Price difference: Solo v family flyers

Garvan

Hi all

While checking for flights abroad on the Ryanair site, I made a mistake on the first page and put in just me instead of the whole family.

When I went back and put in the whole family, the price per adult increased by almost €40 each way and the kids flights were €30 dearer than the solo adult price.

Anyone know why the family price is penalised over a solo flyer?

I'm hoping for an answer better than "Because they can"

G

amcalester

Try clearing your memory/cookies, that sometimes makes a difference.

Del2005

Seats are sold in batches and time. So 1 person buying a seat will get one price, a group buying a few minutes later will be looking at more seats so could go into the next seat batch and the original seat could have been sold by the time you checked again.

If in doubt check in ingocnito mode.

bennyob

It happens when there are more people than available seats at that price level. They will then charge everyone the higher rate. You can counter this by making 2 booking. Lets say there are 3 seats left at that rate, then book 3 people and then make another booking for the rest. Thats what I did.

Garvan

Del2005 wrote: »

Seats are sold in batches and time. So 1 person buying a seat will get one price, a group buying a few minutes later will be looking at more seats so could go into the next seat batch and the original seat could have been sold by the time you checked again.

If in doubt check in ingocnito mode.

Checked a few times using a vpn so it's def not batch selling. It's just family v solo discrimination😉

Fred Swanson

This post has been deleted.

Garvan

Booked and sorted.

Admins can close now if desired!

G

Fred Swanson

This post has been deleted.

grogi

Garvan wrote: »

Anyone know why the family price is penalised over a solo flyer?

I'm hoping for an answer better than "Because they can"

There might be only one ticket left at the cheaper price.

If you book as a group, you all will get the same price - so more expensive for everyone.

Fred Swanson

This post has been deleted.

redcup342

Fred Swanson wrote: »

This post has been deleted.

There's a chance that your fares might become significantly more expensive during the process of booking 8x1 way flights.

Also the chances are high you could make a mistake

And if anything goes wrong with the outgoing leg (e.g. your flights were cancelled) then you lose the legs you booked on the way back.

ED E

Garvan wrote: »

kids flights

Kids folks. Kids.


When you book with children and adults together the system automatically adds a seat purchase (optional extra for others) so that 1 adult + all the kids at least sit together. This stops the drama on embarkation when little timmy is in 36A and mommy is in 1A because mommy is tight as can be.

If the OP bypassed this the saving will be wiped out upon checkin when they pay for seat selection.