Ryanair: 25 pounds to check a bag

Re: Ryanair: 25 pounds to check a bag



"Jesper Lauridsen" <rorschak@sorrystofanet.dk> skrev i meddelandet
news:483b31a9$0$4446$ba624c82@nntp02.dk.telia,net ...
> On 2008-05-25, tims next home <tims_new_home@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>> "Jesper Lauridsen" <rorschak@sorrystofanet.dk> wrote in message
>> news:4839e384$0$4444$ba624c82@nntp02.dk.telia,net ...
>>> On 2008-05-25, tims next home <tims_new_home@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I can get the train for about 30 quid each way, taking about 4 and a
>>>> half
>>>> hours with a last departure of 22:56 (direct from the airport), so I
>>>> don't
>>>> think buying a separate connecting flight makes sense.
>>>
>>> It's 3 and half hours when the current track renovations are done, and
>>> if
>>> bought in advance, the price is much lower than that.
>>
>> Really? I couldn't find any way of gettng cheaper fares out of DSB
>> (except
>> by buying a carnet for a piddly saving)
>
> 20% is piddly?
>
> Use the Carte Orange (if you insist on using French expressions) for fares
> between DKK 139 and 219, compared to the standard 311. It ties you into a
> specific departure (free seat reservation), which is not so practical for
> inbound flights.
>
>
> You said earlier that Ryanair was the only option, my point in this part
> of the thread is that it isn't. There are other options and they aren't
> silly - certainly not the Billund one. In the end, Ryanair will probably
> have the best option, but it's not the only one.
>
Like Sterling from around 400DKK all inclusive Gatwick-Billund ?

Re: Ryanair: 25 pounds to check a bag



"Martin" <me@address.invalid> skrev i meddelandet
news:nr7i34tjc2m2fb0k410ha0q49q9qpuvnlf@4ax,com ...
> On Sun, 25 May 2008 00:51:23 GMT, "Lennart Petersen"
> <lennart.petersen@swipnet.se> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>"Martin" <me@address.invalid> skrev i meddelandet
>>news:vgce34htuuqlu6ue7oemo35oqr62suf5cl@4ax,com ...
>>> On 23 May 2008 20:47:27 GMT, Jesper Lauridsen
>>> <rorschak@sorrystofanet.dk>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>On 2008-05-23, tims next home <tims_new_home@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> "Jesper Lauridsen" <rorschak@sorrystofanet.dk> wrote in message
>>>>> news:483317a6$0$4467$ba624c82@nntp02.dk.telia,net ...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Maybe it's time for you to simply consider the bagage charges as part
>>>>>> of
>>>>>> the cost of travelling on Ryanair?
>>>>>
>>>>> Sometimes you can't.
>>>>>
>>>>> As I think I have posted before, I am currently up for a job in
>>>>> Aarhus.
>>>>> If
>>>>> I want to fly there (from London), it is Ryanair or no-one.
>>>>
>>>>Sterling to Billund. SAS with a change in CPH. EasyJet to CPH.
>>>
>>> CPH isn't Aarhus.
>>> --
>>He said "with a change in CPH"
>
> In the first sentence.
>
>> there're domestic SAS flights CPH-AAR
>>
>
> and you think this route will work out cheaper and quicker than Ryanair?
> --
No. But it's an option if now the Ryan's luggage fee is the big problem.
SAS don't charge extra for checked luggage up to the limit.
Ryan operates with low prices, sometimes extremely low, but recover
operating costs with other things luggage fees, insurances and so on.
Just compare the total and feel free to avoid them if you don't like their
bananas.

