I guess my response would be: most airline apps are garbage. Any airline risks ending up at a remote stand (just had 3 legs on Lufthansa at Frankfurt on A320s that all ended up at or departed from remote stands).
Yes, the gates are far away and unpleasant, but I mean, some airline would get them no matter what - Ryanair is just passing on the savings of doing so.
Most airlines have huge baggage fees that are basically just as high. Fees on for instance BA are in my experience just straight up higher on top of higher base fares.
And yeah, inflexible T&C are where they make their money.
If you compare a given flight, and add up the fees, you'll pay a lot more to a full-service carrier and get basically the exact same - but less timely.
I guess what I'm saying is if I'm flying 2-3 hours, on the same Recaro slimline domestic seat with 17.x" width and 31" pitch - no matter the airline - I just want to be off the plane, on schedule. And if I can pay $15 for an exit row, I'm pretty chill.
> If you compare a given flight, and add up the fees, you'll pay a lot more to a full-service carrier and get basically the exact same - but less timely.
Not necessarily true. Actually quite often not true
Yes, the gates are far away and unpleasant, but I mean, some airline would get them no matter what - Ryanair is just passing on the savings of doing so.
Most airlines have huge baggage fees that are basically just as high. Fees on for instance BA are in my experience just straight up higher on top of higher base fares.
And yeah, inflexible T&C are where they make their money.
If you compare a given flight, and add up the fees, you'll pay a lot more to a full-service carrier and get basically the exact same - but less timely.
I guess what I'm saying is if I'm flying 2-3 hours, on the same Recaro slimline domestic seat with 17.x" width and 31" pitch - no matter the airline - I just want to be off the plane, on schedule. And if I can pay $15 for an exit row, I'm pretty chill.