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My questions are:
1. Anything else I should be aware before booking with them?
2. My ticket will be emailed one I booked which would include my boarding pass to be printed right?
3. Should I have a separate bag to protect my backpack if I was to check luggage?
4. How early do I have to get to the airport to catch the flight?
I also carry a 2012 letter from the British Airports Authority quoting 'EC300' (European Commission) rules that hiking poles are allowed through European airports security.
Being only slightly paranoid when travelling, I also carry a 2012 letter from the British Airports Authority quoting 'EC300' (European Commission) rules that hiking poles are allowed through European airports security.
Don't feel badly. I once bought a ticket for right place, right day, but wrong year!!!That was many years ago and now I check each detail obsessively before I complete the transaction
I am looking to book a flight with Ryanair on May 11 from Santiago to Madrid. Right now I am looking at the 8pm flight so that I can enjoy Madrid night live before flying back to Ottawa-Canada on Monday morning.
I read quite a few things that I need to pay attention when flying with them as follow:
- Buy online in advance for good rate
- Print your boarding ticket in advance
- If I was to check luggage, add the service fee prior and not on location
- Trekking pole are to be checked as check luggage (more a Santiago airport issue)
My questions are:
1. Anything else I should be aware before booking with them?
2. My ticket will be emailed one I booked which would include my boarding pass to be printed right?
3. Should I have a separate bag to protect my backpack if I was to check luggage?
4. How early do I have to get to the airport to catch the flight?
Thank you
Cheers!
From what I gather, Ryanair is great if I make sure I follow their rules by the book but right now, I think that the train migh save me some headaches and get to enjoy a nice ride.
There we go! Who's to know/be sure! (But I'm pretty sure I got to Raleigh NC with my lil knife! (Hope the TSA isn't reading this),Be aware that flying from Quebec city you are not allowed to carry even the tiniest Swiss army knife. They confiscate the one with a 2,5 cm blade.
Booked with Ryanair the other day. Listing the flights it showed departures as 08.10 - 09.20 and 22.15 - 23.20, so I naturally thought the 08.10 flight was a morning flight.
When I received the confirmation email it showed the flight times as 08.10pm - 09.20pm. When I printed the email it read as 08.10hrs, not showing the pm.
Booked with Ryanair the other day. Listing the flights it showed departures as 08.10 - 09.20 and 22.15 - 23.20, so I naturally thought the 08.10 flight was a morning flight.
When I received the confirmation email it showed the flight times as 08.10pm - 09.20pm. When I printed the email it read as 08.10hrs, not showing the pm.
Very confused and worried as I have a connecting flight to Paris so have tried to email and ring to no avail.
Will try again tonight as I have to ring after 5pm my time. May well have to reschedule and pay for new tickets to get back to Paris.
Hopefully it's a typo or something. I thought everything was going so smoothly anyway I live and learn everyday
I just double-checked the Santiago Airport website and the Ryanair flight is listed for departure in the morning. I'm glad you mentioned this as I am booked on the same flight to Madrid on 3 May! I also re-confirmed this via the Ryanair website. So it should still be ok for an 0810 departure in the morning.
My letter from the British Airport Authority concerning UK/EU Airport Security regulations for trekking poles is already on this forum, quoted by Johnie Walker on 8 March 2012, in a previous thread. I have seen queues of passengers at Aer Lingus departure gates with telescopic poles sticking out of their cabin-baggage backpacks, and I have flown to Santiago, Madrid, Bilbao and Biarritz (with Aer Lingus and Ryanair) with poles inside my backpack without comment or disapproval. Most European airlines have the same 55/40/20cm/10kg cabin-baggage limit--and that will be the sticking point for anyone with longer poles or heavier/bulkier backpacks.
Yesterday I saw a wooden rolling pin in the display of forbidden cabin items at Lisbon airport! So pastry chefs beware. Airport security has accepted my tiny Swiss army knife (with scissors!) for years because the blade is only 4cm. There is no real logic to all this; we can only smile and travel hopefully, in the spirit of the Camino, using neither weapons nor barbed humour.
1. Just be aware of the weight of your bag!I am looking to book a flight with Ryanair on May 11 from Santiago to Madrid. Right now I am looking at the 8pm flight so that I can enjoy Madrid night live before flying back to Ottawa-Canada on Monday morning.
I read quite a few things that I need to pay attention when flying with them as follow:
- Buy online in advance for good rate
- Print your boarding ticket in advance
- If I was to check luggage, add the service fee prior and not on location
- Trekking pole are to be checked as check luggage (more a Santiago airport issue)
My questions are:
1. Anything else I should be aware before booking with them?
2. My ticket will be emailed one I booked which would include my boarding pass to be printed right?
3. Should I have a separate bag to protect my backpack if I was to check luggage?
4. How early do I have to get to the airport to catch the flight?
Thank you
Cheers!
Does anyone know how to contact Ryanair? I am trying to book a flight online from Santiago to Madrid (which I managed to do successfully last year when I first walked the Camino), and it keeps telling me that my contact info is missing or incorrect. Then it throws me back to the beginning to start all over again, without saving any of my choices. Neither the "contact us" nor the "FAQ" tabs seem to work. Maddening.
I tried it on http://www.ryanair.com/en/ then clicked on "FAQs" at the bottom of the webpage, then on "Contact Us" (or you can go directly to it from this link: http://www.ryanair.com/en/questions/contact-numbers).
You can then choose to complete an online "Contact Form" or else click on a telephone "contact number" which varies depending on where you live - and in the case of the US it seems to come under "Rest of the World" catchement area. The contact number given there is: "+ 44 871 246 0002 – English speaking. Calls cost £0.10 per minute plus international calling rates and network extras. Our lines are open Mon - Fri, 09:00 - 18:00 GMT, Sat 10:00 – 17:00 GMT and Sun 11:00 – 17:00 GMT."
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