Would you fly Ryanair? I did, and it was...interesting.
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Believe it or not, one of the most frequent requests I’ve been getting here on this TH-cam channel has been to do a Ryanair review. To be honest, it’s something I’ve been wanting to do as well, so...here it is (at long last).
This is footage from Ryanair flight number 225 from London Stansted (STN) to Dublin (DUB). I was seated in 6A, and the aircraft registration was EI-FRS.
A wild and crazy (and expensive!) adventure it was.
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As someone who’s lived in London for the best part of 10 years, top tip... never EVER get a black cab for any significant distance! Vastly overpriced, either use train and tube or minicab/uber
I definitely learned my lesson this time. 😅
@@sanspotter Yep. Its not called Rip Off Britain for nothing.
Best to pre-book a minicab over the phone/internet and get a fixed price quote and have the driver waiting for you outside the customs hall. The various taxicab apps (of which there a several including Uber) may not work out cheaper (surge pricing), and you may need to wait.
Agreed, National Express are pretty good!
Uber probs like 40-50 quid
$300 taxi!? I’m in the wrong occupation!
You forgot to mention priority attracted more pax than regular as most Europeans take a carry on
I did fly them twice before 2017 Manchester to athens
He actually said ,, tarmac". Aviation lovers will understand...
You should have flown Airlingus LHR-DUB and saved your $300 taxi fare, which would have bought a flight DUB-USA But you must have cash to burn
Black cabs are a rip off should have got a Uber or even rent a car for the full week and drive to dublin
If I had more time I definitely would have. I forgot how expensive taxicabs in London can be!
@@sanspotter definitely should have got an Uber, so much cheaper and often friendlier!
SANspotter bet your flight was actually cheaper than the cab fare
@@TheOneAndOnlyS2 it would have cost about 1/20 of the cab fare. Which is what makes the mistake truly hilarious.
gallian78 drive in Dublin no thank you
I flew on Ryan Air at least 40 times. Honestly. I never had a bad flight. I had a few rough experiences. But nothing to make me say never again.
You lucky that's all
you must have de-faced buttocks by now because of all the bad landings
@@ryanalmazi6802 they don't do bad landings. They do in bad winds etc. They do very nice landings
they are ok as longs as you remember to take CASH for your BEER!!! ...do not rely on their card payment machines...
all times ive flied there were butter landings
I love how in the video it looks like your a very serious person and then your voiceover is so funny.
I absolutely hate how I never manage to smile in photos. I always look like a serial killer! 🔪😄
Me too! He looks like a serious guy but he's just as silly as the rest of us! 😂😂
Good point, smile is a charity while you are empty pockets.
New drinking game, take a shot everytime i heard 300 dollars lol
Hopefully you don’t have to work tomorrow. 🤪😆
That background music in the beginning was epic! Another great video Scott!
Thanks! I just knew I had to start this one off on an angry note. 😅
I've flown Ryanair many times. can't understand all the gripes. super cheap, if you know the rules you'll have no problems. London to Spain for 20 euros, how can you beat that!
We are not all living in London - the cheapest fares mostly are only available from there
Rob 51 didn’t imply that I live in London. I’m saying I used it from London and I also used it from other countries. It wasn’t as bad as ppl make it out to be. Ya get what ya pay for. Btw. I live in America. Home of many crap airlines. Cheers mate
@@rob5197 look around then - there’s plenty of fares under £20 from other airports like Bristol etc.
It would have been cheaper buying a ticket from LHR - DUB on the day.
Exactly! 😂 If I didn’t need the footage to make a video, that’s exactly what I would have done.
@@sanspotter Ryanair does not go to McCarran airport in Vegas or SFO San Francisco.
@@thomasmurphy3021 nobody asked
@@thomasmurphy3021 Ryanair doesn't fly to the US anyway
Was just about to comment the same, Heathrow to Dublin much cheaper.
I live in Europe, the UK to be precise, and having a Spanish wife means we fly backwards and forwards between Spain and the UK quite a lot with Ryanair as they are always much cheaper than everyone else. In the last 5 years I don't think we've had a single problem apart from the odd unruly passenger. I agree that the boarding process is a pain but I'm saving money so it's worth it in my opinion.
