> Flights so cheap that you're willing to put up with the bullshit?
Yes.
I've taken ~100 Ryanair flights. It's a bus service. Buses are crap too. Ryanair, like busses, are cheap.
Re:Some Dark Patterns Now Illegal in UK
by Vespasian on Wednesday August 27, 2014 @10:21AM
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Yep the main reason here is them being cheap. I did travel with some people who really had to save up for this so cheap flight + cheap stay it was :)
> Why on earth would you do business with a company that makes you "<feel> cheated"?
Because everyone bitches about them but everyone still uses them, since after all, they are the cheapest. They just like to hurl rocks from the top of the mountain without actually doing anything productive about it - i.e. taking their money elsewhere.
Yup, same as WalMart, hehe. They're awful and evil and rahrahrah, but at 1am on Sunday when everywhere else is closed, they'll sell you a loaf of bread, electric drill, computer monitor, a case of beer, and new underwear, and they'll do it at a lower price than any other store in town. So people hate it, but they still go there.
Why on earth would you do business with a company that makes you "<feel> cheated"? RyanAir ran off all of the other airlines? They had the only flight to Dublin to see your poor, sick mother? Flights so cheap that you're willing to put up with the bullshit? It's an honest question, and I've heard some answer it with "they're so cheap, I'm willing to put up with dealing with weasels." But it sounds like the whole weasel-dealing thing isn't for you.
One of the reasons I fly SouthWest, even when they're not the cheapest or most convenient, is because I don't feel like I need to watch my back when dealing with them.