I have not heard any airline asking for volunteers not to fly.
kettled
You should have a look at the flight from Frankfurt to Dublin with Lufthansa. It happens there from time to time but they always look for volunteers to be fair.I have, several times in the US. There's usually vouchers / air miles /hotel or other sweeteners thrown in.
That said, the way that their local representatives handled the problem in Porto was pretty shabby.
You should have a look at the flight from Frankfurt to Dublin with Lufthansa. It happens there from time to time but they always look for volunteers to be fair.
Best,
Opus2018
It seems fairly clear that Ryanair did not deliberately overbook the flight, that there was a problem with the scheduled plane and Ryanair had to replace it with a slightly smaller one.Of course, you are right.
They call security to people who are polite and mannerly.
Ryanair deliberately provoked these people by sabotaging one of their own planes and brought in a slightly smaller plane.
Brendan
That struck me as well, reading the original article.Calling security to get rid of passengers after you have squeezed them out of a flight they have paid for seems like an easy way for the gate agent to get rid of their problem.
My issue is that the police turn up to help the airline out of a tight spot.
There are so many gaps and elisions in the story it’s hard to tell who was justified.That struck me as well, reading the original article.
I suspect Ryanair prioritised older people and those with young kids which was indeed the right thing to do.
The first inkling of our impending misery was at breakfast time in Porto, when we checked in for our 4.35pm flight. Our boarding pass gave us seat numbers “00” and stated that our seats would be “assigned at gate”.
If you are ever given a “00” seat on Ryanair, be very afraid.
Hi Brendan,I spoke to a friend of mine who makes multiple flights a year on Lufthansa between Frankfurt and Dublin and has never experienced it.
Brendan
Not that uncommon for the last flight out of Dublin of an evening….
Ah yes, I used to fly that route weekly in my much younger days, and it was common enough back then. Like my employer, lots of companies that used the route had flexi tickets - if I was booked on the early evening flight home, I could change to the later flight up to 30 minutes before departure. Luckily I never got bumped, but my colleagues used to compare the treatment they'd get when they did, which hotels to refuse, etc.I got asked one night in London City if I'd "step aside" as the plane was overbooked.
I agree it should be roughly proportional to the delay.That is another example of where €250 is totally inadequate.
I thought that Ryanair only fly the Boeing 737 planes. I am not sure where they would get a smaller plane or what type.It seems fairly clear that Ryanair did not deliberately overbook the flight, that there was a problem with the scheduled plane and Ryanair had to replace it with a slightly smaller one.
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