Re: Ryanair: 25 pounds to check a bag

On Sun, 25 May 2008 14:39:29 GMT, "Lennart Petersen"
<lennart.petersen@swipnet.se> wrote:

>
>
>"Martin" <me@address.invalid> skrev i meddelandet
>news:nr7i34tjc2m2fb0k410ha0q49q9qpuvnlf@4ax,com ...
>> On Sun, 25 May 2008 00:51:23 GMT, "Lennart Petersen"
>> <lennart.petersen@swipnet.se> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>"Martin" <me@address.invalid> skrev i meddelandet
>>>news:vgce34htuuqlu6ue7oemo35oqr62suf5cl@4ax,com ...
>>>> On 23 May 2008 20:47:27 GMT, Jesper Lauridsen
>>>> <rorschak@sorrystofanet.dk>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On 2008-05-23, tims next home <tims_new_home@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Jesper Lauridsen" <rorschak@sorrystofanet.dk> wrote in message
>>>>>> news:483317a6$0$4467$ba624c82@nntp02.dk.telia,net ...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Maybe it's time for you to simply consider the bagage charges as part
>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>> the cost of travelling on Ryanair?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sometimes you can't.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> As I think I have posted before, I am currently up for a job in
>>>>>> Aarhus.
>>>>>> If
>>>>>> I want to fly there (from London), it is Ryanair or no-one.
>>>>>
>>>>>Sterling to Billund. SAS with a change in CPH. EasyJet to CPH.
>>>>
>>>> CPH isn't Aarhus.
>>>> --
>>>He said "with a change in CPH"
>>
>> In the first sentence.
>>
>>> there're domestic SAS flights CPH-AAR
>>>
>>
>> and you think this route will work out cheaper and quicker than Ryanair?
>> --
>No. But it's an option if now the Ryan's luggage fee is the big problem.
>SAS don't charge extra for checked luggage up to the limit.
>Ryan operates with low prices, sometimes extremely low, but recover
>operating costs with other things luggage fees, insurances and so on.
>Just compare the total and feel free to avoid them if you don't like their
>bananas.
>

Maybe I am a naive traveler but I work on total cost and travel time, when
choosing a route.
--

Martin

Re: Ryanair: 25 pounds to check a bag



"Martin" <me@address.invalid> skrev i meddelandet
news:8jvi34hajhctt0n7o1clnvvskgv41vacab@4ax,com ...
> On Sun, 25 May 2008 14:39:29 GMT, "Lennart Petersen"
> <lennart.petersen@swipnet.se> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>"Martin" <me@address.invalid> skrev i meddelandet
>>news:nr7i34tjc2m2fb0k410ha0q49q9qpuvnlf@4ax,com ...
>>> On Sun, 25 May 2008 00:51:23 GMT, "Lennart Petersen"
>>> <lennart.petersen@swipnet.se> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>"Martin" <me@address.invalid> skrev i meddelandet
>>>>news:vgce34htuuqlu6ue7oemo35oqr62suf5cl@4ax,com ...
>>>>> On 23 May 2008 20:47:27 GMT, Jesper Lauridsen
>>>>> <rorschak@sorrystofanet.dk>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>On 2008-05-23, tims next home <tims_new_home@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "Jesper Lauridsen" <rorschak@sorrystofanet.dk> wrote in message
>>>>>>> news:483317a6$0$4467$ba624c82@nntp02.dk.telia,net ...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Maybe it's time for you to simply consider the bagage charges as
>>>>>>>> part
>>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>>> the cost of travelling on Ryanair?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Sometimes you can't.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> As I think I have posted before, I am currently up for a job in
>>>>>>> Aarhus.
>>>>>>> If
>>>>>>> I want to fly there (from London), it is Ryanair or no-one.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Sterling to Billund. SAS with a change in CPH. EasyJet to CPH.
>>>>>
>>>>> CPH isn't Aarhus.
>>>>> --
>>>>He said "with a change in CPH"
>>>
>>> In the first sentence.
>>>
>>>> there're domestic SAS flights CPH-AAR
>>>>
>>>
>>> and you think this route will work out cheaper and quicker than Ryanair?
>>> --
>>No. But it's an option if now the Ryan's luggage fee is the big problem.
>>SAS don't charge extra for checked luggage up to the limit.
>>Ryan operates with low prices, sometimes extremely low, but recover
>>operating costs with other things luggage fees, insurances and so on.
>>Just compare the total and feel free to avoid them if you don't like their
>>bananas.
>>
>
> Maybe I am a naive traveler but I work on total cost and travel time, when
> choosing a route.
> --
Yes you're perfectly right and I agree with you.
So what's wrong with Ryanair to Aarhus if now total cost and travel time is
better ?
As I can see Tim wants the better travel time and Ryan's low price but he's
still whining about the luggage fee.

