Ryanair 1 Million Free Flights

Gerbud

Fares include taxes & charges
Booking Period:Tue 18th Nov 08 - Fri 21st Nov 08Travel Period:Tue 09th Dec 08 - Thu 12th Feb 09Applicable Days:after 12pm Monday / all day Tuesday & Wednesday / before 12pm Thursday
Subject To AvailabilityFlight must be purchased:14 Days in advanceBlackout Period:19th Dec '08 - 05th Jan '09
30th Jan '09 - 01st Feb '09Notes on this fare:All Holidays, School Breaks and Major Sporting Events are excluded from this offer

johnfás

Just so we can address this issue prior to people turning this into an idiotic thread on Ryanair - these flights will cost you €10.02 including your credit card fee and nominal charge. If you want priority boarding, check in at the airport or to bring baggage aside from hand baggage you will be charged more.

Now you know exactly what the deals includes so lets avoid the usual "I don't like Ryanair because they charged me for a cup of coffee" carry on.

Gerbud

johnfás wrote: »

Just so we can address this issue prior to people turning this into an idiotic thread on Ryanair - these flights will cost you €10.02 including your credit card fee and nominal charge. If you want priority boarding, check in at the airport or to bring baggage aside from hand baggage you will be charged more.

Now you know exactly what the deals includes so lets avoid the usual "I don't like Ryanair because they charged me for a cup of coffee" carry on.

+1

And just in case anyone doesn't want to pay the €10, get a Visa Electron card!!

commited

Doesn't appear to include flights from Ireland either.

cornbb

Do Ryanair still do email notifications of offers like these? If so does anyone know where I can sign up? Searched the website but no luck. Tks.

johnfás

commited wrote: »

Doesn't appear to include flights from Ireland either.

You were looking at the wrong page. Here are the destinations from Dublin:


Aberdeen Alghero Berlin Billund Birmingham Blackpool Bologna Bournemouth Bremen Bristol Brussels Cork Doncaster Durham Tees Düsseldorf-Weeze East Midlands Edinburgh Eindhoven Frankfurt-Hahn Glasgow Gothenburg City Hamburg-Lübeck Karlsruhe-Baden Leeds Liverpool London London (Luton) London-Gatwick Milan (Bergamo) Newcastle Paris-Beauvais Pisa (Florence) Reus (Salou)

cornbb

cornbb wrote: »

Do Ryanair still do email notifications of offers like these? If so does anyone know where I can sign up? Searched the website but no luck. Tks.

Never mind, just booked some flights and ticked the appropriate box.

okidoki987

Visa Electron card

Is it a normal Visa card or does the "Electron" have some significance?

johnfás

Visa Electron is more akin to a Laser Card. I think Halifax are the only people doing them. If you have one Ryanair don't charge you a credit card fee so you would get the flights for 2c return rather than 10.02.

johnnyrotten

johnfás wrote: »

Just so we can address this issue prior to people turning this into an idiotic thread on Ryanair - these flights will cost you €10.02 including your credit card fee and nominal charge. If you want priority boarding, check in at the airport or to bring baggage aside from hand baggage you will be charged more.

Now you know exactly what the deals includes so lets avoid the usual "I don't like Ryanair because they charged me for a cup of coffee" carry on.

I don't like Ryanair because they charged me for a cup of coffee - Robbers

Bluetonic

Ryanair made me wet the bed.

collymcd

Am I doing something wrong? I just got quoted €250 for a return flight to Karlsruhe. Got quoted €60 for a return to Liverpool too. Both flights leaving on the 21st Dec and returning on the 23rd.

Stevek101

collymcd wrote: »

Am I doing something wrong? I just got quoted €250 for a return flight to Karlsruhe. Got quoted €60 for a return to Liverpool too. Both flights leaving on the 21st Dec and returning on the 23rd.

Read read read...

Blackout Period: 19th Dec '08 - 05th Jan '09
30th Jan '09 - 01st Feb '09
Notes on this fare: All Holidays, School Breaks and Major Sporting Events are excluded from this offer

corcaigh07

collymcd wrote: »

Am I doing something wrong? I just got quoted €250 for a return flight to Karlsruhe. Got quoted €60 for a return to Liverpool too. Both flights leaving on the 21st Dec and returning on the 23rd.

dude, blackout period.

twanda

Did any of you have problems booking --Are Ryanair having technical problems with their site?
I chose my flight details, entered credit card details and then the site told me ''your session has been blocked''. Then it told me I had entered the payment details incorrectly -- and now I have a booking confirmation email in my inbox with a confirmation number. Has the booking gone though, do you think?

