A return to Rome or Barcelona for less than 20 euros per person, it is the promise of low cost carriers, one of the most iconic is Ryanair. After an uncertain start with especially service sometimes unsatisfactory, low-cost airlines seem to finally reach the level of the big names in the industry. Helping the airline industry crisis, Michael O'Leary himself, thundering CEO Ryan Air, starts pampered - everything is relative - the customer, and we feel that the time for provocations shattering (double time for overweight people, paid access to toilets, etc.) has given way to that of the recovery of a bad reputation sometimes. But a trip to low cost may still face an uphill battle, and make you pay equivalent to that of budget airlines, if some specific to this type of company rules are not met.
1. destination
Ryanair flies to many destinations but not all are accessible from each airport served. For example it is impossible to buy a direct flight from Paris to Athens. It is entirely possible against a stepwise: a Paris-Brussels followed by a Brussels-Athens. Knowing that the book works by thefts and that there is no necessary to buy a round trip to get the best rates, you can easily prepare a full European tour with the Irish company. To you to best optimize your stopovers.
2 Reservation
Better to do it well in advance. The earlier you book, the lower the ticket will cost you dearly and know that there is no money "last minute" in low-cost: the best tickets are the ones that go first. Be careful though in theory Ryanair tickets are redeemable, in reality, the cost of the exchange is often higher than the cost of a new ticket. So be sure of your dates and your destination, because after you click the "confirm" button you can treat your booking as final practice.
3 Travel Light
In a low-cost airline, unlike regular airlines, base price does not include baggage allowance. Any bag outside the cabin baggage is permitted at an additional cost. So try to avoid checked baggage! Many advantages: you do not have luggage to record, and you will earn a good hour queue for registration, and of course, you pay less. Last but not least: no waiting on arrival at the turnstile suitcases, and no fear of her suitcase visited during bunkering ... Ryanair, it is possible to embed in the cabin with hand luggage weighing less than 10 kg. See for yourself if you can travel with less than 10 kg of luggage per person. 20 kg for both can be more than enough to stay for a week or more, if you optimize your choices. Note that Ryanair sells its own carry-on, in partnership with Samsonite, at a special price: Ryanair can guarantee that this trolley will match its templates, and you pay attention to the weight (which is also perhaps the weakness of this also offers good value for money: by posting a weight of 3 kg, the Ryanair trolley leaves you more than 7 kg to fill). A soft luggage is also available for weight and slightly lower prices.
4 Choose your seat
You just earn 40 € avoiding the suitcase. You will now spend 20, but it is for your comfort! Feel free to choose your seat and take the most expensive! A chair next to an emergency exit will give the largest 20 cm more space at the knees, and you will enjoy priority boarding (thus avoiding the queues at the gate) and with a Hopefully, you will be alone in your row of three seats. The majority of customers Ryanair seeking the lowest price, it is very common to see places "premium" not occupied on flights less reserved. In short, the choice of the place, coupled with priority boarding is a little first-class Ryanair and € 20 round trip, why not use it, especially for longer flights? Nb: the seats near emergency exits, which offer more space, are not accessible to disabled people and young children.
Beware dimensions: Ryanair allows travel bag 55x35x20 cm for a maximum weight of 10 kg more, since 2014, a small bag or other object of 35x20x20 cm. Nothing else: no additional purse, camera or laptop picture. Everything must be either in a bag or in your pocket. The set is more or less respected by airport but those who observed to the letter, the bags are passed into a template and / or weighed. In less demanding airports, a Ryanair employee jaugera to the eye - trained - and your bag will not make you go through the check size as it deems necessary. Too heavy bag, or whose dimensions exceed the template will flunk ruthlessly in the hold with a surcharge of € 50 each way. The trend seems to be more tolerant with Ryanair but it is still common to witness the spectacle heartbreaking - or hilarious depending on your mood - from unhappy reduced to scatter their underwear on the dubious ground of the airport so travelers better distribute weight on all the baggage of the family. Like all companies, note that it is forbidden to carry liquids on board, albeit with a tolerance of less than 100 ml bottles packed in a transparent resealable pouch with a capacity of one liter maximum. We find this type of kits in many shops, sometimes with small empty bottles of 100 ml that will allow you to take in small amounts your favorite shampoos and shower gels. Many brands of toothpaste also provides tubes with a capacity of less than 100 ml, which are ideal for a trip of a week or two.
6 Beware formalities
Ryanair, the registration is done online, between 20 days and two hours before departure. You absolutely must register before arrival at the airport and print your boarding pass. The recording, strange custom of the airline industry, is to confirm before departure so, after much thought, how are you take this plane! However advantage at Ryanair registration applies to AND go back. Needless to reconfirm his return on the spot. Print each stage of travel on a separate sheet of A4 paper and avoid the duplex: Your card will dutifully scribbled, crumpled, torn by staff Ryanair throughout the boarding process. When boarding you MUST present the ID that was used for recording. If you forget this step, Ryanair will charge registration at the counter and then printing the boarding pass for an amount often exceeds the cost of the ticket itself!
7 Organize your transfers before departure.
One of the secrets of Ryanair for such low prices is to use airports more "exotic" than the competition. Thus the Paris airport Ryanair is located in Beauvais! That is to say, a good hour transit of Paris ... And that's the case for most destinations: Pisa or Florence Girona to Barcelona. Combined with distant airport departures and arrivals early in the morning or late in the evening, you should consider transfers in advance. Good news: Ryanair now offers on its website bus transfers to the centers of large cities. Warning, this is not always the best deals on the market, but the proposal has the merit to exist and to avoid leaving you stranded 150 miles from your destination.
You followed our advice, you do not have checked baggage and you have chosen your niche and benefit from priority boarding. Perfect, he'll just get to the airport about three quarters of an hour before takeoff, you go directly to the boarding bypassing the Ryanair desk and pass the security check and then go to your gate before which you will notice two separate files: one of about 200 people and less than 10 Good news if you followed our advice, yours is one of 10 and is indicated by a Priority Boarding panel . All formalities between your arrival at the airport and when you sit in your seat will take half an hour. If you have not heard (or madam wishes to take more than three pairs of shoes) and you must save a suitcase, go two hours before the flight and then follow the same route. And if you really put off our advice and have more left aside priority boarding, go to the tail of the 200 where you will enjoy a good half-hour wait to make friends!
9 Aboard
On board, everything is paid, except the toilet (and it might not last: the CEO's announcement studying the possibility of charging for access to toilets). It seems reasonable to consider a flight under 3 hours without being served free drinks and snacks. You can not pass the checks with a water bottle but you can buy one by cons, after the past controls, shops located just before boarding. You will quite often asked to buy strength chocolate bars, soft drinks, perfumes and even lottery tickets, a board staff mostly helpful and friendly but sometimes reduced to the role of hawker. Be positive, it's also thanks to all that your ticket has cost you so little.
10 Arrival
Upon arrival, it was not idle. The plane will leave usually half an hour after landing and you be asked, with a smile, landing quickly. If you purchased a transfer via Ryanair, go directly outside the airport and quickly locate the company making the transfer shuttle: in general, the ticket purchase is not worth booking and allocation of seats is according to the order of arrival. If the shuttle is full, you will need to wait for the next! Good low cost travel!
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