Reply to: Ryanair considers charging passengers to use lavatories

[threaded]

Someone should have countered him with the fact that you don't actually pay on the train though and that toilets in airports are free.

What got me was that it cost €3 for a bottle of water on Ryanair yet you're not allowed to take liquids through the security checkpoint but airlines tell you to drink lots of liquids to combat dehydration.

Most airport security precautions are to get you to spend more money in the airport.

[darmstadt]

Last night on German TV they tested Ryanair against Lufthansa (actually seen various versions of this before) and the test was to get to Piccadilly Circus from Germany by them. It came out basically:

Lufthansa regular scheduled flight at a total cost of €108 and only took 2.5 hours from door to door

Ryanair flight at a total cost of €141 and took 4.5 hours from door to door

And then they took the piss out of the proposed toilet surcharge. I heard the boss of Ryanair talking about this on the radio and he said its basically like being in Liverpool Street Station and paying for the toilets there. Someone should have countered him with the fact that you don't actually pay on the train though and that toilets in airports are free.

What got me was that it cost €3 for a bottle of water on Ryanair yet you're not allowed to take liquids through the security checkpoint but airlines tell you to drink lots of liquids to combat dehydration.

[chef]

What on earth are you doing reading the daily mail?

maybe he wanted to know about house prices?

[BrilloPad]

This was a cartoon in today's Daily Mail - a spoof RyanAir emergency information card.

And it is also in the Telegraph today. What on earth are you doing reading the daily mail?

[MPwannadecentincome]

Rumour is Ryanair plan to charge £1 for emergency oxygen : and £25 to use the emergency exit upon crash landing.

This was a cartoon in today's Daily Mail - a spoof RyanAir emergency information card.

[Turion]

Rumour is Ryanair plan to charge £1 for emergency oxygen : and £25 to use the emergency exit upon crash landing.

Wrong, It's £1 to breathe the air in the plane. You can of course take your own air supply.

[BrilloPad]

Rumour is Ryanair plan to charge £1 for emergency oxygen : and £25 to use the emergency exit upon crash landing.

[oscruft]

When flying on 'low cost' airlines I always take lunch to save buying on the plane. Would there be any objections if I took a bag onto the plane with me to relieve myself to save money?

Also, if you did not have the funds to pay and did soil yourself, would you have to pay a soiling charge similar to in taxi?

[MPwannadecentincome]

plop

yes I wonder is it going to be £1 for a number 1 and £2 for a number 2?

[MPwannadecentincome]

Hence, what they "may" gain in toilet revenue (£1 a pop) will be lost in alcohol/softdrink/other beverage revenue.

Then when some people stop hydrating, and sickeness ensures, Ryan Air are setting themselves up for all sorts of trouble...

tea, coffee and alcohol are diuretics - I wonder what most people drink on a Ryanair flight?

[MPwannadecentincome]

I've got a solution to the Ryanair toilet problem.

Just attach a catheter before you fly

or wear a nappy!

[MPwannadecentincome]

An excellent idea! You should send that into Ryanair.....

Not me mate!

Anyway here is another one....

"All passengers for flight Ryanair nnnn to blah blah are invited to surrender their passports / id cards / driving licences for safekeeping during the flight. These important documents will be kept in a crashproof, waterproof, fireproof box. Your documents will be returned to you upon payment of a fee of £30 per document which includes free priority disembarking entitlement."

[BrowneIssue]

what they "may" gain in toilet revenue (£1 a pop)

plop

They say there is no such thing as "bad" publicity, but this is taking the pee.

Or not, this indeed being the problem.



No wonder it's called cattle class. I wonder how bad it can get?

[Liability]

well they are getting hammered in the press today!

I guess as he hedged his bets on Fuel at like $140 wasnt it last year he needs to make his cash some how!...that alone must have cost them MILLIONS

[Board Game Geek]

I can see the "Law of Unintended Consequences" applying itself here.

More people will use the facilities at the airport, granted.

However, sales of on-board drinks will plummet, because many people will be too scared to get caught short.

Hence, what they "may" gain in toilet revenue (£1 a pop) will be lost in alcohol/softdrink/other beverage revenue.

Then when some people stop hydrating, and sickeness ensures, Ryan Air are setting themselves up for all sorts of trouble...

All this announcement has done is ensure them plenty of free publicity.

They say there is no such thing as "bad" publicity, but this is taking the pee.