How Aer Lingus is cheaper than Ryanair. This'll annoy Michael O'Leary.
This is my weekly flight, so these are real figures based on looking at the relative websites today and booking my usual route with my usual baggage allowance and my usual credit card. I have excluded seat booking costs from this as I don't need to choose my seat in advance. Both airlines of course are guilty for advertising headline air fares without including all the mandatory charges (including tax and any booking fees).
Cost Aer Lingus = £109.75. Cost Ryanair = £194.20
Aer Lingus markup over flight cost = 214%
Ryan air markup over flight cost = 285%
Ryan Air are not only more expensive for my journey option but there's no loyalty scheme and I would have to queue at the airport to pay the excess baggage fee.
Booking parameters:
Route Edinburgh - Dublin on 02 March 2009 (need to fly from Edinburgh as it's an early start)
Dublin - Edinburgh/Glasgow on March 06 March 2009 (can fly back to either Glasgow or Edinburgh, doesn't matter to me).
Flying with 17Kg of hold bags
Compared on Sunday afternoon, 22nd Feb 2009
Aer Lingus Edinburgh-Dublin-Edinburgh
Flight £19.99 + £74.99 = £94.98
Including taxes and charges (except the processing charge) = £141.75
Handling charge = £8
Total to fly = £149.75
Bag charge £20
Total to pay = £169.75
cost for mandatory extras on top of the flight cost = ((169.75-94.98)/94.98)*100 =78%
Aer Lingus Edinburgh-Dublin-Glasgow
Flight £19.99 + £14.99 = £34.98
Including taxes and charges (except the processing charge) = £81.75
Handling charge = £8
Total to fly = £89.75
Bag charge = £20
Total to pay = £109.75
costs for Mandatory Extras on top of the flight cost = ((109.75-34.98)/34.98)*100 = 214%
Ryanair Edinburgh-Dublin-Edinburgh
Flight £0.49+£49.99= £50.48
Including taxes and charges = £96.20
Add bag handling = £28.50
Add Mastercard fee £9.50
Add excess bag costs 2Kg (over) * £15 per kilo * 2 (per flight) = £60
Total Ryanair costs = £96.20 + £28.50 + £9.50 + £60 = £194.20
Even without the £60 extra bag charge, this is £134.20
The costs of the flight were £50.48.
Cost for mandatory extras = 166% extra on top of the flight costs.
Plus the bag charge its 285%
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