Ryanair may charge for toilets

Bangkokpost.com ^ | 28/02/2009 at 01:37 PM | Staff

[Dan Nunn]

Why? Isn’t it a smart way to run a low cost airline? Also, a great way for competitors to show value while doing nothing at all?

“Fly Southwest, we have bathrooms!”

[MIchaelTArchangel]

Here I sit brokenhearted,
Paid my pound but only farted.

[Ev Reeman]

Airlines can get mileage out of this in their ads:

“Fly us - you can use our bathrooms for free!”

[Verginius Rufus]

I caught part of that discussion. Steve Moore, who is always funny, was talking about wearing a diaper.

Someone should explain to RyanAir the old proverb "penny wise and pound foolish."

[Ev Reeman]

Ryanair could get that crazy lady who drove from Texas in a Depends to do their new commercial advertising!

[NavyCanDo]

When they can charge fares of $24 from Belfast to Barcelona, and about the price of a short bus ride to fly from Belfast to London, I think asking for a coin in your pocket to use the bathroom is not asking too much. They have never made it a secret that they are a no frills airline, so they can keep cost down.

[mrmargaritaville]

well if he really wants to make some money-on long flights he’ll give out free beer, and then charge $4 to use the head. (As Archie Bunker once said, “you know the problem with beer is you can’t really buy it you can only rent it”)

[saganite]

I might tend to “miss” when I have to pay if you know what I mean.

[Wally_Kalbacken]

They should implement what economists call “inverse-elasticity” pricing or “Ramsey pricing”, in which you charge more to those who really need (and thus value) the service. So, if your back teeth were floating, for example, you’d pay more than a passenger who was merely in doubt as to whether they could make it to the terminal after landing.

[rdl6989]

bump

[sheik yerbouty]

Depends..

[Paleo Conservative]

Next they will try to charge you a separate fee for the air you inhale.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GcsSQ8LS9s

[sheik yerbouty]

“Open the bomb bay doors!”

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Dang that is funny!

[MeekOneGOP]

Oh!

At first I thought that Nolan Ryan had started
an Airline Company!

:)

[roscommon]

Doesn’t surprise me a bit!

I flew Ryanair from Norway to Scotland a few years back. It was cheap, fast and quite possible the most interesting flight I have ever flown.

The seat I sat in had bottomed out; the tray was busted and *everything* had a thin layer of dirt over it. I got a kick out watching the dodgey Scots loading up on their duty free smokes and liquor. Hilarious.

Anyone know if they are flying out of the U.S. yet?

-Roscommon

[Zuben Elgenubi]

PC, there are two types of crappers in the world. Dog crappers and cat crappers.

A cat crapper is very, very selective where the deposit is made and covered.

A dog crapper deposits anywhere.

We need more dog crappers in this world, particularly on RyanAir.