Ryanair

Travelled from Palma to Bristol yesterday. Got on the plane after being pushed out of the way by hoards of mad passengers rushing for a seat only to find no seats available. Not a problem generally but when you have a six year old and only single seats available it was a bit tricky. The crew were useless and only seemed interested in pre-booked customers! Got a seat after walking up and down looking lost and no thanks to the crew! No issues going over but not good coming back. Why can't they let the kids on first. All they care about is money. Last time with Ryanair (after using them for years).

Luton airport to Trapani. Flight was on time. Not that cheap after all extras added. Very poor seat comfort. Cabin size bag (used GATE8 Luggage) therefore avoided fees associated with baggage check-in. Staff were at best indifferent.

Bristol to Palma on 22/08/13. Followed all of the baggage restrictions even paying the extra £60 to book my sons small bag into the hold and booked our seats. Flight staff on the way over were very difficult to understand. When we arrived in Palma on the return told we had to pay 60 euros each as we didn't have boarding passes. I had tried to check in online the day we flew and still there was no option to print any further boarding passes. She could see on her system that I had booked 7 seats and accessed the system but said at it was my fault and that it was an easy system. To add insult to injury I had a message on my home answer phone advising me I hadn't checked in this was left whilst I was still on holiday!

Prestwick-Wroclaw perfect both ways. Staff spot on landed early. I always arrive early at airport with a cabin bag. Toilet before t/o. No at or drink on flight. Boarding pass always torn half way. good aircraft good crew.

Leeds Bradford to Tenerife and back. We read all the instructions stayed within the weight limits and measurements and arrived with the correct number of items of luggage and had no problems at all. Aircraft was clean and tidy staff were efficient and polite. The food and beverages seemed adequate although we did not purchase any. We did not have reserved seats but we sat together on both journeys. My advice just use your common sense and you will find Ryanair as good if not better as any other airline they are efficient and cheap.

Flew recently Edinburgh to Bordeaux. Outward was good although had to wait very long one for luggage. Return trip was awful. The new Billi section where the cheap airlines operate is once through security tiny poor toilet facilities and passengers crammed in like sardines. Announcements impossible to hear queues for the gates mingling with people in the shopping areas and once at the gates even tighter than sardines. I understand you have to know what you are doing and what to expect with cheap airlines but I will avoid them if I can in future. This experience was stressful and very uncomfortable. To make things worse the staff on return flight were unfriendly and the food was disgusting!

Flew to Alicante last week. Paid the fee for our measly 15kg bag allowance. Checked in online arrived at Edinburgh to depart to find a massive slow moving queue. My 2 year old was getting tired and cranky. Then was told because my bag was 15.5kg and my wife's was 16kg we would be charged £100 for being over weight if we couldn't re-pack. The ignorant woman at check in couldn't care less about our upset child. We managed to get our luggage re-packed and I was told by another member of staff that my bag would be fine at 15.5kg. When getting onto the plane to get or free for all seat rush. My wife asks for assistance to find at least two seats together but the stewardess snootily told her to keep moving up the plane and find a seat. Luckily somebody moved so that she could sit with our child. Then you have to spend the rest of the flight listening to bored and rude cabin crew trying to sell things. Not the greatest start to our 1st family holiday. Have flown with Ryanair before to stags with friends with only hand luggage but will never use them again for a family holiday. They just don't care about their customers or the quality of your journey.

We flew up to Scotland with Ryanair and waited for ages to be checked in. The extra cost of printing a boarding pass and check in online was being handed out to a large group of passengers. Why does it cost so much to print a boarding pass and check in at the airport. The staff were rude and unhelpful to the point that I just wanted to get my money back for the flight and go home but - no refunds! If I were to treat people in my business like this I would have no customers. Terrible experience never again!

Travelled as a family of 5 3 children 117 and 2. Was dreading flights due to reading reviews - I've got to say if you stick to the guidelines and they do remind you with an e-mail reminding you of cabin bag size weight allowance and to print out boarding passes you can't go wrong. I saw myself the size of the bags people were trying to take on was never hand luggage. I paid to put my luggage in the hold but people were trying it on at the gate to get away with it and Ryanair don't move at all on the rules. I also paid for priority boarding as they only sell this to half of the seats on the plane you are almost guaranteed to sit together peace of mind your boarding 1st to save the bun fight when you get to the gate. Overall I would use them again. Stick within the rules and its not all that bad!

Flew first time with Ryanair it was my son's wedding in Poland and crucial we all arrived on time. Excellent service from start to finish. Panic set in when we arrived at security and we had no bar-codes on boarding cards so couldn't be scanned but problem soon sorted by sending us through check in. Cabin crew helpful finding seats and storing bags that wouldn't fit in nearby lockers. Read the rules follow instructions and you won't have any trouble. No excuses as they make the conditions perfectly clear. Shall certainly be travelling with them again.