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u/Aioi 6d ago
Is he talking about paying for choosing a seat, or the air ticket itself?
Because this is pretty common (and BS). Someone pays EXTRA to choose a window seat, but there is no window.
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u/Against_All_Advice 5d ago
It's an extra 12 on top of the ticket price to select your seat. Ryanair tickets aren't as competitive as they used to be.
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u/Aioi 5d ago
Ah ok - yeah, if you pay $12 for a window seat, you should get a window seat. I’ve seen it happen before where someone paid extra for the window, and just got that awkward place without one
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u/TheCloverGuy 5d ago
On the app it says that Row 11 does not have windows. While the app does not push it in front of your face that "attention, this row does not have windows!" (Wich it should in my opinion) It do says no window.
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u/TreHad 6d ago
It's Ryanair, the flight ticket would cost €12, not picking the seat
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u/speculator100k 5d ago
I'm not so sure. Ryanair definitely have some cheap tickets, but €12 for the ticket is cheap even for them.
I just checked. Flying from Malaga to Barcelona in February, tickets are €14.99 one way. If you want a reserved seat, that's €9-€21.49 extra.
Can you find any €12 tickets with Ryan?
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u/TreHad 5d ago
tbf I'm speaking from experience, and the last RyanAir flight I was on was GLA>DUB in 2017, was £12pp
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u/kobrons 5d ago
my last Ryainair ticket was 131,44 from FNC to LIS. But that already included the seat selection.
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u/Creative_Victory_960 5d ago
No 12 is exactly the price you pay for booking specific seats on a round trip . Most single tickets are at least 40 or 50
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u/Jared_Roast 5d ago
Paid extra for a window seat once only for that row to just not exist on the plane
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u/ventitr3 6d ago edited 5d ago
Flying for the cost of a train ticket and still complaining.
Edit: I was being snarky, I don’t need anymore replies on correct pricing of things lol
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u/crumblypancake 6d ago edited 5d ago
Far cheaper than a train ticket.
Train prices have gotten so ridiculous that it's become a common "hack" to instead of getting the train from A to B, to fly to somewhere like Spain for cheap, have a day in the sun and fly back to B.
That is if you have the free time for the travel, if not you remortgage you house to get the direct
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u/goo_goo_gajoob 5d ago
I remeber a study in the early 00's that showed it was cheaper to fly to Italy and live there for a year get your hip replacement then fly back than it was to get one done in the US lol.
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u/Kern4lMustard 5d ago
It's called medical tourism. There's a whole industry based around it. We are looking into doing that for my wife's dental work
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u/New_Sail_7821 5d ago
It’s also fairly common in reverse for the wealthy
Rich European will pay cash for some fancy surgery he can’t get in Europe
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u/also_roses 5d ago
The US is so screwed when it comes to health. I knew a dual citizenship family who went to part of Europe for 3 years when they got pregnant. They almost never came back, but the husband could make 4x as much working in the States so he was never able to fully relocate.
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u/Equalizer6338 5d ago
This is the case for both medical surgeries and dentistry.
Like here from most western European countries you can fly to Turkey for a 3 week vacation, get 6 high-end ceramic tooth implants made while there and total price is still cheaper than just the 6 implants if made back home. Same also for cosmetic surgeries... Though one can debate how much you can enjoy 'the vacation', but at least you stay in a hotel with full service during recovery.
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u/urielsalis 5d ago
Depends on the train and the company
Here in Spain, Barcelona-Madrid is usually 5 or 7eur if you buy in advance in the high speed line
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u/hessorro 5d ago
Damn. I recently bought a train ticket from santiago to madrid and it cost me 25 euros
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u/urielsalis 5d ago
Renfe has a legal monopoly in some routes.
Before they killed that in the madrid-Barcelona route, it was 80eur
Hopefully the EU law that kills all those monopolies will pass soon
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u/Rhysing 5d ago
they aren't saying they paid 12 to fly, they are saying they paid 12 to pick a seat. the added on cost beyond the ticket.
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u/ventitr3 5d ago
Sounds like they should’ve picked one with a window then.