Re: Ryanair: 25 pounds to check a bag

On Sun, 25 May 2008 15:43:10 GMT, "Lennart Petersen"
<lennart.petersen@swipnet.se> wrote:

>
>
>"Martin" <me@address.invalid> skrev i meddelandet
>news:8jvi34hajhctt0n7o1clnvvskgv41vacab@4ax,com ...
>> On Sun, 25 May 2008 14:39:29 GMT, "Lennart Petersen"
>> <lennart.petersen@swipnet.se> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>"Martin" <me@address.invalid> skrev i meddelandet
>>>news:nr7i34tjc2m2fb0k410ha0q49q9qpuvnlf@4ax,com ...
>>>> On Sun, 25 May 2008 00:51:23 GMT, "Lennart Petersen"
>>>> <lennart.petersen@swipnet.se> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>"Martin" <me@address.invalid> skrev i meddelandet
>>>>>news:vgce34htuuqlu6ue7oemo35oqr62suf5cl@4ax,com ...
>>>>>> On 23 May 2008 20:47:27 GMT, Jesper Lauridsen
>>>>>> <rorschak@sorrystofanet.dk>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>On 2008-05-23, tims next home <tims_new_home@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> "Jesper Lauridsen" <rorschak@sorrystofanet.dk> wrote in message
>>>>>>>> news:483317a6$0$4467$ba624c82@nntp02.dk.telia,net ...
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Maybe it's time for you to simply consider the bagage charges as
>>>>>>>>> part
>>>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>>>> the cost of travelling on Ryanair?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Sometimes you can't.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> As I think I have posted before, I am currently up for a job in
>>>>>>>> Aarhus.
>>>>>>>> If
>>>>>>>> I want to fly there (from London), it is Ryanair or no-one.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Sterling to Billund. SAS with a change in CPH. EasyJet to CPH.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> CPH isn't Aarhus.
>>>>>> --
>>>>>He said "with a change in CPH"
>>>>
>>>> In the first sentence.
>>>>
>>>>> there're domestic SAS flights CPH-AAR
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> and you think this route will work out cheaper and quicker than Ryanair?
>>>> --
>>>No. But it's an option if now the Ryan's luggage fee is the big problem.
>>>SAS don't charge extra for checked luggage up to the limit.
>>>Ryan operates with low prices, sometimes extremely low, but recover
>>>operating costs with other things luggage fees, insurances and so on.
>>>Just compare the total and feel free to avoid them if you don't like their
>>>bananas.
>>>
>>
>> Maybe I am a naive traveler but I work on total cost and travel time, when
>> choosing a route.

and why does Agent's UK English spelling checker use the US spelling for
traveller?

>> --
>Yes you're perfectly right and I agree with you.
>So what's wrong with Ryanair to Aarhus if now total cost and travel time is
>better ?

IMO nothing.

>As I can see Tim wants the better travel time and Ryan's low price but he's
>still whining about the luggage fee.


--

Martin

Re: Ryanair: 25 pounds to check a bag

In article <ss2j34tfokkbrha8pndklksnpmr39pstjf@4ax,com >, Martin
<me@address.invalid> wrote:

> >> Maybe I am a naive traveler but I work on total cost and travel time, when
> >> choosing a route.
>
> and why does Agent's UK English spelling checker use the US spelling for
> traveller?

