ButtermilkJa
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Not really.Does anyone else feel what a sad comment on how travel is today that this should even be a concern?
Not really. Caveat emptor. It's not that difficult to get the names correct when booking tickets and in this day and age of cost cutting it's not surprising if there may be a charge for altering the tickets. Better to have this than have customers that get it right subsidising those that make mistakes.I meant the concern that a simple mistake might be used by the airline to gouge some extra income for themselves.
Security is also an issue that is relevant here these days.A few years ago, I'm sure the worst that people might think of as happening would be a minor delay at check-in. Not any more....
I meant the concern that a simple mistake might be used by the airline to gouge some extra income for themselves.
A few years ago, I'm sure the worst that people might think of as happening would be a minor delay at check-in. Not any more....
This is getting really interesting... and worrying
Firstly, to those who say "How hard is it to get your name right" and "Type carefully or pay the price", I agree. However, in this instant, it wasn't myself doing the typing, but my friend. Ok, you may say that my friend should've known how to spell my name, but it's one of those surnames that 99% of the time is spelled one way, and 1% the other. I'm in the 1% group.
So, my name is sort of like this (for example)... 'Maguire' instead of 'McGuire'. My friend typed McGuire on the ticket.
What do you think? Knowing Ryanair they'll most likely make me cough up.
If it's only around €35 then I'll gladly do it to avoid being screwed last minute. I thought it would be a lot more. I'll give them a ring.I'd say you're goosed...best to essentially change the name on the ticket I'd say. Think it costs about €35...
I normally do make sure people know how to spell it, but it's in my signature on my email which I sent him to confirm I was going on the trip. He replied 5 mins later to say tickets were booked. I presumed he'd check if he was unsure. In fairness he probably was sure he had it right and didn't check. Anyway, too late to play the blame game, just want to get it sorted.You should have made sure your friend knew how to spell your surname correctly or if not done it yourself. My surname could be spelt in about 6 different ways so I make damn sure that I ensure to spell it out where necessary.
Hey, just to update you all (and post the info for future searches), I rang Ryanair this morning and they corrected the spelling mistake free of charge. I have to say I was surprised, although in fairness it only took the girl 5 seconds to do so I can't see any reason to charge.
Perhaps they only charge for a change of name, ie: a different person? Anyway, I'm happy.
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