Ryan Air 20 euros boarding ticket scam

**jmo21** · 13 April 2009, 15:36

did it give you an error message, or a reason, or just say "you cannot print your boarding card at this time".

**TimberWolf** · 13 April 2009, 15:53

I've got to print one out for my mother in a few days. Well, two actually, including the return leg. I expect I will need to supply her passport number or some-such, so a bit of messing about to come. I noticed on the website the other day that they are increasing their charge for more recently bought tickets too. And that they can refuse boarding if you don't comply exactly with all ze rules.

Is it possible to check-in on-line at the airport?

**eliquant** · 13 April 2009, 15:57

"You cannot print this boarding card at this time" was the error message, I tried it loads of times on friends / family's PCs at varying times on the run up to the departure date (24 hours/48 hours/ 3 days+ before ) in that foreign land and it just gave me the same message.

My thinking is that if you book a long holiday with Ryan Air (say 10 days+) it won't allow you to print out the boarding card for the return leg, neither in the native English Ryan Air web page or the foreign version of the Ryan Air web page.

Its just another scam, either Ryan Air pulled the plug on the server just before
boarding cards could be printed or Ryan Air cannot get their English and foreign booking systems to communicate.

The funny thing is that usually when you go to the Ryan Air check in desk and you haven't printed out the boarding card they simply print out the boarding card for free provided that you present them with your booking code and passport. No longer the case so it seems.

strange.

**denver2k** · 13 April 2009, 16:29

sounds like another cheap way to make up their losses after introduction of loo charges....

Sorry if im bit naive as i never used Ryan Air apart from Stanstead to Glasgow route. But instead of printing directly from webpage, once you can see your boarding pass, cant you do "Select all" (Ctrl-A) on Webpage and paste it on any word processor (so it'll look similar to webpage ) and print it from there.

**AtW** · 13 April 2009, 16:35

How much did you pay for the ticket (initial face value)?

**swamp** · 13 April 2009, 16:44

If you can print the boarding pass, it's possible to edit the HTML to enable speedy boarding. This will help you feel a little bit better about flying with Ryan Air.

For that matter why are you flying Ryan Air? This is a contractors' board

**eliquant** · 13 April 2009, 19:04

Cost me about 60 quid return including airport tax.

And no you could not 'bodge' the boarding pass by altering the HTML or doing a 'select all' the boarding pass has a bar code (usually).

Its another way in which Ryan Air takes in money and b4 you ask I attempted to check in 1 hour before the flight was due and they could not be a*rsed to print out my boarding pass at the check-in desk .. go figure.

Who do I complain to ? (I mean not Ryan Air)

**AtW** · 13 April 2009, 19:30

The guy who runs Ryanair is not likely to give a monkey about your complaints - personally I think he enjoys such bad stories when they get out as it helps him avoid having to deal with people who'd complain, basically pre-emptive PR that allows him to get only customers who'd take anything.

**OwlHoot** · 13 April 2009, 19:45

Before you know it all the Ryan Air check in staff will be trained to speak only in Aramaic, and will charge £20 to translate into English

Ryan Air 20 euros boarding ticket scam