Thanks a lot

collymcd

That might be it then.

Stevek101

twanda wrote: »

Did any of you have problems booking --Are Ryanair having technical problems with their site?
I chose my flight details, entered credit card details and then the site told me ''your session has been blocked''. Then it told me I had entered the payment details incorrectly -- and now I have a booking confirmation email in my inbox with a confirmation number. Has the booking gone though, do you think?

Thanks a lot

Once you have a confirmation numbered with confirmed underneath its gone though.

johnfás

twanda wrote: »

Did any of you have problems booking --Are Ryanair having technical problems with their site?
I chose my flight details, entered credit card details and then the site told me ''your session has been blocked''. Then it told me I had entered the payment details incorrectly -- and now I have a booking confirmation email in my inbox with a confirmation number. Has the booking gone though, do you think?

Thanks a lot

Yup happened to me, must be related to their traffic levels. I was there trying loads of different credit cards too thinking one was maxed out.

I left it a while and tried it on another computer (thought that might be the problem) and it worked but it was probably just pot luck.

johnfás

Bit annoying that Saturdays are not included (they usually are) but you gotta take the deals you are offered and I am not complaining as I have to travel to the UK alot and I can work around the dates.

tytlak

sweet..flyin to Eindhoven for 2 days for 2 cents with my visa electron

ronano

is it possible to get a visa electron in ireland or is just uk?

im sorry for going off topic

also i keep getting 'cant calculate fees,try again' anyone getting this as well?

tytlak

sorry mate, up north for sure but no joy with electron over here, only laser which should get the top prize for the most useless debit card ever, get yourself a northern Irish address and open an account over there, it is worth a hassle if you fly a lot w/ ryan

ps there is also halifax visa debit card but ryan charge 5 euro for each flight nowadays

Rattlehead_ie

Just booked for myself and herself to Paris for €30:02
15th - 18th December.Disneyland here We come.

okidoki987

So there's no way of avoiding the CC charges if you live in Republic of Ireland as there's no cards available to avoid these charges yes?

Rowley Birkin QC

Is the website borked for everyone?

askU

okidoki987 wrote: »

So there's no way of avoiding the CC charges if you live in Republic of Ireland as there's no cards available to avoid these charges yes?

The only one is a Halifax debit card.

Davy

askU wrote: »

The only one is a Halifax debit card.

okidoki987 wrote: »

So there's no way of avoiding the CC charges if you live in Republic of Ireland as there's no cards available to avoid these charges yes?

Halifax debit card still has a charge of €10 same as any visa excluding the 'visa electron' which isn't in Ireland but can be gotten via Britain or Spain.

Davy

bigkev49 wrote: »

Is the website borked for everyone?

From the website

Sporadic System Error -18 November 2008 - www.ryanair.com

There is a sporadic error message occurring when customers are booking flights or using the Manage My Booking section of our website. A error message is appearing which states 'Unable to Calculate Fees for the Requested Items'. Customers receiving this message should refresh the web page and resubmit their request.

We apologise for this problem which should be rectified shortly by our system provider.

askU

davton wrote: »

Halifax debit card still has a charge of €10 same as any visa excluding the 'visa electron' which isn't in Ireland but can be gotten via Britain or Spain.

What banks do it?

Davy

askU wrote: »

What banks do it?

lloydstsb

Halifax uk

Trampas

johnnyrotten wrote: »

I don't like Ryanair because they charged me for a cup of coffee - Robbers

You must not fly Aer Lingus and a lot of other airlines as well.

Rowley Birkin QC

From which of the London airports is it easier to get into the city centre?

Been there twice but cannot remember what airports I flew into.:o

askU

davton wrote: »

lloydstsb

Halifax uk

Lloydstsb:

• Suitable for resident and non-resident personal customers
• Direct debit payments and cheque book facilities available
• All the control of banking online
• A VISA electron card offering access to the largest ATM network in Spain, ServiRed.

But:

You’ll need to be able to confirm the statements below. If you can’t, call us on +34 902 024 365 to talk through your account options.

• I am aged 18 or over.
• I am prepared to open my account with a minimum of 1,000 Euros (£700).

__________________________________________

HALIFAX UK:
You cannot apply for a Easycash Account if you are not a UK resident.

bmaxi

johnfás wrote: »

Visa Electron is more akin to a Laser Card. I think Halifax are the only people doing them. If you have one Ryanair don't charge you a credit card fee so you would get the flights for 2c return rather than 10.02.

