Comments on: Budget airline catfight ahoy, as Jet2.com bitchslaps Ryanair

By: Da Dong

Da Dong — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 18:08:36 +0000

Smell the herrings, people.. cheap flights and loads of them.. who cares if the cunt calls the pope a nazi or Gordon Brown a one eyed paedo.. he could call my own mother a lezza for a cheap flight to Pussyville

By: Richard Barry

Richard Barry — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 18:05:15 +0000

Xpenny – you are a legend.. this is all showboating by Europe’s most successful ainrlie CEO.. don’t take is so personally.. in fairness he is an arrogant twat but in his defense he is the only CEO who isn’t a pure corporate Colin.. would you prefer if he whines like that other prick at BA?

Just enjoy the cheap flights and let them kick the shit out of each other.. your wallet has more in it…

By: ginger minger

ginger minger — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 18:30:10 +0000

Ryanair are a pikey airline and no mistake, btu hey – it’s well cheap innit?

Jet2 – they are better quality than Ryanair, no doubt, but this don;t get robbed crapola is pathetic really.

Jet2 will be fine – Rynair are just terrible!!!

By: jsoap

jsoap — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 09:37:41 +0000

At least Ryanair have a page that clearly states what their fees are.
Also reports suggest that Jet2 deliberately split passenger up when alloacting seats, forcing you to pay for seat allocation. Nasty.

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By: Nobby

Nobby — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 08:36:57 +0000

> It’s great that you’re able to get the cheap flights, but don’t think for a moment that you’re not being subsidised by other passengers.

The same could be said when you get any deal at below cost price. Loads of supermarkets do loss leaders, so don’t think for a minute that if you only buy these that you’re not being subsidised by other customers buying other groceries when they go to the store.

By: Nobby

Nobby — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 08:34:27 +0000

I think it’s great that Ryanair are going to Leeds. We’re only an hour away, and hopefully they will start shaking up jet2 prices.

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 08:29:35 +0000

@Mark: Yeah, we all know it’s possible to get an actual cheap flight on Ryanair, but clearly not everybody does. If they did, your cheap flights wouldn’t be possible as they probably use more fuel just taxiing to the runway than a plane full of 1p passengers would have paid for. They’d go under in a week if everyone paid the minimum.

The only way you get free/cheap flights on Ryanair is by someone else getting fleeced on charges they’re either unaware of or can’t avoid (on holiday for a week with a family of 4? You’re going to get screwed…). It’s great that you’re able to get the cheap flights, but don’t think for a moment that you’re not being subsidised by other passengers.

By: Martha Focker

Martha Focker — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 08:28:28 +0000

Some wankers take more hand luggage than my luggage!

By: Simon

Simon — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 23:13:37 +0000

Jet2 are getting too expensive at Leeds, Ryanair alway beat them on price. They say Ryanair have lots of hidden charges? They need to take a look at their own charges before they start spouting about that.
£85 flight with thier charges on turns into £145. Lowcost airline where?

By: dan krijgsman

dan krijgsman — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 20:02:21 +0000

Jet2 are even worse than ryan air… much more expensive and yet even more money grabbing on the little things like seat allocation. I was made to pay £16 extra to check my hand luggage because although the suitcase I was using was ‘official size’ it didn’t fit into their box if it was lowered in horizontally, rather than on a slant and straightened at the end.

Oh and me and my girlfriend couldn’t sit next to each other unless we wanted to pay extra for preallocated seats. The seats that they allocated us for free (at the same time) were two rows apart!

By: JetPoo

JetPoo — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:43:06 +0000

Jet2 – Avoid like the plague. No qualms in ejecting you from an aircraft all on the whim of 1 passenger who didn’t want to fly with football fans.

Hope you meet the same fate as XL

By: Steve Cockerham

Steve Cockerham — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:32:22 +0000

Yeah me too. O Leary is a true disrespectful gobshite.

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:14:09 +0000

Jet2.com are not competitive on pricing at all. They come nowhere near Ryanair’s low fares, and yes, we all know about Ryanair’s sneaky charges all the way, but I’ve flown many times to Stockholm, Dublin, Milan, Barcelona, and only ever paid 1p each way, all in.
Yes, thats including taxes and charges. Jet2 never come close to this, so although many of you dont like Ryanair, for those of us living within reach of Leeds Bradford airport, Ryanairs arrival can only mean good news regarding competitivenes. Bargains. Money Saved.
Which is what readers of this and HUKD like. Or is that just me?

By: ...

... — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:35:47 +0000

wow how much did ryanair pay you to write this diatribe? jet2 is far more up front about its charges and their costs.

Once you take everything into consideration often come out cheaper than ryan air… having used both frequently in the past year including jet2 from leeds bradford (21 times between ryanair and jet2 so far this year with another 4 booked) i can say that jet2 is much more pleasant as far as no thrills experiences go than ryanair. My only complaint about jet2 would be the limited number of airports from which it flies.

Although all that said i am glad that ryanair are starting to fly from leeds bradford…one more route=more tickets to be sold at bargain prices (i hope)