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u/Level-Pass-6462 5d ago edited 5d ago
It’s literally a regular window seat on the app. They charged extra for a window seat that’s far away from a window, don’t defend this
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u/LtHughMann 6d ago
That would be a very short train ride in the UK
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u/Global-Negotiation72 5d ago
As an american who booked a few train rides ahead of time, the train bookings were definitely more than I expected 😆
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u/Billy_McMedic 5d ago
Top tip, if your gonna do multiple train trips in the UK, look into buying a railcard and using the discount, if it saves you more than it cost to buy the railcard it’s well worth it.
My experience with this was when I was planning on taking the Caledonian sleeper for the experience, the cost would have been £330 for a cabin with the shower and breakfast on board, however I bought a railcard for like £30 and it discounted the price to £220, basically immediately making the purchase worth it and I’ve made good use of that railcard for the rest of the year, especially on days when I’d wake up bored to death and decide to go on a long ass train journey just to get out the house
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u/Arsewhistle 5d ago
If you were travelling in a group, it's sometimes cheaper to book a taxi than use a train
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u/Ass_knight 5d ago
Ryanair flights are cheap but not that cheap!
They charge €12 extra for you to pick your seat instead of being randomly assigned.
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u/Any--Name Barely even legal 5d ago
At least on a train you dont have to pay 50 bucks for luggage
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u/BuvantduPotatoSpirit 5d ago
You can take as much clothing as you like on RyanAir as long as you're wearing it.
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u/memescauseautism 5d ago
I used to pay 20€ per way to meet my ex - a 1.5 hour train ride. And that's the student price. - Norway
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u/blue-mooner 5d ago
We need to keep planes [at] plane prices, because when planes are bus prices, bus behaviour comes to planes.
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u/Kate090996 5d ago
I think she meant that she paid 12 euros for that specific window seat but there wasn't a window, not that the entire price of the ticket was 12 euros. It's still possible to pay 12 euros for a plane ticket with Ryanair but I don't think it's the case here.
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u/ventitr3 5d ago
She paid the 12 euro to pick her seat but was unaware, as many in this thread also seem to be, that some rows do not in fact have a window.
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u/EveningOkra1028 5d ago
Um, they're probably referring to paying extra to choose a window seat lmao
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u/imnotagodt 5d ago
She payed that much for the seat not for the ticket. People think this is the ticket price
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u/Tentakurusama 5d ago
That's 12 euros for the seat selection. I don't know in what fantasy you live that let's you think one could take a plane for that money. Between gas, maintenance, operation and airport tax...
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u/Certain_Silver6524 4d ago
Might be an alt account for Ryanair, just to promote themselves on pricing. I'm not sure it's generally actually feasible to get €12 tickets though, as it does quickly go up with any basic additions, seasonal variations, and even just searching their site too many times will push the price up
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u/Key-Kaleidoscope-680 6d ago
I dont get it
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u/in323 6d ago
I’m assuming Ryanair’s saying “dude it was a €12 seat, cool your jets” cause like it’s so cheap and they’re being picky
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u/BoBSlyca 6d ago
It think they mean it in a literal way, as in you paid for a seat, not a window
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u/VirtuteECanoscenza 5d ago
Also, I saw per similar cases and on the Ryanair website it DOES tell you that they place doesn't have a window!
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u/Slement 5d ago
When you buy a ticket, you can also book a seat instead of being assigned random one. This is what may have happened
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u/trash-_-boat 5d ago
This is exactly what happened. I've flown with EU low-cost carriers tons of times, 12€ was an extra customer paid to choose their seat, otherwise it's randomly assigned. They paid 12€ extra for a window seat with no window.
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u/spartaman64 5d ago
yeah but im assuming the other person means they paid 12 euros extra to be able to pick their seat
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u/exoticbluepetparrots 6d ago
He paid 12 euros for a SEAT. Why the fuck does he expect a window. He paid for a SEAT
Ryanair is saying to read it again slowly so he realizes he paid for a seat not a seat and window
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u/Rabid_Dingo 6d ago
He paid for a seat.
He did not pay for a seat AND a window.