Well duh... its a U.S. export, like most of the software and even OS
you use.

jay
Sun May 25, 2008
mailto:gofig@mac,com

Re: Ryanair: 25 pounds to check a bag


"Lennart Petersen" <lennart.petersen@swipnet.se> wrote in message
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>
>
> "Martin" <me@address.invalid> skrev i meddelandet
> news:8jvi34hajhctt0n7o1clnvvskgv41vacab@4ax,com ...
>> On Sun, 25 May 2008 14:39:29 GMT, "Lennart Petersen"
>> <lennart.petersen@swipnet.se> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>"Martin" <me@address.invalid> skrev i meddelandet
>>>news:nr7i34tjc2m2fb0k410ha0q49q9qpuvnlf@4ax,com ...
>>>> On Sun, 25 May 2008 00:51:23 GMT, "Lennart Petersen"
>>>> <lennart.petersen@swipnet.se> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>"Martin" <me@address.invalid> skrev i meddelandet
>>>>>news:vgce34htuuqlu6ue7oemo35oqr62suf5cl@4ax,com ...
>>>>>> On 23 May 2008 20:47:27 GMT, Jesper Lauridsen
>>>>>> <rorschak@sorrystofanet.dk>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>On 2008-05-23, tims next home <tims new home@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> "Jesper Lauridsen" <rorschak@sorrystofanet.dk> wrote in message
>>>>>>>> news:483317a6$0$4467$ba624c82@nntp02.dk.telia,net ...
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Maybe it's time for you to simply consider the bagage charges as
>>>>>>>>> part
>>>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>>>> the cost of travelling on Ryanair?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Sometimes you can't.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> As I think I have posted before, I am currently up for a job in
>>>>>>>> Aarhus.
>>>>>>>> If
>>>>>>>> I want to fly there (from London), it is Ryanair or no-one.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Sterling to Billund. SAS with a change in CPH. EasyJet to CPH.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> CPH isn't Aarhus.
>>>>>> --
>>>>>He said "with a change in CPH"
>>>>
>>>> In the first sentence.
>>>>
>>>>> there're domestic SAS flights CPH-AAR
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> and you think this route will work out cheaper and quicker than
>>>> Ryanair?
>>>> --
>>>No. But it's an option if now the Ryan's luggage fee is the big
>>>problem.
>>>SAS don't charge extra for checked luggage up to the limit.
>>>Ryan operates with low prices, sometimes extremely low, but recover
>>>operating costs with other things luggage fees, insurances and so on.
>>>Just compare the total and feel free to avoid them if you don't like
>>>their
>>>bananas.
>>>
>>
>> Maybe I am a naive traveler but I work on total cost and travel time,
>> when
>> choosing a route.
>> --
> Yes you're perfectly right and I agree with you.
> So what's wrong with Ryanair to Aarhus if now total cost and travel time
> is better ?
> As I can see Tim wants the better travel time and Ryan's low price but
> he's still whining about the luggage fee.

Not specifically about this route, it was just an example of a route where
an alternative to FR was not sensible.

I was however complaining about the luggage fee because of the way it is
presented.. Molly goes on about increasing it to persuade people not to
take luggage, when many people don't have a choice.

If he presented it as a profit centre I wouldn't be complaining, but he
doesn't

tim
>
>

Re: Ryanair: 25 pounds to check a bag

tims next home <tims_new_home@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> "Lennart Petersen" <lennart.petersen@swipnet.se> wrote in message
> news:iOf_j.7637$R_4.6344@newsb.telia,net ...
[]
> > Yes you're perfectly right and I agree with you.
> > So what's wrong with Ryanair to Aarhus if now total cost and travel time
> > is better ?
> > As I can see Tim wants the better travel time and Ryan's low price but
> > he's still whining about the luggage fee.
>
> Not specifically about this route, it was just an example of a route where
> an alternative to FR was not sensible.
>
> I was however complaining about the luggage fee because of the way it is
> presented.. Molly goes on about increasing it to persuade people not to
> take luggage, when many people don't have a choice.
>
> If he presented it as a profit centre I wouldn't be complaining, but he
> doesn't

Every charge Ryanair makes is for profit. The card fees are another
example. However, they are also targeted at making their operations
smoother, and having as little luggage to deal with the better. Other
airlines also charge, and expect even more 'non-budget' carriers to add
to that list (some apparently already do.)

What you have to ask is whether or not the route you are flying on would
be anywhere remotely possible at that price before the likes of Ryanair-
the answer is usually no.

--
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(email address on website) "If people think God is interesting, the
onus is on them to show that there is anything there to talk about.
Otherwise they should just shut up about it." -Richard Dawkins