Hi, can you help? I recently booked a Ryanair ticket for my wife and in my haste put down her married name. What I realise is that in her Italian passport it still has her maiden name on the main info page. However it does have her married name on another page. I just tried to change this via the Ryanair website and it says that it costs £100 to change this. Which is crazy. Any advice. Thanks Stevie
Hi, can you help? I recently booked a Ryanair ticket for my wife and in my haste put down her married name. What I realise is that in her Italian passport it still has her maiden name on the main info page. However it does have her married name on another page. I just tried to change this via the Ryanair website and it says that it costs £100 to change this. Which is crazy. Any advice. Thanks Stevie

Hi Stevie
as you already know, to change a name online costs £100, to do the change by another method costs even more (£150 I think) so beware.
You may find it cheaper to lose the booking you already have and start again, although it's probably worth checking with Ryanair as the name the booking is in DOES appear on your wife's passport.

HTH

Stevie

Taking the other approach.....is it easier/cheaper to change the passport to match the booking ?

John

Can someone remind me please what the 'hidden' extra charges are with Ryanair? I've priced up flights to/from Limoges...

Depart:
London Stansted 08:00

Arrive:
Limoges 10:30
2 x Adult 0.00 GBP

Fare: 0.00 GBP
Online Check-In: 10.00 GBP
Taxes / Fees: 10.00 GBP
Total Price: 20.00 GBP

Depart:
Limoges 10:55

Arrive:
London Stansted 11:35
2 x Adult 0.00 GBP

Fare: 0.00 GBP
Online Check-In: 10.00 GBP
Taxes / Fees: 10.00 GBP
Total Price: 20.00 GBP

What other costs would I need to factor in?

Hi Pippy

Hold Luggage at £10.00 per bag each way (optional)
Prority Boarding at £3.00 per person each way(optional)
Payment handling Fee if you use a card other than Visa Electron - £5.00 per person each way (not optional)

think thats it.......

John.

Cheers John!

They've got a few fares now which are £1.00 e/w but with no check-in fees or taxes which might save you a bit more. I've already booked at the same price as you Pippy, but the £1 ones would have cost me more in the long run as the timings would have meant I couldn't use my bus pass to Stansted!!

I'll keep checking! Nothing definite as yet mind you!

Hi Pippy

What sort of dates are you looking at ?

I tend to be on Ryanair most days that the offers change(FIL won't pay more than £50 inc bags and priority ) if I see something then I'll drop you a PM.

Have set alarm on mobile to check on 16th for next offer

John.

Well it's all looking a bit expensive really due to not being able to fly from Gatwick to Limoges with Ryanair, only Stansted or Luton which will incur fuel and parking costs. Also I'd really need to fly out on the 1st of December and back on the 2nd to keep costs down. Again, not possible.

So, I'm now considering a gig trip to Dublin instead! That would mean flying out on the first flight of the day from Gatwick (or by 12pm at the latest to allow for delays) on the 6th of November and flying back on the first flight of the day (8am) on the 7th.

I'd do what I did the last time I went over to Dublin for a gig, head straight for the airport after the gig and just hang around til I can check-in for the flight.

At the moment there are no special offers for those dates but if you're on their website most days then it would be great if you'd keep an eye out for offers for those dates for two adults with hand luggage only!

I'm confused now!

If I booked the 10am flight from Gatwick to Dublin this would be the cost for two adults...

Regular Fare

Depart:
London Gatwick (South Terminal) 10:00

Arrive:
Dublin 11:15
2 x Adult 29.98 GBP

Fare: 29.98 GBP
Online Check-In: 10.00 GBP
Taxes / Fees: 58.10 GBP
Total Price: 98.08 GBP

If I booked the 13.45 flight this would be the cost...

Free Online Check in

Depart:
London Gatwick (South Terminal) 13:45

Arrive:
Dublin 15:05
2 x Adult 36.00 GBP

Fare: 36.00 GBP
Online Check-In: 0.00 GBP
Taxes / Fees: 0.00 GBP
Total Price: 36.00 GBP

I can see free online check-in applies to the later flight but no taxes/fees. I thought taxes and fees applied to all flights?? Is that an error do you think?

piipy,
its not an error.
when they do special fares you do not pay for on-line checkin and you usually get no taxes.
just booked my flight for spetember and it cost me £36 return to gerona -including priority boarding and all extras(but no hold luggage).

Cheers Jim!

I would 'hang fire' Pippy - wait until the special offers hit that period - maybe 3 months before.
Given it's a Tuesday and Wednesday I'm pretty sure you should be getting flights at £5 or less.

John

john123 wrote:

I would 'hang fire' Pippy - wait until the special offers hit that period - maybe 3 months before.
Given it's a Tuesday and Wednesday I'm pretty sure you should be getting flights at £5 or less.

John

Thanks John

As my gig destination has now changed from France to Dublin it will actually be a Friday flight out and a Saturday flight back. Are offers still a possibility for those days do you think?

Hi Pippy

Given that there are 6 flights a day to Dublin, I would guess that you might get some really cheap flights but they could well be times that don't suit you.

We have been to Dublin from Manchester a couple of times with them and found that the late night flights out and early morning flights back the cheapest. ie coming home on a Sunday - 1p flights at 6.30am but £30 or £40 in the afternoon and evening. It worked out cheaper staying another night near the hotel (Bewleys) then getting the 6.30am on the Monday morning.

Good Luck !

John

Thanks! I'll be checking daily!

Ryanair to shut website for ten hours

Ryanair passengers are being told they must check in online in advance of the airline's website closing for ten hours.

The site http://www.ryanair.com will close from 19.00 on June 24 until 05.00 the following morning due to an "essential upgrade maintenance".

Web check-in passengers travelling on Thursday, June 25 must ensure that they have checked in online before 18.00 on Wednesday, June 24, the airline said.

Ryanair's website will not be available for passenger bookings or other passenger services from 19.00 due to the upgrade works.

Passengers who booked flights on or before the May 21 and selected to use airport check-in will be unaffected and can check-in at the airport as normal.

"Ryanair apologises for any inconvenience caused by this maintenance work," a statement said.


With permission from Travelmole

Just booked my flights to Dublin!

There are three of us going and the price today had dropped right down to £17 return each. I know it could fall even lower but as £17 is such a bargain anyway we didn't want to risk the price of flights going up again and not coming back down!

Free Online Check in

Depart:
London Gatwick (South Terminal) 13:45

Arrive:
Dublin 15:05
3 x Adult 36.00 GBP

Fare: 36.00 GBP
Online Check-In: 0.00 GBP
Taxes / Fees: 0.00 GBP
Total Price: 36.00 GBP

Free Online Check in

Depart:
Dublin 08:00

Arrive:
London Gatwick (South Terminal) 09:30
3 x Adult 15.00 GBP

Fare: 15.00 GBP
Online Check-In: 0.00 GBP
Taxes / Fees: 0.00 GBP
Total Price: 15.00 GBP

£51 in total for three return flights! Pretty pleased with that

About the online check-in....I haven't got a printer. Do I just need to go to a friend's house, get the website up and type in my booking reference number? How far ahead can you check-in online?

What about for my return flight the following day, how do people go about doing the online check-in for that and printing the boarding pass?