AFAIK Halifax in Ireland don't do the Visa Electron, the only ones who were doing it were MBNA, a prepaid version.

adamski8

bigkev49 wrote: »

From which of the London airports is it easier to get into the city centre?

Been there twice but cannot remember what airports I flew into.:o

for the airports ryanair flys to, stansted is pretty good with the train that goes form the something like 20euro return and goes like every 15 minutes into liverpool street and possibly waterloo i think form memory, you can look them up "stansted express"

okidoki987

Depends on where you want to go in London.
Luton is a dog to get to/from.
Stansted is on the Stansted Express direct to London but the train is expensive, drops you at Liverpool Street station.
Gatwick is on the Gatwick Express but a better bet is the Southern Train (nearly half the price, 5 minutes longer and drops you at the same Tube station Victoria).

johnfás

When travelling to London for specific business I fly to Stansted because it is quick to get to London from and it goes to the area which I require. When I go for leisure I go to Gatwick because it is also easily accessible to London centre but crucially it is far cheaper to get into London from in comparison to Stansted. If you are going for leisure fly to Gatwick and take the local train (rather than the Express) into London. Buy your ticket at the airport (desk in the baggage reclaim area) and ask for the cheapest ticket including london underground travelcard. If there are more than one of you it is likely that you will get a reduced ticket on the train because that company does a reduced rate.

Enjoy yourself, London is great.

undo

About Visa Electron... the simplest way really is to get one from Entropay. If you get what they call a "virtual Visa card" there and choose GBP as the currency for it (this is important, it must be GBP), the card will be accepted as a Visa Electron by Ryanair. I use this all the time.

Caros

Oh dear in a bit of a dilem here, booked 2 flights to Barcelona but the first time round I put in the wrong country for my credit card details so I re-entered it correctly, the page said NOT CONFIRMED and PAYMENT PENDING and I haven't received an email.
Does anyone know if there's a phone number I can check this with?
Or will I get an email confirmation?

johnfás

0818 30 30 30

I have always found them quite good on the phone.

Caros

Thanks a million John!

MOH

johnfás wrote: »

Bit annoying that Saturdays are not included (they usually are) but you gotta take the deals you are offered and I am not complaining as I have to travel to the UK alot and I can work around the dates.

It says Saturdays aren't included, but yesterday I booked return flights to London for matches on two different Saturdays in January, out and back on the same day, total cost 4 cents thanks to Visa Electron.

askU

MOH wrote: »

Total cost 4 cents thanks to Visa Electron.

Where did you get your Visa Electron?

Stevek101

Stevek101 wrote: »

Read read read...

Blackout Period: 19th Dec '08 - 05th Jan '09
30th Jan '09 - 01st Feb '09
Notes on this fare: All Holidays, School Breaks and Major Sporting Events are excluded from this offer

i booked flights for the 30th dec to the 1st jan for €30 going from cork to liverpool, flights were free and then taxes and handling fee came to 30

still i'm happy, €30 to liverpool, wouldnt get the train to dublin for that

kingtut

johnfás wrote: »

these flights will cost you €10.02 including your credit card fee and nominal charge. If you want priority boarding, check in at the airport or to bring baggage aside from hand baggage you will be charged more.

Don't you just love the "low-fares" airline....
€10 handling fee when I'm the one doing the booking by myself?? What a joke.

johnfás wrote: »

"I don't like Ryanair because they charged me for a cup of coffee" carry on.

no surprises there! latest news - €2 charge for the use of the toilet while on board :eek:

undo

kingtut wrote: »

€2 charge for the use of the toilet while on board :eek:

Psst... don't give them any ideas.

MOH

askU wrote: »

Where did you get your Visa Electron?

Used to work abroad, kept the account open.

Randi

flight from dub 0.00, coming back 0.00 but taxes are 185.93 whats up with that

undo

Randi wrote: »

flight from dub 0.00, coming back 0.00 but taxes are 185.93 whats up with that

That's a regular Ryanair fare. Most flights cost more or less €0 plus taxes these days. You need to select a fare labeled "SPECIAL FARE" (in all caps) to get the €0 taxes.

Randi

undo wrote: »

That's a regular Ryanair fare. Most flights cost more or less €0 plus taxes these days. You need to select a fare labeled "SPECIAL FARE" (in all caps) to get the €0 taxes.

Cheers, its just odd that the lower the price of the flight the higher the tax, as i tried with with a flight for a tenner and the tax was about 30 less

daveyjoe

Here's a walk through of how to get a virtual Electron card using EntroPay and avoid paying Ryanair's €5 credit card charge.