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Re:Some Dark Patterns Now Illegal in UK by rmc on Tuesday August 26, 2014 @10:57AM (#8227413)
A lot of extras are sold on the plane or at checkin (like 60EUR for a boarding pass)

That's not an extra, that a "you should have printed the PDF at home" charge.

Re:Some Dark Patterns Now Illegal in UK by reitanqild on Tuesday August 26, 2014 @11:14AM (#8227537)
> "you should have printed the PDF at home"

Just remember that with Ryanair, simple is not an option unless you pay and pay and pay and pay.

Example: Printing boarding passes a few days ahead: not possible. Oh, unless you pay for reserved seats. Otherwise feel free to wait until a few days ahead of departure, remember to check in, or you'll be hit with another charge at checkin.

Source: Traveled w/Ryanair this summer with my family. The whole process was so annoying that I made it a priority not to give them a single € extra, even if that meant spending more than an hour at a slow internet café somewhere to print boarding passes for our flight home.

Re:Some Dark Patterns Now Illegal in UK by mahouse on Tuesday August 26, 2014 @11:43AM (#8227731)
You can print your passes between 15 days and around 2 hours before the flight. I don't get your point.

I've flown with Ryanair plenty of times and, if you are able to ignore the constant bugging with booze/parfums/car rentals onboard and can stand the small seats, they are the probably the best thing that there is.

Re:Some Dark Patterns Now Illegal in UK by agos on Tuesday August 26, 2014 @11:53AM (#8227802)
it's 7 days, not 15. the point is that if you're on a trip longer than 7 days you have to print them while on your trip, which might not be easy.
Re:Some Dark Patterns Now Illegal in UK by mahouse on Tuesday August 26, 2014 @03:15PM (#8228916)
For the life of me, I'm sure it is (or at least it was) 15 days. And yes, printing it while on your trip can be a major nuisance (happened to me once; it was not a nuisance for me on that trip, but depending on where you are, yes it can be).
Re:Some Dark Patterns Now Illegal in UK by fr11 on Tuesday August 26, 2014 @03:35PM (#8229040)
Is there a Dealing-With-Ryanair-As-A-Service company out there? It would be hilarious for someone to figure out all the tricks of Ryanair and then offer, for €5 or something, that they will make the plane reservation and text you the moment you need to do the things you need to do, and otherwise clarify the process.
Re:Some Dark Patterns Now Illegal in UK by rmc on Wednesday August 27, 2014 @04:45AM (#8231284)
I took ~100 Ryanair flights for a while, and I can't see the benefit of this. You learn quick enough how to avoid all the charges and you don't pay more. Why would I pay €5, when I know how to get the flight for €30?
Re:Some Dark Patterns Now Illegal in UK by untog on Tuesday August 26, 2014 @11:50AM (#8227781)
I suspect I am not alone in not having a printer at home. The sooner they do e-tickets the better, but they have little interest in doing so.

In any case, I take Aer Lingus for flights between London and Dublin now. They're not considerably more expensive, but they are 100x better, and I don't feel like I'm giving money to a shower of utter bastards.