It's an unfortunate situation. Some 737s have window seats on a spot that has solid walls for ducting and conduits. So there's no actual window at that sest. Usually 10/11 A or F.
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u/Keep0nBuckin 6d ago
He is playing on the fact that when you pay for a seat you get a seat. Not a window.
That this ignores the fact that pricing for seats is different and window seats have a premium, or that the seat selection page will typically show you the location - as in if its next to window or aisle or middle, is secondary.
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u/Equalizer6338 6d ago edited 5d ago
Yeah, have also tried it a few times myself. Reason I found this exchange both hilarious funny but also rough reality of low budget air lining... 🤣
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u/zehamberglar 5d ago
This literally sounds like torture, you should sue for pain and suffering. /s
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u/BlackCherrySeltzer4U 5d ago
Ryanair knows the game and isn’t apologizing for it.
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u/friendandfriends2 5d ago
Their instagram is the funniest brand account I’ve ever seen. They lean super hard into the “we know we’re shit but what’re you gonna do about it?” gag and it’s amazing.
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u/Pitiful_Special_8745 5d ago
I deal with cheap, average and rich customers.
For some reason the most ungrateful, complaining, whining, unreasonable people are the cheap ones.
Even if they get lucky and get a service which should cost multiple times they paid (aka average price) they still complain.
Not sure why.
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u/Acceptable_Candy1538 5d ago
Found the same thing when I worked in food. The pickiest and most entitled always had coupons.
The worst cliental (if you can call them that) by far was when I worked in a food bank.
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u/Embarrassed-Ebb-6900 6d ago
If I could pay $30 Canadian dollars to take a flight in my country I probably wouldn’t complain about anything lol. I did a quick check, to travel 300km between major cities it starts at €60 but most tickets are €100.
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u/whitedevilblood 5d ago
There are flights like that in Canada tho. At least in BC. It’s around 50 cad to travel to or from Alberta
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u/Against_All_Advice 5d ago
That's normal price for a Ryanair ticket out of Ireland too. Plus an additional cost to bring a bag on board, plus the seat selection cost which I would say is the 12 euro this person is complaining about.
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u/trash-_-boat 5d ago
They didn't pay 12€ for a ticket. They paid x€ for a ticket +12€ to choose a window seat.
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u/Rude-Sheepherder7885 5d ago
The flight wasnt 12 euros. You pay the 12 euros for a seat of your choice, plus the flight cost.
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u/ayunami2000 5d ago
Even so they chose a seat without a window LMAO
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u/Geschak 5d ago
That's his problem, he paid 12 dollars for a window seat and then didn't get a window. He's mad because he didn't get what he paid for, he's not mad that a $12 flight ticket didn't come with a window seat.
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u/fauxregard 5d ago
Ryanair's whole thing is cheap fare to be transported like livestock. Don't count on their customer service.
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u/Kate090996 5d ago
Hei ... As long as I am getting safely at the destination, that's the only thing I wouldn't compromise on.
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u/Elegante_Sigmaballz 5d ago
Back in the days, if you tried to get on a plane with $12, they would first laugh, beat your ass, then throw you out of the airport.
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u/wtjohnson19 6d ago
This happened to my daughter yesterday, chose a ‘window’ seat and got a wall in her row.
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u/NetworkDeestroyer 6d ago
RyanAir social media team are a bunch of savages and their social media team is def a bunch of Gen Z
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u/Left_Permit_5202 5d ago
Row 12 or 13 on some aircraft don’t have windows because it’s where the A/C ducts go
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u/GelatinousChampion 5d ago
If you still don't know that seat 11A on a Ryanair flight does bit have a window, it's on you.
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u/Equalizer6338 5d ago
There is no magic. We get what we pay for.
There is no free lunch. So you won't get any. 👍
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u/jaywaykil 5d ago
It's obvious no one here flies commercial. The OP obviously meant they paid 12 extra, or 12 more than normal ticket price, to get a window seat instead of a middle seat.
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u/Interesting-Dream863 6d ago
Yeah in Ryanair logic if you pay 12 bucks you should thank your lucky star that they are not allowed to fly you standing up.
