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Ryanair now presents you with a Recaptcha every time you search for a flight

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Re: Ryanair now presents you with a Recaptcha every time you search for a flight

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Post by paulgb »

gommm wrote: post #5
kingofspain wrote: post #4

Though this is pretty minor in the scheme of things, I'm constantly surprised at how horrible they can purposefully make the experience and still have people clicking to them. Myself included. From every interview I've seen with MD you get the impression he despises his customers. But they still make money. I guess until someone comes along who can compete and at least pretend they give a damn then it'll continue to…

Whenever I've had the choice between EasyJet and Ryanair, I've always chosen EasyJet. They're a bit more expensive but at least I don't feel as much treated as cattle.

Ditto for Jet2 and GermanWings. It's probably cheaper overall anyway because they don't try to squeeze as much money out of you post-purchase.

Re: Ryanair now presents you with a Recaptcha every time you search for a flight

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Post by balac »

toyg wrote: post #8
bdfh42 wrote: post #2

They have gone completely and utterly insane. The ONLY way they get custom is through their web site - and now they are trying to put people off. No matter what the problem was this is the wrong solution.

Actually, I don't think that'll happen. Who flies with Ryanair ? People trying to save money. If their website is too easy to use, these people will peruse it for hours, trying to find out the cheaper combination of flights to go from "somewhere near Madrid" to "somewhere near Berlin". If RA raises the bar a little bit, these people will probably give up one or two queries earlier, hence picking some more "natural" r…

I have always gotten the feeling from them that they don't really want to help you find the cheapest flights. Little things like not allowing you to search for flights from all airports in a city, instead making you do multiple searches makes it hard to compare prices.

Re: Ryanair now presents you with a Recaptcha every time you search for a flight

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Post by kingofspain »

gommm wrote: post #5
kingofspain wrote: post #4

Though this is pretty minor in the scheme of things, I'm constantly surprised at how horrible they can purposefully make the experience and still have people clicking to them. Myself included. From every interview I've seen with MD you get the impression he despises his customers. But they still make money. I guess until someone comes along who can compete and at least pretend they give a damn then it'll continue to…

Whenever I've had the choice between EasyJet and Ryanair, I've always chosen EasyJet. They're a bit more expensive but at least I don't feel as much treated as cattle.

Oh definitely. Unfortunately for where I live now, the only routes I'm interested in are Ryanair or BA. Much as I'd love to, I can't justify the 600% premium.

Re: Ryanair now presents you with a Recaptcha every time you search for a flight

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Post by skeptical »

gommm wrote: post #5
kingofspain wrote: post #4

Though this is pretty minor in the scheme of things, I'm constantly surprised at how horrible they can purposefully make the experience and still have people clicking to them. Myself included. From every interview I've seen with MD you get the impression he despises his customers. But they still make money. I guess until someone comes along who can compete and at least pretend they give a damn then it'll continue to…

Whenever I've had the choice between EasyJet and Ryanair, I've always chosen EasyJet. They're a bit more expensive but at least I don't feel as much treated as cattle.

Thought it depends on the destinations, length of the flight, etc. I do feel a bit treated like cattle when I travel with ryanair, I must admit.

But they hold on strongly to some basic principles on their flights. For example, they are unbeatable when it comes to arriving on time. Incomparably better than any other european carrier.

And of course, they have routes that are not operated by anybody else that won't ask you like 4 times more money for the flight.

At the moment they don't operate the route I use the most. I find myself using a regular carrier. After picking the dates carefully I'm still spending roughly three times more than I used to. sure the service is a bit fancier but still, it's a huge difference.

Re: Ryanair now presents you with a Recaptcha every time you search for a flight

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Post by skeptical »

macuenca wrote: post #7

To put people who may not know Ryanair in context: is a low-cost Irish airline that operates in Europe. You can get round trip flights starting at EUR 0.01. His CEO is a very controversial person who has been on the press for suggesting aggressive measures to make air travel even cheaper, like run flights where passengers stand during the journey, removing toilets from aircrafts and the most recent one, providing pai…

> providing paid porn movies on board

That's hilarious (epic?)

Re: Ryanair now presents you with a Recaptcha every time you search for a flight

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Post by rafski »

I am the biggest Ryanair supporter, they are the best airline in Europe: they are cheap and their planes are just as comfortable as city buses but they're always on-time and cheap if you know how to book. They're actually the most punctual airline in Europe.

This said, I just gave up booking a ticket with them after the third captcha. They'll scrap that stuff as soon as they notice the drop in sales.

Re: Ryanair now presents you with a Recaptcha every time you search for a flight

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Post by tathagatadg »

macuenca wrote: post #7

To put people who may not know Ryanair in context: is a low-cost Irish airline that operates in Europe. You can get round trip flights starting at EUR 0.01. His CEO is a very controversial person who has been on the press for suggesting aggressive measures to make air travel even cheaper, like run flights where passengers stand during the journey, removing toilets from aircrafts and the most recent one, providing pai…

Thanks for the background. Wondering if people consider it workplace-safe ... "Oh! I was just searching for cheap tickets ... believe me, not cheap hookers! "
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