Soneet said:Ugh, now I'm scared. I've flown a lot but never really super cheap. But I already booked for a 37 return flight from The Netherlands to England with Ryanair and it's my first time with them. I hope they're not as bad as you guys make them sound...
If it is, I'm totally going to blame on the person choosing this plane in the first place since he screwed up on the hostel booking as well (4 people going together and he managed to make us sleep separately with strangers and didn't even consult everyone about it).
Relax. Ryanair is pretty much like all US "low price" airlines, which are, incidentally, much more expensive than European ones. And suck ass.
Virgin America is terrifying them with cheap prices, free wirless and good service, but thy're regional monopolies anyway and will simply shut Virgin out eventually.
They collude with each other regularly, via press releases advising what they're about to do - and match price increases across the board. In any other industry this would be ludicrous. They now charge extra for:
Food
Blankets
Pillows
Baggage
Boarding!
Seat assignments
Non-middle seats