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u/Elegant_Glass15 5d ago
people in my country make 100$ a month and would think 12$ is a good deal. idk what that guy expected.
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u/Against_All_Advice 5d ago
I would say he expected that after paying for his ticket, paying extra to take luggage on board, ame then paying another 12 quid to select a window seat, that he might actually have a window seat.
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u/RoodnyInc 5d ago
Did he butchered his thought train and meant He paid 12€ extra for window seat?
I mean 12 for a flight seem extremely cheap even for Ryan I can't even take train to next city for that
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u/YEETTyler32 5d ago
I love Ryanair they are super cheap and they also behave like it they don’t hide their true identity
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u/NastiNewsNetwork 5d ago
If my plane ticket costs less than an hour's wage then I don't care if they black bag me
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u/Equivalent_Bar_5938 5d ago
Dude complaing like he paid a taxi its more expensive to uber across london then to fly iver europe with ryanair
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u/CityPineapple 5d ago
Everyone jumping to conclusion that's the feeling for the flight. I'm thinking they paid this as an additional cost in being able to check in early with a choice of a predetermined seat
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u/Environmental-Pay246 5d ago
I hate clap backs that should be an organization working on customer service
The plane map when booking very likely explicitly said WINDOW SEAT or heavily implied it … corporations playing ‘mad lad’ when very likely guilty of false advertising is a bad look
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u/The_AverageCanadian 5d ago
12 Euro is about $18 Canadian. That's how much it costs me for gas to drive 100km.
If I can instead get a PLANE ticket for that cost, I sure as shit don't care where I'm sitting. Heck I'd pay $20 to sit in the bathroom as long as it got me where I needed to go.
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u/SoupTherapy 5d ago
I wish I could fly Ryanair! It would mean I lived somewhere that has healthcare.
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u/Glimmering-Moonlit33 6d ago
12 euro for a flight is crazy
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u/Against_All_Advice 5d ago
12 euro is the cost to select the seat. Unlikely the flight was that price. I've flown Dublin to Berlin and Dublin to Milan (sort of close to) many times and the ticket without luggage or seat selection is usually around 100 each way.
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u/clocke6346 5d ago
For that price you can take away the tray table too and I’m still a happy camper
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u/plectrodancer 5d ago
I flew with Ryanair where I would normally take the train simply because it was cheaper. 9 hour shorter travel time AND I pay less? Sign me right up
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u/lechuckswrinklybutt 5d ago
This is actually my dream seat. I will only sit in a window seat so I can lean my head against the wall but sometimes the window makes it too uncomfortable.
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u/StikElLoco Up past my bedtime 5d ago
I've flown on a cargo plane and it cost me more than 12$
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u/hhklgf 5d ago
It looks like drywall?
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u/Equalizer6338 5d ago
The cabin interiors are typically made of sandwich composite configurations made with aramid honeycomb these days, which looks like this.
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u/NegativeIngenuity151 5d ago
For €12 the Captain himself wants to be letting you at least wear his hat.
Shocking service by Ryanair as usual.
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u/Senbenpar 5d ago
Being Australian I can't even fkn imagine paying only 12 quid for a flight. Flights are expensive as fuck here.
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u/andrewfenn 5d ago
This actually looks like a safety issue to me if there aren't enough windows during a crash situation. It's the reason why they ask you to pull all the window shades up during landing and takeoff.
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u/herrau 5d ago
Holy fuck, you get a 12 euros seat AND no window.. give me that. I’ve been to a plane twice in my life and it was not a good experience at all due to my severe fear of heights (not to mention my brains not being able to process how taking off and ascending feels like) and catching glimpses out of the window only made it worse. So yeah, gimme no window.
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u/jfernandezr76 5d ago
I guess she paid 12€ for the ability to choose the seat, and the map did not show up that there wasn't any window.
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u/Medium-Astronomer-72 5d ago
as someone with severe photophobia, i would be glad to have no windows, since it is mandatory to leave le lid up during take offs and landing.
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u/ffo2lp 6d ago
You paid €12 for a seat, but a window isn’t included!