Ryanair cancels all flights...

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Ryanair travellers may lose bookings

By Laura Noonan

Friday August 08 2008

TENS of thousands of intending Ryanair passengers could find their
bookings cancelled over the coming days.

The airline yesterday said it would annul all bookings made through
third party websites. In a move described as "totally unreasonable" by
the Consumers' Association, Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary said the new
policy would apply to anyone travelling after next Monday.

The hardline stance affects anyone who booked their Ryanair flights
through websites like lastminute.com, v-tours, tui and Opodo.

About 1,000 people use these websites to book Ryanair flights every
day, which means 20,000 passengers will be affected by the clampdown if
bookings are made an average of 20 days in advance.

Ryanair will give refunds to all of the websites involved, Mr O'Leary
said, but passing on those refunds to intending passengers would be a
matter for the websites.

"We want to cause as much chaos for the [websites] as possible," he
said.

"It is a totally unreasonable position to take," Consumers Association
vice chairman Michael Kilcoyne said last night.

"The customer has made those bookings in good faith. If they have to
now make new bookings at the last minute they could end up paying ten
times as much.

"This is just Ryanair's way of extracting more money from customers, it
seems the airline can do whatever they like and no-one can stop them."

A spokesman for Ryanair confirmed the airline had taken legal advice on
the move, and was within its rights. Mr O'Leary also stressed that
passengers were "getting stiffed" by these websites as their prices
were invariably higher than those available on ryanair.com.

"The real issue here in our view is that Ryanair is concerned about
losing out on the sale of other services such as travel insurance,
hotels, car hire and to stop this they want to prevent consumers from
using comparison websites," the Consumers Association countered in a
statement.

Stance

The latest move represents Ryanair's fiercest stance yet in its desire
to drive all its sales through Ryanair.com, and comes after years of
legal battles between Ryanair and websites that incorporate the
airline's booking engine into their own pages, in a process known as
'screen scraping'.

Outlining the airline's objection to screen-scraping earlier this week,
Ryanair deputy chief executive Howard Millar said, "genuine passengers
using Ryanair's website have been suffering long processing times and
slower access because of the huge volume of information being
downloaded from our website by these screenscrapers all over Europe".

"In all cases this scraping activity is unlawful and in breach of both
Ryanair.com's copyright and terms of use," he added.

- Laura Noonan

BL.
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So what's the purpose of your copy/paste ?
Every Ryanair flight booked thru a third party IS more expensive than on the
original site.
I always wondered what brings guys to bring the news to others, never
offering their own comment.


"A Guy Called Tyketto" a écrit dans le
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... booked through 3rd party sites (ex. Orbitz, Expedia, etc.).

http://www.independent.ie/business/i...s-1449260.html

Ryanair travellers may lose bookings

By Laura Noonan

Friday August 08 2008

TENS of thousands of intending Ryanair passengers could find their
bookings cancelled over the coming days.

The airline yesterday said it would annul all bookings made through
third party websites. In a move described as "totally unreasonable" by
the Consumers' Association, Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary said the new
policy would apply to anyone travelling after next Monday.

The hardline stance affects anyone who booked their Ryanair flights
through websites like lastminute.com, v-tours, tui and Opodo.

About 1,000 people use these websites to book Ryanair flights every
day, which means 20,000 passengers will be affected by the clampdown if
bookings are made an average of 20 days in advance.

Ryanair will give refunds to all of the websites involved, Mr O'Leary
said, but passing on those refunds to intending passengers would be a
matter for the websites.

"We want to cause as much chaos for the [websites] as possible," he
said.

"It is a totally unreasonable position to take," Consumers Association
vice chairman Michael Kilcoyne said last night.

"The customer has made those bookings in good faith. If they have to
now make new bookings at the last minute they could end up paying ten
times as much.

"This is just Ryanair's way of extracting more money from customers, it
seems the airline can do whatever they like and no-one can stop them."

A spokesman for Ryanair confirmed the airline had taken legal advice on
the move, and was within its rights. Mr O'Leary also stressed that
passengers were "getting stiffed" by these websites as their prices
were invariably higher than those available on ryanair.com.

"The real issue here in our view is that Ryanair is concerned about
losing out on the sale of other services such as travel insurance,
hotels, car hire and to stop this they want to prevent consumers from
using comparison websites," the Consumers Association countered in a
statement.

Stance

The latest move represents Ryanair's fiercest stance yet in its desire
to drive all its sales through Ryanair.com, and comes after years of
legal battles between Ryanair and websites that incorporate the
airline's booking engine into their own pages, in a process known as
'screen scraping'.

Outlining the airline's objection to screen-scraping earlier this week,
Ryanair deputy chief executive Howard Millar said, "genuine passengers
using Ryanair's website have been suffering long processing times and
slower access because of the huge volume of information being
downloaded from our website by these screenscrapers all over Europe".

"In all cases this scraping activity is unlawful and in breach of both
Ryanair.com's copyright and terms of use," he added.

- Laura Noonan

BL.
- --
Brad Littlejohn | Email:
Unix Systems Administrator, |
Web + NewsMaster, BOFH.. Smeghead! | http://www.wizard.com/~tyketto
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greg morrow your smelly pet.
Whistle him and he comes with the potty.

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scRunge12 blabbles:

So what's the purpose of your copy/paste ?
Every Ryanair flight booked thru a third party IS more expensive than on
the
original site.
I always wondered what brings guys to bring the news to others, never
offering their own comment.


We all laff at yer ridiculous "comments", dear scRunge..

