Ryan Air? Or anything other than!

Paul.B2

^^^
And if that means I can still get return flights to Spain for £50, all good with me

domtheone

I knows. I merely trollz !

Actually one day I'd love to read O'Leary's book of the Ryanair story. Reviews say it is a hillarious read. Lots of true things pointed out about the customer as often as not being wrong and of how they behave like entitled toddlers.  As said above, Ryanair is what it is and you just have to decjde whether it a product for you. If it is, as also said, you have read the terms, play by their rules and have a plan B if things go wrong. Some serious bargains to be had.

Sonic67

I find they are no better or worse than any of the other budget airlines. I use them around 20 times a year and have barely had any delays.

kouros

I didn't know O Leary had a book (biog?) out.

Have to look out for that.  Make a good read on my next Ryanair flight

edit: struth it's 10 years old.

Will wait for Mk2

domtheone

I haven't done a BA domestic for about a year and a half at least. This very week I found out things that by now are long decided. I am behind the times. BA have dummed down short haul so far I wonder along with many others now, what's the point of them ? 31-32 pitch is now 29 ! Or will be when they get round to all their fleet. Food is now sold and I've read that this has been problematic to the point of farce. So I ask, what's the point if there is a choice on the route and you don't have a BA connection. ?  Ryanair's seat pitch is actually 30 i.e. more than BA. 29 is just too small and I know from having flown Easyjet who set at 29. Knees pressed against the seat in front and impossible to fold down the tray onto my guts. Awful.
So it seems, Ryanair not quite so bad now, relatively speaking.

The most shocking thing is BA have made 29 the pitch between rows at the front, that are classed as Business or Club Europe nearest equivalent. I find this so stupid. I can see Caledonian Sleeper service getting more popular and especially so since as of next year there are new carriages coming.

Sonic67

Flew Ryanair yesterday. Horrendous. If you are a Latvian size zero model you might fit in the seat or down the aisle.

Pokey800

I prefer Easy jet over Ryan air but both are budget airlines. Ryan air used to be dreadful years ago with regards to cabin luggage.... and their customer service was among the worst I've ever seen. But they have improved ever since and relaxed their policies a bit. But this is what you get when you are on a tight budget. Saying this I must also comment that I have experience really bad customer services with some well known American carriers. So Ryan air it's not that bad after all.

SBT

What you comparing it to?  First Class long haul?

Sub 6ft and and as long as you're on the right side of 20 stone then you should be ok on Ryanair.

Any bigger then it will be tight yes.

If anything, I find the legroom (loads of it but i'm a shorty at 5ft 7.5" lol) at least, slightly better on their new planes.

Edit:  Recently flew with Emirates again on the A380 (great) and 777 (good) again.

Seat width and length a bit better but the flight was £400 not £40

domtheone

Every flight I have been on ever.

I'm 5ft 6 and I felt claustrophobic.

DaveS32

Nothing wrong with Ryanair at all. You get what you pay for.

The one change they've made which has made a massive improvement - allocated seats. No scrums now at the departure gates.