minute on Tesco in the UK. (I rarely use it outside the UK, but the EU rates are fine.) Asda mobile apparently has good rates too. That's all non-contract- I haven't had a contract for years now, and even the lovely iphone hasn't tempted me to get one. (I don't have an iphone either FWIW.) I was meaning my home phone line. I was paying about £12 a month to BT for the landline, £22 to plusnet for the broadband, and around £5 a month calling abroad (though that's very cheap- around 1-2p a minute for the countries I call.) I've switched to one provider for phone and broadband now, paying £16, and that includes "unlimited" (7p connection charge per call) calls to landlines in 36 countries. -- (*) of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate www.davidhorne.net (email address on website) "The fact is that when I compose I never think of and never have thought of meeting the listener." -George Perle (RIP 2009) |
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