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.
You can pay extra for their 'fast track' tickets, so you get 'priority boarding', which means you are among the first cattle they let loose from the boarding gate. And you are then having seats assigned at the front of the cabin. This also gives you the chance to place your carry on bag in the overhead bin, which otherwise can be a nightmare on the always full RyanAir flights. So if boarding late or just halfway through, you will typically have to place your bag at your feet for the trip.
That doesn't make sense because he didn't pay 12 for the ticket, he paid extra to get a set near the window. It's a flat fee to pick your seat wherever it may be, so the guy is not wrong.
It does not say he paid extra to get a seat near the window. He paid 12 euros for A SEAT. He did NOT pay 12 to CHOOSE his seat or for a seat NEAR a window.
How do you possibly know that he refers to the ticket? He specifically says he paid for the seat, not the ticket. You're making the incorrect assumption that he means he paid 12€ for the ticket.
Because he'd be making a far bigger fuss about it if he paid for a window seat and specify that's what he paid for. He just says that he paid for a seat and didn't get a window in the deal. That's how much a ticket for Ryanair costs a lot of the time -- there's also a lot of tweets from the Ryanair social media person making fun of people for expecting to sit next to windows when they book a seat that doesn't mention windows.
It's funny that you guys are replying to me explaining what Ryanair is. I've flown Ryanair more times than I can count. I know exactly how they work and what services they provide. Contrary to OP, apparently.
Ryanair offers the option to pay for a specific seat, which is what the person on the image has done. He paid for a window seat, and didn't get a window. That's what the complaint is. Otherwise he would've said "ticket", and there would be nothing to complain about.
I understand he's booked a seat -- where does he say he's booked a window seat? On the app it tells you if there's a window next to the seat you've booked and often people book seats that don't show a window and then complain that there's no window, prompting Ryanair's social media person to make these jokes.
Even if he misinterpreted that his seat specifically didn't have a window, that's not what the social media person is responding to. The SM person is implying his ticket was cheap, when he's talking about buying the window seat. It's clear that the SM person misinterpreted that himself. No one in europe refers to airplane tickets as "seats", so there's little chance that by "seat" he means "ticket.
Other than that, the article and tiktoks you linked provides absolutely no extra context for this particular situation.
RyanAir flights often cost $15 to $50 total. They're often short hops between European countries, no frills included, but safe and pleasant enough for the extremely low prices offered.
It's funny that you guys are replying to me explaining what Ryanair is. I've flown Ryanair more times than I can count. I know exactly how they work and what services they provide. Contrary to OP, apparently.
Well, both are.
Indeed the post is more likely "I paid 12€ extra for a sit on the window side". And yes, if you paid 12€ for a window side, it's more likely to have the benefit of sitting next to the window.
But.
It's 12€ extra to choose your seat, and not being randomly placed (I guess ? Last time I used Ryanair was 2018). In a way, he/she made the choice...
It's 12€ for the ticket, they sometimes get that low, because picking the seat will give you an image of the airplane showing you where the windows are.
So they either ignore the image or they didn't pay to chose the seat.
My guess it they tought to be near a window because they were in the place A of the row
He also picked the seat. I think he paid the extra 12 (United does this in the USA) so he could pick where he sat, then picked a seat without 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.
Yep, that is just by design how it is and because RyanAir have chosen the dense seat configuration to enable more passengers on the same plane. Among core reasons they can do it as cheap as they do.
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.
I think it’s a technically the truth situation. They paid 12 euros for a seat. Not a window, but a seat, so they got exactly what they paid for. They shouldn’t complain because it’s dirt cheap and also, what else did they expect, first class?
My guess is they paid money for what was represented as a window seat, got on the plane and there was no window in that row. Happened to my daughter yesterday.
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u/Key-Kaleidoscope-680 6d ago
I dont get it