This is a good thing. Let them put those facial scans on a wall of shame. Generating CO2 should be as awkward and uncomfortable as possible. I'm waiting for airlines to remove all passenger seats.
Presumably that was sarcastic..
Want to book a Ryanair flight? Prepare for a face scan
11–20 of 89 posts
Re: Want to book a Ryanair flight? Prepare for a face scan
#12This is a good thing. Let them put those facial scans on a wall of shame. Generating CO2 should be as awkward and uncomfortable as possible. I'm waiting for airlines to remove all passenger seats.
It will only be awkward and uncomfortable for those who can’t afford business class and not flying in low cost airlines.
So basically, it’s the same way it has always been, since we’re in the climate change situation because of rich countries, and I don’t think a lot of us in poor countries care to stop producing CO2, it’s our turn now.
“Everything is gonna burn, we’ll all take turns, I’ll get mine too”
Re: Want to book a Ryanair flight? Prepare for a face scan
#13> It seems that the real purpose of the verification process is to prevent online travel agencies from setting up accounts to buy and subsequently re-sell Ryanair flights on their websites. You'd think a lighter touch verification would also serve this purpose? A face scan provides all sorts of other information that they might find valuable to have on their clients.
It costs £115 to change the name on the ticket so not sure how it makes any economic sense.
Re: Want to book a Ryanair flight? Prepare for a face scan
#14> It seems that the real purpose of the verification process is to prevent online travel agencies from setting up accounts to buy and subsequently re-sell Ryanair flights on their websites. You'd think a lighter touch verification would also serve this purpose? A face scan provides all sorts of other information that they might find valuable to have on their clients.
You need the full name & passport to be able to book a flight though. I'm not sure how the agencies can re-sell the flights later on? I'm assuming agencies do that to lock the prices early on for the flights that they know will be fully booked. If airlines didn't do the nasty tricks with the prices changing every minute, this approach wouldn't work, though.
They can ask that in their UI and skip Ryanair upsell process for you.
Re: Want to book a Ryanair flight? Prepare for a face scan
#15Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think the point is > New customers must also go through a verification process which, for many people, involves invasive biometrics.
And the hard-to-select second choice is: "or going to the check-in counter at the airport more than two hours before departure" https://noyb.eu/en/booking-ryanair-flight-through-online-tra...
No, that’s the second choice that noyb mentioned last year when announcing their complaint about the then-current version of Ryanair’s policy. In the new article which triggered this HN post, discussing Ryanair’s updated policy, the second option is sending Ryanair a handwritten signature and a copy of a government ID.
Re: Want to book a Ryanair flight? Prepare for a face scan
#16This is a good thing. Let them put those facial scans on a wall of shame. Generating CO2 should be as awkward and uncomfortable as possible. I'm waiting for airlines to remove all passenger seats.
I'm all for making travel more expensive. Mostly to remove the trashy and rude people from the equation. I don't care about C02 but I do enjoy seeing megalomaniacs like John Kerry and Taylor Swift lecture us plebs on climate/social justice, but fly private jets everywhere.
Re: Want to book a Ryanair flight? Prepare for a face scan
#17> It seems that the real purpose of the verification process is to prevent online travel agencies from setting up accounts to buy and subsequently re-sell Ryanair flights on their websites. You'd think a lighter touch verification would also serve this purpose? A face scan provides all sorts of other information that they might find valuable to have on their clients.
That sounds like an excuse and not a reason.
Name changes in a ticket are very expensive in low-cost airlines, unless it's like a typo.
Re: Want to book a Ryanair flight? Prepare for a face scan
#18This is a good thing. Let them put those facial scans on a wall of shame. Generating CO2 should be as awkward and uncomfortable as possible. I'm waiting for airlines to remove all passenger seats.
Modern airliner travel is about as or more co2-efficient as riding a bus.
Re: Want to book a Ryanair flight? Prepare for a face scan
#19This is a good thing. Let them put those facial scans on a wall of shame. Generating CO2 should be as awkward and uncomfortable as possible. I'm waiting for airlines to remove all passenger seats.
I'm all for making travel more expensive. Mostly to remove the trashy and rude people from the equation. I don't care about C02 but I do enjoy seeing megalomaniacs like John Kerry and Taylor Swift lecture us plebs on climate/social justice, but fly private jets everywhere.
More expensive isn't fair because travel would become a rich person's hobby.
A better approach would be rationing.
Re: Want to book a Ryanair flight? Prepare for a face scan
#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
And the hard-to-select second choice is: "or going to the check-in counter at the airport more than two hours before departure" https://noyb.eu/en/booking-ryanair-flight-through-online-tra...
No, that’s the second choice that noyb mentioned last year when announcing their complaint about the then-current version of Ryanair’s policy. In the new article which triggered this HN post, discussing Ryanair’s updated policy, the second option is sending Ryanair a handwritten signature and a copy of a government ID.
It's an airplane ticket.
Not a house selling contract!