Ryanair

“Ryanair admittedly wins on price and regulatory setup in EU provides guarantees that planes are safe.”

“even if they provide no customer support, are actively hostile to their customers, and only respond to lawsuits”

“Ryanair Russian Roulette pricing model, where they advertise cheap prices, but have many hidden tripwires that add a multiple of the sticker cost”

“they are also one of the most timely airlines because of this”

“Ryanair has a pretty high safety record, they fly modern, well maintained planes”

“Plenty of dark patterns on their website but it is 100% possible to just get the luggage rather than a bundle”

“With a family of 3, it's either 400€ or 900€, so we put up with it.”

“The flights are usually cheap, on time and clicking through the junk only takes five minutes.”

“I refuse to download commercial apps. I exclusively book through the website”

“Ryanair UI makes you click "I don't want a seat" instead of "I don't want TO CHOOSE a seat" when you want to opt out from paying for one.”

“They make the online check-in thing ridiculously clear and it's been like that for at least a decade now.”

“I never understand the hate RyanAir gets, for splitting off services like this as a paid option.”

“You need to be ready for the whole thing, but often you can get something much cheaper.”

“It's why they're cheap though. I fly around Europe for 30 euro's.”

“Privacy / dark pattern concerns aside, I used to like having a paper pass in case something happened to my device.”

“my downside is only 1.5x cost, which is still far, far below a non-budget airline”

“I flew with RyanAir several times after they introduced a "mandatory" app boarding pass”

“Increasingly more European airlines exclusively accept in-app check in and documentation. You cannot print it. Ryanair's one of them.”

“Ryanair is the best performing budget airline in Europe and they only buy new planes”

“They've a safety record that's beyond reproach, and where else are you going to get flights for ~€50 across Europe?”

“The flying experience is trash. RyanAir may be the worst, but just by a little. At least they fly on time”

“I draw the line at the fact they appear to force you to book near seats when traveling with minors”

“The company went from no frills budget airline to antagonistic and aggro where literally anything is cranked up to 11 to extract value from you.”

“I don't love the dark patterns, but believe the CEO when he says they are basically traps that enable the low prices”

“I will always fly Ryanair ahead of other low cost carriers in Europe as unlike easyJet for example they don't overbook.”

“The advantage of Ryanair and a lot of the other low cost carriers is that they do a lot of point to point flights”

“Yea quite devious, in a weird way I suppose the dark patterns also serve as an IQ test”

“My one and only experience with Ryanair was that they were rude and hostile even in places where they weren't trying to fleece you.”

“I was able to complain to customer service but it was definitely incredibly user hostile, intrusive and just ridiculous given that I booked directly via their site.”

“it is wise to manage expectations about the kind of company you are actually dealing with”

“Well, theirs scammy sales interface is similar to GoDaddy. But I had never problems flying Ryanair.”

“I dont see why an airline should be forced to resell to shitty agencies taking a an unecessary cut”

“the option to not by travel insurance was in the middle of drop-down list of countries”

“Ryanair specialises in direct flights. If I can choose between a direct flight with Ryanair, or a connecting flight with a legacy airline, I'm going to choose the former to limit time spent in airports.”

“It's easy to book a Ryanair ticket without being upsold.”

“I'm not defending this behaviour with Ryanair, but this is not unique to them at all.”

“it seems quite normal to do a custom app specifically for tickets, for anticheat purposes”

“flew multiple times using the boarding pass from their app without any problem”

“one of Ryanair's major profit centres in the past has been that €50 fee they charge to print your boarding pass at the counter”

“Ryanair in Europe (an epitome of low-cost airline) has both decent margins and zero crashes”