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Ryanair - ticket price change
Hi there
We booked a flight with Ryan Air and paid 35 euro pr passenger (taxes included). Now a week later the price of a ticket on the exact same flight is 0,50 euro. Do they have any price garantee that covers these circumstances. I might be naive, but honestly I thought they just started selling the cheapest tickets and when they ran out of them, they moved up to the next price level. I think that makes more sence than this. Just like in the bakery: They always give you the biggest cake. Because then a new cake becomes the biggest on. ;-) Any thoughts? |
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"Rasmus Lundbye" wrote in message k... Hi there We booked a flight with Ryan Air and paid 35 euro pr passenger (taxes included). Now a week later the price of a ticket on the exact same flight is 0,50 euro. That'll be plus taxes - so really not too much difference. Do they have any price garantee that covers these circumstances. Absolutely not !!! I might be naive, but honestly I thought they just started selling the cheapest tickets and when they ran out of them, they moved up to the next price level. I think that makes more sence than this. Why - they change prices all the time - having a short sale to fill seats but normally having higher prices to gain revenue, and increasing prices significantly near the flight to catch people who must fly. Just like in the bakery: They always give you the biggest cake. Because then a new cake becomes the biggest on. ;-) The bakeries I visit give you the smallest cake leaving the biggest one on show to attract the next customer - like the fruit and veg that is the rotten stuff taken from the back not the nice stuff on show. Like shopping for anything you have to learn the tricks they use and always remember that you could have got it cheaper somewhere else, however little you pay. |
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That'll be plus taxes - so really not too much difference. My mistake! The original 35 euro per seat do no tinclude ticket. So the price change is 35 euro. The bakeries I visit give you the smallest cake leaving the biggest one on show to attract the next customer - like the fruit and veg that is the rotten stuff taken from the back not the nice stuff on show. I still think it would make just as much sence to just late the tickets influate gradualy. The first customers have many other options. The others don't. Like shopping for anything you have to learn the tricks they use and always remember that you could have got it cheaper somewhere else, however little you pay. Agree. |
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I still think it would make just as much sence to just late the tickets influate gradualy. The first customers have many other options. The others don't. I think the details of timing and pricing of tickets is probably better understood by the airlines than by us. -- Tim. If the human brain were simple enough that we could understand it, we would be so simple that we couldn't. |
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My mistake! The original 35 euro per seat do no tinclude ticket. So the price change is 35 euro. Ok. I'm seriously dumb today. what I meant is that the original 35 euro pr seat doesn't include taxes as well. |
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On Fri, 9 Jan 2004 11:47:57 +0100, "Rasmus Lundbye"
wrote: Hi there We booked a flight with Ryan Air and paid 35 euro pr passenger (taxes included). Now a week later the price of a ticket on the exact same flight is 0,50 euro. Do they have any price garantee that covers these circumstances. I might be naive, but honestly I thought they just started selling the cheapest tickets and when they ran out of them, they moved up to the next price level. I think that makes more sence than this. Just like in the bakery: They always give you the biggest cake. Because then a new cake becomes the biggest on. ;-) Any thoughts? They certainly have no price guarantees. Usually, Ryanair prices rise as the date of the flight approaches, which conforms to the strategy you would have expected. However, if the seats aren't moving as fast as they would like, there's no reason why they shouldn't change strategy. ----------- Barbara Vaughan My email address is my first initial followed by my surname at libero dot it I answer travel questions only in the newsgroup |
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On Fri, 09 Jan 2004 12:15:26 GMT, Tim Challenger
"timothy(dot)challenger(at)apk(dot)at" wrote: O I still think it would make just as much sence to just late the tickets influate gradualy. The first customers have many other options. The others don't. I think the details of timing and pricing of tickets is probably better understood by the airlines than by us. But they're loading did drop from 85% to 83% in december, so perhaps they're losing there way and the OP should be got in to sort it out... Jim. |
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They certainly have no price guarantees. Usually, Ryanair prices rise as the date of the flight approaches, which conforms to the strategy you would have expected. However, if the seats aren't moving as fast as they would like, there's no reason why they shouldn't change strategy. ----------- I know. My main point starting this thread was to hear if I could refund my original ticket and save money buying a new one. After studying the terms, it doesn't seem like they refund price differences when changing bookings. |
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On Fri, 09 Jan 2004 18:30:24 +0100, B wrote:
They certainly have no price guarantees. Usually, Ryanair prices rise as the date of the flight approaches, which conforms to the strategy you would have expected. However, if the seats aren't moving as fast as they would like, there's no reason why they shouldn't change strategy. Generally they have pretty regular discount sales which get the minimum down to the 50p prices so if you're flexible it's often worth waiting for one of these, if you want a specific time/date though buy early. Jim. |
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On Fri, 9 Jan 2004 11:47:57 +0100 Rasmus Lundbye
said... We booked a flight with Ryan Air and paid 35 euro pr passenger (taxes included). Now a week later the price of a ticket on the exact same flight is 0,50 euro. Do they have any price garantee that covers these circumstances. I might be naive, but honestly I thought they just started selling the cheapest tickets and when they ran out of them, they moved up to the next price level. Not always. They are forever having seat sales where they sell the ticket for next to nothing plus taxes. Probably when you booked the price you paid was the lowest at the time, the flight was still quite empty when the sale was launched and got an allocation of "giveaway" seats. Win some, you loose some as they say. -- Phil Richards London |
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