Why do people complain about Ryanair when paying next to nothing for an International flight...... it's cheap,clean & long waiting list to work for them.
wait until something goes wrong...like when the next Ryanair flight to your destination lands there before you takeoff. Very long delays in Ryanair airports like Stansted, Beauvais or Charleroi gets old very quickly.
Not that cheap, I paid 277e for flights to Lithuania, partner couldn't go and wasn't due any money back, only entitled to be refunded tax back, their policy!! But never got a cent, damn sure there was more than that paid in tax
I paid them £400. Is that next to nothing? They cancelled my flight then told me I either accept a voucher or re-apply for refund after 1 year.
They are fucking scum. I will never use them again.
Ryanair are great....big negative babies who can't just appreciate stuff complain all the time.
people are saying its expensive but it's not as expensive as other airlines. Once there was a flight for £54. Plus in 2018 it was the safest airline. There might be delays but at least your safe
Flew with Ryanair to and from tenerife recently. Was a lovely flight both ways. Staff were absolutely lovely. On the way back we only had cash and one attendant explained they only accepted card. The other attendant, a lady, offered to pay with her card and take our cash.
Just wait until he finds out about 'London Luton'.....
Spongebob Jimbob and London Southend 😂
Be fair, even Gatwick is nowhere near London. But the neither is Narita and other such airports around the world.
Actually, LTN would take less time (smaller taxi fare) from LHR than STN or LGW. And a fairly quick train transfer too, these days (Heathrow Express/Connect/TFL rail to Paddington, then taxi to West Hampstead TL to get the Thameslink to Luton AIrport Parkway, then the shuttle. Can also do Paddington to West Hampstead using a fairly short tube ride-Bakerloo to Baker Street, then Jubilee to West Hampstead TL.)
@@miles_thomas That is without doubt, the most complicated set of directions using public transport in any major city. Though Luton is to London, what Philadephia is to New York.
@@nicholasmackenzie-rowe68 A bit complex, yes. but also quicker than the more obvious alternatives if time is tight--check it on a map before making false comparisons.
LHR-LTN 37 miles, around 45 minutes by car, Philadelphia to New York (city centre to city centre) 94 miles. So no comparison. My public transport route in daytime would get door to door in approx 75 mins, no risk of traffic, two fast trains (choice of trains out of Heathrow)
FYI: New York City centre to Newark Liberty or LaGuardia about the same time by car as LHR-LTN or LHR-LGW; JFK a bit longer, comparable to LHR-STN. LHR to London Southend about the same as New York to Stewart SWF (and SEN is a fair comparison to SWF, both branded with the name of the city they supposedly serve) (all estimates using google maps)
Despite their bad reputation I've never had any issues eg delays or cancellations with Ryanair, something I can't say for easyjet.
Another reason why I’d fly this airline all the time if I lived in Europe!
@@sanspotter what other airline can get you from England to the other side of France for £2?
Danish Pastry they treat there staff bad at Ryanair
Very much agree with you! I've been delayed with pricey legacy carriers such as Air Canada and Alitalia but have mostly flown with Ryanair (20 times plus) and have never had a single delay. Not one.
Probably the waiting room to hell is a 10 hour flight delay from a Ryanair airport
You could have just taken a 777 on emirates to get to stansted instead of flying to LHR
That way you didn’t need the taxi trip
Was thinking exactly the same thing. I think the EK comes in around midday, so maybe the timing didn't quite work out but there must be at least 4 FRs to DUB from STN.
FramedMan I just realised but there are 2 daily flights from dxb to stn on the 777 one in the afternoon and the other in the morning
The entire point of doing this routing was to make a Ryanair video. I definitely would have flown direct if I didn’t need the content!