--
Best
Greg


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... booked through 3rd party sites (ex. Orbitz, Expedia, etc.).


http://www.independent.ie/business/i...s-1449260.html

Ryanair travellers may lose bookings

By Laura Noonan

Friday August 08 2008

TENS of thousands of intending Ryanair passengers could find their
bookings cancelled over the coming days.

The airline yesterday said it would annul all bookings made through
third party websites. In a move described as "totally unreasonable"
by
the Consumers' Association, Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary said the new
policy would apply to anyone travelling after next Monday.

The hardline stance affects anyone who booked their Ryanair flights
through websites like lastminute.com, v-tours, tui and Opodo.

About 1,000 people use these websites to book Ryanair flights every
day, which means 20,000 passengers will be affected by the clampdown
if
bookings are made an average of 20 days in advance.

Ryanair will give refunds to all of the websites involved, Mr O'Leary
said, but passing on those refunds to intending passengers would be a
matter for the websites.

"We want to cause as much chaos for the [websites] as possible," he
said.

"It is a totally unreasonable position to take," Consumers
Association
vice chairman Michael Kilcoyne said last night.

"The customer has made those bookings in good faith. If they have to
now make new bookings at the last minute they could end up paying ten
times as much.

"This is just Ryanair's way of extracting more money from customers,
it
seems the airline can do whatever they like and no-one can stop
them."

A spokesman for Ryanair confirmed the airline had taken legal advice
on
the move, and was within its rights. Mr O'Leary also stressed that
passengers were "getting stiffed" by these websites as their prices
were invariably higher than those available on ryanair.com.

"The real issue here in our view is that Ryanair is concerned about
losing out on the sale of other services such as travel insurance,
hotels, car hire and to stop this they want to prevent consumers from
using comparison websites," the Consumers Association countered in a
statement.

Stance

The latest move represents Ryanair's fiercest stance yet in its
desire
to drive all its sales through Ryanair.com, and comes after years of
legal battles between Ryanair and websites that incorporate the
airline's booking engine into their own pages, in a process known as
'screen scraping'.

Outlining the airline's objection to screen-scraping earlier this
week,
Ryanair deputy chief executive Howard Millar said, "genuine
passengers
using Ryanair's website have been suffering long processing times and
slower access because of the huge volume of information being
downloaded from our website by these screenscrapers all over Europe".

"In all cases this scraping activity is unlawful and in breach of
both
Ryanair.com's copyright and terms of use," he added.

- Laura Noonan

BL.
- --
Brad Littlejohn | Email:

Unix Systems Administrator, |

Web + NewsMaster, BOFH.. Smeghead! |
http://www.wizard.com/~tyketto
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scRunge12 blabbles:

So what's the purpose of your copy/paste ?
Every Ryanair flight booked thru a third party IS more expensive than on
the
original site.
I always wondered what brings guys to bring the news to others, never
offering their own comment.


We all laff at yer ridiculous "comments", dear scRunge..

--
Best
Greg


..


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... booked through 3rd party sites (ex. Orbitz, Expedia, etc.).


http://www.independent.ie/business/i...s-1449260.html

Ryanair travellers may lose bookings

By Laura Noonan

Friday August 08 2008

TENS of thousands of intending Ryanair passengers could find their
bookings cancelled over the coming days.

The airline yesterday said it would annul all bookings made through
third party websites. In a move described as "totally unreasonable" by
the Consumers' Association, Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary said the new
policy would apply to anyone travelling after next Monday.

The hardline stance affects anyone who booked their Ryanair flights
through websites like lastminute.com, v-tours, tui and Opodo.

About 1,000 people use these websites to book Ryanair flights every
day, which means 20,000 passengers will be affected by the clampdown
if
bookings are made an average of 20 days in advance.

Ryanair will give refunds to all of the websites involved, Mr O'Leary
said, but passing on those refunds to intending passengers would be a
matter for the websites.

"We want to cause as much chaos for the [websites] as possible," he
said.

"It is a totally unreasonable position to take," Consumers Association
vice chairman Michael Kilcoyne said last night.

"The customer has made those bookings in good faith. If they have to
now make new bookings at the last minute they could end up paying ten
times as much.

"This is just Ryanair's way of extracting more money from customers,
it
seems the airline can do whatever they like and no-one can stop them."

A spokesman for Ryanair confirmed the airline had taken legal advice
on
the move, and was within its rights. Mr O'Leary also stressed that
passengers were "getting stiffed" by these websites as their prices
were invariably higher than those available on ryanair.com.

"The real issue here in our view is that Ryanair is concerned about
losing out on the sale of other services such as travel insurance,
hotels, car hire and to stop this they want to prevent consumers from
using comparison websites," the Consumers Association countered in a
statement.

Stance

The latest move represents Ryanair's fiercest stance yet in its desire
to drive all its sales through Ryanair.com, and comes after years of
legal battles between Ryanair and websites that incorporate the
airline's booking engine into their own pages, in a process known as
'screen scraping'.

Outlining the airline's objection to screen-scraping earlier this
week,
Ryanair deputy chief executive Howard Millar said, "genuine passengers
using Ryanair's website have been suffering long processing times and
slower access because of the huge volume of information being
downloaded from our website by these screenscrapers all over Europe".

"In all cases this scraping activity is unlawful and in breach of both
Ryanair.com's copyright and terms of use," he added.

- Laura Noonan

BL.
- --
Brad Littlejohn | Email:

Unix Systems Administrator, |

Web + NewsMaster, BOFH.. Smeghead! |
http://www.wizard.com/~tyketto
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