Ryanair Credit Card charge

[ClubMan]

I got fed up with them after they treated my wife horribly at the check in desk, so I have used Aer Lingus ever since. Fewer trips mind you, but at least you feel like you are a paying customer rather than a cow to be milked and herded.

My most recent flights with AL were largely indistinguishable from Ryanair ones. Basic but did the job.

 

[bacchus]

Well, thats Ryanair for you. Its completely legal, as its in their small print

Forget about individual charges... look at the bottom price figure.

 

[minion]

They charge €5 for a visa debit card now too.

 

[John Rambo]

My most recent flights with AL were largely indistinguishable from Ryanair ones. Basic but did the job.

Clubman, how can you say that? On AL you have an assigned seat and a tray table. I would call those distinguishable differences.

 

[dieter1]

I just got charged E20 as a credit card charge for two people return to cork. the flights were E58. The credit card companies charge an average of 1.5%, so it should be .87 cent. By charging E20, this is a 2300% markup on their costs.

Bad maths (probably) aside, I'm not complaining, its way cheaper than the train, but an eye opener none the less.

 

[galwegian44]

I normally travel Ryanair about 40 times a year and Aer Lingus about ten times. In my opinion there is a vast difference and my preference (notwithstanding the cost) would be Aer Lingus.

Howeeeeeever, as you can see I travel with Ryanair more than 4 times as much as Aer Lingus so cost is extremely important and for that reason alone it's difficult to criticise them. Plenty of others reasons though!

Today FM challenged Ryanair's new Marketing manager on the credit card charges last week and he made an idiot of himself as he stated (quite stutteringly) that Ryanair had to pay for each passenger, not each transaction. Obviously a lie, which caused consternation on the Today FM phone lines and even led to an article in the Sunday Times, excerpt follows;

"Ryanair's attempt to justify its controversial ¤5 fee per flight for credit card bookings has been dismissed by the banking industry.
The airline claimed last week that it is charged a handling fee by banks for every passenger included in a single credit card transaction. The banks have told The Sunday Times that this is not correct.
A caller to The Last Word on Today FM last week queried why a person booking 10 passengers on a return flight and paying in a single credit card transaction would be charged a card handling fee of €100.
Stephen McNamara, Ryanair’s spokesman, said: “All of those processes go to Visa 10 separate times as well so we have to make sure that we are covered in order to cover the costs.”

Full story at http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/ireland/article4407892.ece

My most recent flights with AL were largely indistinguishable from Ryanair ones. Basic but did the job.