SANspotter thank you for your reply sir and I understand, but if this was just for the Ryan air video you could have flown direct to stansted from DXB and then hopped on the Ryan air flight to DUB
I might be missing something here but that would have saved you a heck of a lot of money from that cab
SANspotter Emirates flies to STN from DXB so I think that’s what they meant
European LCC's are in a whole other league compared to their American cousins especially when it comes to price. They really take the concept to the extreme, and as long as you arent bringing too much luggage with you
then flying airlines like RyanAir, EasyJet is fine. consider it more of a bus in the sky, getting you from A to B, you just have to suffer for an hour or two.
When you take into account being able to fly across Europe for as low as $5 return ? i wont complain lol. I wouldn't take them as part of a longer itinerary though, i've used Ryanair mostly for day or weekend trips
I fully agree with this - US LCCs can definitely learn a thing or two from Euro LCCs. My EasyJet and Ryanair experiences have been great!
This is true, we don't have any expectations from RyanAir, EasyJet, WizzAir, they are low cost carriers that take you form A to B in 2-3 hrs and you spend almost nothing. Which is fine and that is the price we pay, if we want experience and luxury I would go with Turkish, always.
@@sanspotter They can be arseholes if you have even the slightest bit of luggage and if you don't get Priority (and they only sell a limited number), you only get a tiny weenee bag to take on board. Plus, even if the gate says it's closing but boarding hasn't even started yet (often the case), they can still turn you away if you wait until the queue has died down because you didn't arrive on time, even though the plane is still boarding. Then, the landings are always hard because they don't want to use the brakes because the turnarounds are so quick, they can't take off with hot brakes.
We have spirit lol
Lufthansa treats you like a king, but of course it cost a lot more. Ryanair is good for poor people.
You do realize there’s a STN-DUB like every hour
I go to uni in the uk and I love those short cheap ryanair flights back and forth. Never had a bad experience ✨🤞🏻
You actually liked Stansted??? It's the most depressing airport I've ever flown from, I have friends who work there as crew, I myself am (and no I ain't gonna pick apart everything wrong with the video, cos there isn't anything, and I agree with most of it, in fact I found it hilarious how you compared ryanair to spirit, I do that too, even tho I never flew spirit 😅 I want to) anyway, my coluges in Stansted... Don't like it, it's dark, dirty and misurable... And as a passenger, I think it's yucky... Tho the place you went for quiet is exactly where I go 😂😂😂 great vid keep em up
Edit: I'm ryanair crew 😂😂
In my defense, I think the only reason why I enjoyed STN was because of how brief my time was there. 😅 I could definitely see it being a place to avoid if I had to transit through there all the time!
Most depressing? You haven't been to Geneva then :D.
I really don't mind Stansted at all. There's a Costa, all I need.
He's never had to fly into STN. Then he'll change his mind.
Try Berlin Tagel or Schönefeld Airports, then you’ll know at least STN is at least airport
I think stansted is alright, have you ever been to manchester airport?
It’s not an achievement. Millions of people fly it every month.
Well, in his case, it is. He’s an American, so obviously RyanAir is not at all common in the U.S.. RyanAir is also a notoriously bad airline as it is a low cost carrier which is why it is seen as an “achievement” to fly a bad airline.
Joseph Stalin. How exactly are you 100% sure I’m not paying? Anyway, for the price you’re paying it definitely makes sense but as an American it’s definitely rare to fly an airline like RyanAir. No need to get so angry.
As Dylan mentioned above, Ryanair is indeed a novelty to non Europeans such as myself. I know very few Americans who have flown this airline!
@@sanspotter I don't what is going on in second parts of the world, but in Europe, this is normal.
@@DylanHK There are US low cost carriers that are similar to ryanair in type/quality of service: spirit, allegiant, frontier. Southwest and jetBlue are more similar to Easyjet.
Apart from the leg space, seat size, I've never had a bad experience on Ryanair 🤞. The original founder of Ryanair was a Tipperary man, hence the Tipperary colours on the seats, blue and yellow.
That was a great video!
