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Ryanair travel by air - subtle scams to be wary of [98]
The main problem people have with Ryanair is their expectations in my experience. They expect to get the same treatment as with bigger and more expensive airlines. They want free food, they want a personal masseuse rubbing their feet during flight and so on. Ryanair is more of stepping on to a bus, rather than your classical flight, I like it. My only problem is the small/remote airports you have to go to. But you get what you pay for, and with Ryanair you get a "bus" ticket.
There's always a lot, crazy amount of complaining about Ryanair, but nobody is forcing people to fly with them. They can always pay the triple amount of money and go with some other airline. But they
never do. In the end, people
want a cheap bus ticket.
But I still agree that they have dodgy ways of charging people for small mistakes. But if you know what you are doing, you will be fine. I have never ever had one single problem with Ryanair, and I have used them a lot. But that's because I don't forget to check in, I don't forget to print the boardingpass, I weigh all my bags at home before arrival to the airport and so on.
Edit*
There's one more thing, the only thing that has ever truly irritated me about Ryanair. It's their measurements for the handluggage allowed in the plane, they have it lower than the standards of all other airlines (and therefore, below all standard handluggage bags), which forces you to buy a new one. Practically enough, they sell a special Ryanair bag from Samsonite, offered to everyone bying a ticket....
