Ryanair

It was my first time using Ryanair on a trip to London. I booked online and went into manage my booking to book a wheelchair at Dublin and Stansted. I printed both boarding passes and was glad to see wheelchair booked on both boarding card. At Dublin airport got the wheelchair all the way to the departure gate. At Stanstead there were 3 wheelchairs to collect passengers I was brought all the way through the airport and out to the bus stop for London. The cabin crew were friendly. On the return trip the process was the same in reverse.

I have just flown from Dublin to Manchester. It was my first time flying with Ryanair and I really wasn't looking forward to the flight as I have heard many extremely bad reviews. The flight in all honestly was not a bad flight we arrived 15 minutes early into Manchester and I have no complaints regarding the crew on board they were pleasant and polite. This company have a terrible reputation for trying to get money any which way they can however if you read the terms and conditions properly there should be no reason for you to part with your hard earned cash. The seat pitch was fine for me a female at 5ft 4 inches and for the 45 minute duration but I can imagine it must be extremely uncomfortable for men as I can imagine if you tall it would be awful for those longer flights. One thing which I really didn't like was the non-existent seat allocation. I felt as if I was part of a cattle herd trying to get on board as people had started to queue an hour before we were due to depart to ensure families got seats together. Ryanair overall is not terrible you get what you pay for. They are a budget no frills airline and I think people tend to forget about that. There is no inflight entertainment not even an inflight magazine people who expect these things really need to remember how much they paid for the flight. I will fly again if they are the cheapest option.

My son has just returned from a school trip to Italy. They flew out with Easyjet to Sorrento and back with Ryanair from Rome. We had been told that the maximum hold luggage was 20kg for both flights. Going out was no problem but coming back became a nightmare for him. His suitcase weighed 15.9kg at check in. His case was weighed on 3 different machines which all gave different weights. The person behind the desk was not helpful and told him he would have to pay 70 euros for excess my son informed the assistant that he had no hand luggage which would have given him a further 10kg. But all this person wanted was money from him my son's teacher then became involved. In fairness to him he himself refused to allow my son to pay the excess. My son had to open his case and thankfully some of his friends took items out and carried it through in their hand luggage. All the time this was happening my son was being made very aware that the flight would close soon! Personally I would never book with them.

Stansted to Barcelona (Reus) FR3842 outbound 25/10/13 FR3842 return 28/10/13. Although I had checked in online I was unable to print a boarding pass do to a non working printer. This did not concern me as I knew there were PCs at the airport. I was stunned to discover that Ryanair locks the ability to print a boarding pass within 2 hours of flying. I was absolutely livid when I was told that I would have to pay £70 to have Ryanair staff print a boarding pass or more accurately give me a code which I had to take to their computer terminal and print my own. Outrageous.

I set off from Stansted to Madrid last week only to be forced to pay £70 at the point of entry because I could not print out the boarding pass due to complications on how to go about it. On return I tried to print out another boarding pass but still not possible I went to the airport a day before my departure in there desk but nothing came out of it. The next day I was made to pay another Euro 70.

Travelled from Stansted to Palermo return. Website very unclear over charges resulting us having to pay 150% more for bag on return! No Ryanair employees at airport. Return late due to earlier problems at Stansted - these things happen but nearing arrival at Stansted passengers asked to pick up all rubbish from under seats as the crew didn't have time at Palermo! Stunning way of showing that the customer is important. Try and complain online next day? Virtually impossible! No in-flight entertainment.

We have chosen to fly with Ryanair from BRS-Chania (Crete) in August 2014 they were at least £300 cheaper than the alternative easyJet flight from BRS-Heraklion. The flight times were perfect too. So we booked with them due to recommendations cost and convenience. The charges are clearly outlined on the conformation e-mail that you must print the passes before you reach the airport! In my opinion people that turn up at the airport without their printed pass are asking for the extra charge. If you don't have a printer then pay for check-in at the airport! Everybody knows Ryanair is about cheap basic travel and if you're expecting anything different then you are ridiculous. I very much look forward to flying with Ryanair.

We just had a flight from Rome to Madrid a few days ago and needed to do my online check in. Me and my mother did the check in through the website and through the iPhone app and waited for the confirmation email the night before the flight. We never got it. Being tourists we don't know where to go or complaint and get the issue resolved so we head to Ciampino airport to be informed that without the printed boarding pass we have to pay 70 EUR for the boarding pass. If I didn't get the email even 8 hours after checking in online what am I to print if I never received anything. No customer service at Ciampino no Ryanair employees on site.

I have never been spoken to so rudely or treated with such contempt. I understood I should check in online but as I had problems printing this I was lead to understand that all details would be held by Ryanair and this would be fine. The staff were rude and unhelpful. When I requested assistance printing in the airport I was sent to customer services only to find that they did not open until 06.00 my flight was at 05.55. My partner and myself both have eye problems and when I again requested some assistance I was very curtly told "just put your glasses on". We struggled to use the PC only to discover that the printer was in fact out of order. I was left with no option but to pay £140 for two boarding passes to be printed at the touch of a button. We eventually got ourselves and a single case weighing 20.03kg on our way to Corfu. I was therefore totally amazed when the same case minus two pair of shoes that were thrown away and toiletries that were used weighed 22.50kg. I would have assumed this wasn't possible but at Ryanair anything can happen.

We travelled as a party my child who is only 10 and had never flown before couldn't sit with me or her dad as there was no seats my nephew wasn't with his mother either - I could'nt believe how we were all separated from each other and a child sitting without a parent. I was annoyed that there was so many seats at the front of the plane where we could have sat together but had rope around them. The crew were rude and not helpful.