I first flew Ryanair back in April 2017 when I spotted a flight for £0.01 from Newcastle to Dublin, and I was immediately hooked. I managed to fly out on a 7 day old plane and fly back on a 4 day old plane. Since then I have flown them about 20 times on all manner of routes in Europe and I have never paid more than £40 for a flight with them, and that £40 flight is a 4.5 hour journey that I'm doing in a few weeks from Lanzarote to Newcastle. It was great to see what you thought though I feel your opinions may have been different had you have flown on an aircraft with the old cabin. And, when you can fly places often for as little as £6 return, why not? I'm literally flying them from NCL-STN via DUB in February to connect onto Pegasus to Istanbul because the flights via Ireland were cheaper than the train (£12)!
Ryanair have made flying so easy for so many , go Michael ( o leary)
A few others have mentioned the old cabins as well. Now I’m really tempted to find one of those planes and give it another shot... 😬😆
SANspotter There is no way of guaranteeing the old/new cabin. Over 65% of their aircraft have the old cabin yet the vast majority of my flights with them have had the new cabin. It’s just luck...
Car rental / Uber / Bus / Tube / Stansted Express - all excellent alternatives to the black cabs. It must be at least 80 miles from LHR to Stansted (which is not in London). Here in Scotland we have something similar - we have Prestwick Airport advertised as Glasgow Prestwick when it is ~30 miles or more from Glasgow. I tend to avoid Ryanair. I find Easyjet a far better alternative. I've travelled a lot on both and Easyjet flights tend to be more relaxed, with more comfort and a crew that doesn't growl. Ryanair flight attendants sell, sell, sell all flight long and, in general, I disembark in a worse and more stressed mood than before take off. Nice video, though. Happy travels!
Taxi should be £85.
If that’s the case then I truly did get ripped. 🤬
@@sanspotter the Stanstead Taxi company offer fixed price taxi either way between these two airports.
That's great you were having fun. I'm a flight attendant, I fly 23-25 days a month and I still get giddy when I fly for fun. Thanks for another great report.
Great comment
Great comment , makes me want to just book something Right now lol , flying is such fun
Could of bought a stansted express train ticket from Liverpool Street (London) to Stansted.
Liverpool Steet to Stanstead by National Express coach .. £5
I think you may actually be the first person in the history of motorised vehicles to take a black cab from LHR to STN...the driver's family will have a very merry Christmas this year!! 😉😆
I’m just surprised he managed to keep a straight face when (at LHR) I said “Stansted Airport please”. 😅
Awesome video once again! How would you rate the landing? :P
Thanks! “Fast and furious” are the first words that come to mind. 😆
That's exactly how is describe a Ryanair landing too 🙈
SANspotter did they play the trumpet on landing?! That cracked me up the first time I heard it 😂😂😂
@@herenow6953 they only play the trumpets if it lands early or on time or if they are goaded to do so by hen and stag parties on board. Thems the rules
If you’re an AV geek then use the word “apron” not “tarmac”
#dontflyryanair ryanair kills his clients
Wow, first time i'm watching a SANspotter video with 0 views :D
Thanks for taking care of the 0 view thing. 😆👍🏻
@@sanspotter Well, someone's gotta do it ;)
People who hate on Ryanair are either:
1. People who cant read and get upset when they come to the airport to find out that they have to pay extre for check in bags (for example, are lots of other things they can complain about). Newsflash, the price is cheap for a reason!
2. People who expect all the luxury as on a "normal" airline but still want to pay the cheap price Ryanair has to offer. Again, newsflas, you get what you pay for.
If you are a person who is on a budget and want to spend you money AT THE ACTUAL DESTINATION, Ryanair is perfect.
I can see you also paid for the soft landing option 😊😊😊
No way,... big security risk Yes ? Flight path over Belarus you are asking for trouble. It's happened blame stupid Ryanair,.. pilot panic ..should have refused and divert , stall, delay, anything but land there.
Ryanair are perfectly fine. I've flown with them several times and haven't had any problems. In fact, I'm due to fly to Faro in Portugal from the uk on the 3rd of July and can't wait!
I'm in faro rn but flew with air lingus
I have flown on Ryanair so many times and I have always liked flying with them. I never ever had any bad experience. It was always interesting to fly. 🙂✈️
Ryanair is a great airline if you follow their policies. Should you decide that you want to turn up to the flight with overweight bags and no passport then obviously there will be consequences. But when you turn up with what’s required then you will be rewarded with a great flight.
