Can you change the name on the tickets (for a fee) perhaps in order for somebody else to avail of them?
Could you go to your doctor complaining of a mysterious pain in the flange and maybe get a cert?
If you post such comments then it's not your prerogative to dictated to others what they can and cannot post in reply.PS: Spare me the moral outrage please folks!
I disagree. Unless the terms & conditions of the original booking implied that the charges to change the booking would be otherwise or something?Total rip off anyway.
I disagree. Unless the terms & conditions of the original booking implied that the charges to change the booking would be otherwise or something?
I disagree on the basis of the evidence presented so far.It is a rip off.
Doens't make it a rip-off though.However this charge is dearer than it would be if I just made a seperate purchase. Why would anyone take up this offer when it is cheaper to simply buy another flight and allow the price of the original flight to be sunk.
[broken link removed].They do not mention, in the T&C's, how they calculate their fees in much detail so I cannot work out for myself whether their figure of €170 is correct.
Flight and name changes
- Flight dates, times and routes are changeable subject to availability and upon payment of a discounted change fee per one way flight/per person if made on www.ryanair.com of £20.50/€30 or a standard change fee of £30/€45 per passenger/per one way flight if made through a Ryanair reservation centre, plus in each case any difference in cost between the original total price paid and the lowest total price available at the time the change is made. If the total price is lower on the new flight, no refund will be made. Changes, subject to availability, can be made up to 12 hours prior to the originally scheduled departure time of your outbound journey on [broken link removed]or up to 4 hours prior to such time through a Ryanair reservation centre (subject to centre opening hours). 'Internet/Web only' fares are not available for any changes made through a reservation centre. No changes can be made once check-in has taken place.
- Passenger names can be changed up to 4 hours prior to scheduled flight departure through a Ryanair reservation centre only (subject to opening hours) and upon payment of a per person name change fee of £70 and €100. Any name change made to a flight reservation must be for that individual passenger’s complete flight itinerary
- ELV cannot be accepted, on line, as payment for flight or name changes. Passengers wishing to pay for a change a flight or name change using ELV should contact the German reservations department on 0190 170 100 (calls cost €0.62 per minute). ELV payments can only be accepted up to 10 days prior to the flight departure. Web fares/discounts apply.
I disagree on the basis of the evidence presented so far.
Doens't make it a rip-off though.
[broken link removed].
If I recall correctly the online booking process presents a link to the Ts&Cs and explicitly asks you to confirm that you have read and understood them before you can buy tickets. If you or others confirm without actually doing so then it's hardly Ryanair's problem?Didn't actually have that much details on the T&C's on the itinerary I received
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I know you should read T&C's carefully
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I, not unlike alot of the population, do not read the entire T&C's for every single purchase I make.
I disagree.Either way I still think its a rip off regardless of the fact that this was contained in the T&C's.
I don't see why this should necessarily be so.Basically I think the cost of amending the service should not make it more expensive than if the service was bought outright again. I do not think this service is equitable to the customer.
All I can see on the AL site is:Anyway, it would make me reluctant to fly with Ryanair again. Although I suppose this depends on what charges are like on other airlines (don't have access to ryanair/aerlingus websites right now).
Changing and cancelling your booking
If you wish to make changes to or cancel a booking made on the Aer Lingus website, please call your local Aer Lingus office. For relevant contact details, please refer to the 'About Us' section of this site. Depending on the conditions applicable to the fare you purchase, changes to or cancellation of your ticket may not be permitted or change/cancellation fees may apply.
So I presume you won't fly with anybody if they have similar policies and charges to Ryanair otherwise you might be putting yourself in danger of being "ripped off" again?I suppose if other airlines are charging similar fees, I'll just put this down to experience and move on....
If I recall correctly the online booking process presents a link to the Ts&Cs and explicitly asks you to confirm that you have read and understood them before you can buy tickets. If you or others confirm without actually doing so then it's hardly Ryanair's problem?
I disagree.
So I presume you won't fly with anybody if they have similar policies and charges to Ryanair otherwise you might be putting yourself in danger of being "ripped off" again?
Fair enough - if people can't be bothered reading the details of the agreement into which they are entering then they can hardly complain after the fact if those details come back to bite them subsequently.Pretty much every site has T&C's. If you did a survey of how many people actually read the entire T&C's of any site where they purchase, I would guess it would be less than 20%. I agree that's not Ryanair' fault but that's just the way it is.
You also said:Eh, I clearly stated that if other airlines also charged this then I would put it down to experience. Meaning, I will know not to be suprised by these charges in the future.
which presumably means that similar policies and charges on the part of other airlines would make you wary of them too?Anyway, it would make me reluctant to fly with Ryanair again.
Fair enough - if people can't be bothered reading the details of the agreement into which they are entering then they can hardly complain after the fact if those details come back to bite them subsequently.
which presumably means that similar policies and charges on the part of other airlines would make you wary of them too?
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