Budget Airlines

[sobrique]

Anyone travelled via Ryanair/Easyjet recently?
I would imagine they enact all manner of shenanigans to reclaim some of their operating cost, but I have no idea quite what that would entail.
So opinions and suggestions solicited, for cost effective ways to get to other parts of the world.

Comments

[draconas-rage.livejournal.com]

ryanair to scotland about 2 weeks ago:

Everything is an extra:
Tickets: £15 each way
No taxes, surprise surprise!
£5 online checkin fee each way
£5 fee to take my money! There was no method of payment I could find that did not have a £5 fee!
More fees if you want hold baggage, I escaped this by just taking cabin baggage.

Generally fairly good experience though - no hold checkin, so straigth to being molested by security.

No pre-booked seats (unless you pay exrtra for prioirty passes). So the trick is to head to the gate immidately, queue as soon as it starts and keep an eye open for the fastest way onto the aircraft so you can get yourself to one of the emergency escape seats which have all the legroom :)

[xarra.livejournal.com]

I believe visa electron is the one with no charge - because they have to have at least one and it's an uncommon payment type. I may be wrong though!

[draconas-rage.livejournal.com]

Claimed to have a charge for me. I went down every option. Even the Ryan air card was a fiver.

The being able to get the leg room seats without specially booking them is the only thing i found without a fee