Nice review, Scott, although I did like the “angry” music and would have preferred it throughout the whole video. And I feel the sting on your behalf of the $300 to Stan.😲😳✈️
What do u mean transfer from heathrow to stansted cost 300 pounds? ofc it does if u use black cab most expensive transport in uk. Bus cost around 12 pounds if u book it in advanced
I'm literally here cause everyone kept making jokes about their landing..
ryan air is a good airline, cheap and basic but i get flights for £10 or $7 usd to go spain. the car park and cab is most expensive
I love these videos "would you fly Ryanair" if you are Irish British or indeed from other EU states you have very little option. Its like 2nd biggest airline in Europe
Everyone think their british when they are a irish company. :/
Only the Irish have no choice. In the rest of Europe you have easyJet, Vueling, Wizz, Norwegian, etc.
@Rory Spoons I mean LCCs
Fly to Denmark from UK for $10-$30 damn near free vacation
Love your content, keep it up man! :)
Thanks Luke! 😎👍🏻
For anyone that don't have $300 to waste on a taxi.
Take the underground from Heathrow to Kings Cross. Then change to the Victoria line and travel to Tottenham Hale. From there you can connect to the Stansted Express trains.
Omg ur in Dublin I have been watching your videos for ages and I live 10 minutes away from Dublin hope you have fun
Haha thanks! This flight was about 6 weeks ago - and I only had a short layover there unfortunately. I miss Dublin!
you supported an Airline which is treating the employees like shit, well done
Best part of your video? Flying over and looking down on Ireland! Ryanair or no Ryanair that's always the best part!
Glad you survived! Hope you had a wonderful time in Ireland ☘️🛩️
Ouch on that cab ride, the music was epic, well done Scott
Thanks Stephen!
I'm from ireland and I only travel Ryanair
Nice blog on flying to Ireland 👌
Thanks John!
Love Ireland and Aer Lingus. Hate Ryanair though.
Ryanair are great! Everytime we've gone with them they always arrive ahead of schedule.
Ryanair landings are very butter 😉
Head banging background music...😋
Even on the day of this flight I knew that I was going to start this video with angry music. 😄
I have flow with ryanair alot and i have only ever had 0 bad experience tbh 1 of the times the pilot let me cone in to the cockpit
what a lucky day
I just vanted to see the landing everyone knows ryanair doesnt buttterrrr
@@EdekaKuchen lies
I think ryanair does what it says on the tin it gets you from A to B no thills and very boring and expensive service how it makes money i dont know can each flight cover fuel and staff costs from 10 pound tickets
As for Stansted being 'London", Southend and even Oxford feature airports with London in their names.
That’s just wrong! 😅
I wish Oxford got commercial traffic back
SANspotter remind me how far Narita is outside Toyko? Denver is 41 klms, the new Sydney airport under construction is 71 klms from the CBD. Kuala Lumpur is 57 klms Plenty of airports are 40+ klms out of the central city in the real world. Stansted is 65 klms.
Not oxford anymore
Oxford tried it but didn’t get to keep the London tag, neither did Cambridge. Southend are the only ones that managed to keep it.
This video was great. Laughed too hard !!!
Glad you enjoyed it! 😂
ryanair: 500, 100 landed
They don’t even install the other call outs cuz they don’t need em
with the master caution for fuel blaring
So is it THAT unsafe???
@@finnleithomczyk5292 Cancer001
1:12 or calling Buffalo or Niagara Falls an alternative to Toronto
You think Stansted is far 🤣🤣 try to Google "london" southend airport
I never use Ryanair because I prefer the quieter and more comfortable Airbus A320 over the cramped Boeing 737.
The design and quality of your videos are awesome!!
Thank you sir!
I love your title! I can hear from the ellipsis (...) that quintessential SANspotter pause-n-sigh! You know, I once missed my flight on Ryanair LGW-MAD, back in 2010, and I rebooked myself an alternate flight on Iberia LHR-MAD. Fast forward to 2019 and I still haven't been on a Ryanair flight! Buuuut… [see what I did there!] I'm hoping to break that streak soon. - Red
Haha, so true. 😂 I was saying it my voiceover voice as I was typing it. 😄😄 Nice work on that pause of your own. SANspotter approved.👌🏻
I fly Ryanair 2x per week. Always on time is the business travelers dream.
