An American traveler learns the hard way about why European airline Ryanair has such cheap fares—let her experience be your lesson. By Jason Cochran. Although Ryanair is notorious among European travelers for henpecking its customers with extra fees—they view it as a necessary evil if you're desperate for savings—not everyone in the world knows about just how bad the airline can be. Frommer's received a letter from a reader who booked a cheap Ryanair fare without knowing what she was in for.
As travelers, we received an email from Ryanair requesting we access the site online for our boarding passes. We soon found we were not allowed to proceed with free assigned seats. There was no alternative but to check in at the airport. That was not the end. During the flight passengers were constantly bombarded by flight personnel peddling different commercial products.
In addition, gum stuck on one of the seats, got all over our clothes-another bill, this time for dry cleaning. After discussing this situation with others, sadly we found what we experienced is common. It will be a pleasant surprise to receive a positive response from Ryanair. We must stress that it is the passenger's responsibility to check in online in advance and have the boarding passes printed, as we are a self-service airline.
If you have reserved a seat, you can check-in online for your flight between 30 days and 4 hours before your scheduled flight. If you have not reserved a seat you cannot check in until 48 hours before travel.
If you are flying twice with Ryanair within 15 days of each other, you can check-in for both flights at the same time. You can print your boarding pass up to 2 hours before your scheduled flight. Click here to check-in online. No further changes to the passenger name, flight dates, times, or route can take place once a passenger has checked in for a flight online. You can reserve certain seats on any flight for a fee. Rows 2, 5, 15, 32, 33 and Exit Rows 1, 16 and 17 can be reserved in advance online or at the airport.
Click here for more information about reserving a seat. You should be at the boarding gate at least 30 minutes prior to departure. Boarding closes 20 minutes prior to departure.
Your valid travel document and boarding pass must be produced at the boarding gate. Passengers arriving late at the boarding gate will not be accepted for travel. For travel on a later flight, you will be required to purchase a new ticket at the applicable fare.
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