Only because they add about 45 minutes to every flight time to make sure they are always on time.
@@nicholasmackenzie-rowe68 what's wrong with that ?
Nicholas Mackenzie-Rowe all the airlines do that, it‘s called block time
@@TheLuxentertainment I know that, but Ryanair virtually double the flight time to make sure they are technically never late.
@@nicholasmackenzie-rowe68 double? Of course:DD
Ok, I wanna try Ryanair now and I'm very sure your flew Aer Lingus back to LAX.
I only fly Ryanair 😂
NO don't do it 👎👎👎👎
"TARMAC" Are you Good Bro
Hes right about saying tarmac. He called a ramp/apron a tarmac which is right. Calling a taxiway, penalty box, or a runway tarmac is wrong.
@@shahimagesyt no he isn't
Why would anyone intheir right mind fly into LHR and get a black cab to to STN to get to DUB?
Ryanair is a good airline as far al ultra low cost carriers go... However their older 737 cabin is horrendous and if anything on your journey goes wrong, oh boy!
I kept crossing my fingers that nothing was going to go wrong. 🤞🏻😆
Should've gone on the train. £44 on the Heathrow Express, into Paddington in 20 mins, or £5 on the underground. Then some expense on the Stansted express out of Liverpool Street.
He'd still have £251 left from the £300 it cost him on the taxi ride. £300 £300 £300
Probably would’ve taken too long with all the transfers. I needed to get to STN as quickly as possible.
SANspotter I had another look and you could’ve got the coach directly from LHR to STN. National Express service 727. Only takes around 1hr 30. If you book in advance that’s only around £10
Flown with them 4 times this year , everything is great apart from landing .
*Low fares made hard like our landings*
The reason why you had to stand outside during boarding was that a normal Ryanair aircraft is on turnaround an average of 25 minutes. That is why the 737’s make 8 flights a day.
They do work those planes hard, that’s for sure.
@@sanspotter That is why they clean the toilet like once every 8 flights, I rather did not go on the toilet while I flew Ryanair.
I HATE Ryanair because of those head rests and I've never even flown them, and probably never will.
Haha, I totally understand. 😄
I flew RyanAir out of Gatwick to Dublin......they turn those planes over frightfully fast! Definitely no-frills and it will get you there, but not the most pleasant experience to be sure!
They fly out of gatwick too? That would have been far more convenient in this case I think...
@@sanspotter Fares can be a bit more expensive, but it is certainly much closer to Central London, and (as you mentioned) transport out to these more distant airports like Stansted or Southend (SEN) make the logistics and cost a challenge! to say the least!
@@sanspotter They do fly out of Gatwick, but only to three cities in Ireland (including Dublin, of course) and Alicante, Spain. LGW is very much easyJet's turf.
For future reference, there is a direct National Express coach service from Heathrow to Stansted which costs under £30 and takes 1 hour 20 mins. It won't always be as fast or convenient as jumping in a taxi but worth knowing about!
Thanks!
By the way Scott are you flying back on BA273 747?
Nope! I flew Aer Lingus from DUB to LAX. 👍🏻
“Any way I did had a few minutes to spare” he said.
Did any one notice? At 1:20
I fly Ryanair every year
Non-priority isn’t really an option anymore. You either pay priority and get to bring your HAND luggage (can you believe it, they’ll allow hand luggage?!) on board. If you don’t purchase priority and miss the teeeeeny tiny option to check in your hand luggage when checking into your flight, they’ll charge you €25. It’s a business tactic that’s successful! Just look at the priority vs non-priority line.
But aside from that, I’ve flown Ryanair many times over the years! They’re an incredible airline in terms of affordability and I’ve never had a direct issue with crew. I have a personal issue with O’Leary (CEO). But hey, what can ya do! Absolutely awesome trip report and that voiceover was hilarious and very engaging! Thank you for sharing.
Ryanair was one of the 1st pioneers of no frills, cheap air travel with "extras" gouging. Things have now evolved to where you can buy a "ticket", but need to pay extra for an actual "seat" and don't even think about bringing a bag with you. Sure it's cheaper to fly these days with your knees in your chin but they've turned what was once an enjoyable experience into a veritable mugging.
You don't have to pay for a seat, you only need to pay if you want the luxury to choose your own seat, otherwise a random allocation is included in the cost. Choosing a seat isn't necessary and is a luxury that makes sense to pay for. I always pay the highest price for the very front seats, don't think that's an issue. I'm a tall guy and need the extra space, but it's a luxury I'm willing to pay for. I have to pay for those exit seats even with the most expensive airlines as economy seats are generally only a luxury for small people
The hassle of getting from Heathrow to Stanstead by public transport is exactly why I avoided flights using Stanstead. The cost is also going to wipe out most of any price advantage in the airfare. I'm pretty sure that Ryanair charge for check-in luggage, which is another reason to avoid them (and why people were carrying those stupidly large bags into the plane in front of you). I'm sure Stanstead and Ryanair are perfectly legitimate options for locals who can travel with just carry-on luggage, but international travellers need to be aware of what they should expect. The explanation for the yellow headrests can be found in trains.
Hahaha, if you had let me know, I would have dropped you off for free :-) Stansted is not in London by the way, it's a town quite a bit out... They like to call it a London airport... Fun fact: there are regular buses from Heathrow to Stansted for $20....They are National Express and are comfy and just as fast as a taxi. But often I am just as guilty of taking the easier way...
Thanks for the offer John but there’s no way I would have asked for a favor like that! 😆 I had no idea STN was so far from Heathrow!! Anyway, I was planning on taking the bus, but my flight from DXB arrived many hours late and I was in danger of missing this Ryanair flight. A taxi was the fastest option unfortunately. 😕
@@sanspotter I understand. Next time do not be shy, if I am working from home on the day, it'd be a pleasure to give you a lift. It is not a problem!
I don't understand the ugly cabin colors. if there are no frills, the least they can do is make the inside view pleasant.......
Ryanair is painted Blue and Yellow because the Founder of Ryanair came from County Tipperary in Ireland....duhhh and our county(state) colours are Blue and Gold
LOL I'm picturing you as that guy at the beginning of Airplane! in the cab with the meter running.
Hahaha! Best comment so far. 😂👍🏻👍🏻
You would have saved 300 Dollars for sure if you got a flight from Heathrow to Dublin. No Taxi Required
Great video as usual! You should have got an Uber as black cabs rip you off loads!
Thanks! I was sure that Uber would be far more expensive, but...I was definitely wrong!
Ryanair's cheap no frills , why expect more ? I flew from Birmingham to Lanzarote for £ 100...return .. Fair price imo... Stop slating ...
As a frequent ryanair flyer: The purpose of priority is not to be faster on the plane, when you slect priority it means that you get a cabin suitcase in addition to your free backback. The purpose is that the people with the suitcase go inside the aircraft first to store their suitcase in the overhead compartment. In fact, booking priority without a cabin suitcase is a complete waste of money. And second, I will never understand why people stand in these endless lines at the gate and then complain about the inconvient boarding and stress. In fact I wait until the whole line is on their way to the aircraft, then I stand up from my seat at the gate and go to the aircraft straight without any standing waiting time. Also it enables me to take a 20€ window seat in the very front of the aircraft for free, since I just go on the empty seats when boarding the aircraft last.
Ryanair is brilliant to fly around Europe. Cheap AF. Unless you got luggage. That will cost you. But still.... Ryanair made flying cheap....and people just don't see it. Sad.
Except stanstead and Heathrow are in the same city and accessible by train, San Diego and LA are 3 bloody hours apart! That’s like saying Liverpool is a suburb of London mate come on now Scott!! 😂
I've flown Ryanair a couple of times, and have concluded they're 💩.
Having said that, the forty five minutes flight with Ryanair probably cost a lot less that the forty five minutes with the taxi.