truckerjon:
raymundo:
Theres nothing wrong with Lyanair is there?
Who was it I flew with from Bristol to Inverness ? cost more for my bag than it did for me 
And there lies the problem. At easter we went to Sardina. I checked out prices for Easy jet, Ryanair, alitalia (Via Rome) and BA. Guess what? BA were the most expensive UNTIL you start to add on the “extras” charged by the other cheap airlines. Baggage, check in, boarding, hand luggage, insurance etc, they were both well aboue BA.
BA flies from Heathrow, a modern airport close to London with excellent transport links, the others are from either Gatwick or Stanstead, and you try getting to either of them for an early morning flight! With BA you get a seat allocated at check in, or if you do as I do, check in online 24 hours before your flight and choose your own seat, you get free coffee or tea and sometimes a meal on BA, not £1.50 for a Mars bar like ryanair charge
I will fly with budget airlines, but only after I’ve checked and double checked the costs against the scheduled airlines first…
That’s true.
But altough cheap airlines are not too good for holidays, they are perfect for short visits, when you only have your hand luggage with you.
Once I managed to snap a flight for free (almost). It was several years ago, price was 0.01 p from Glasgow to Wrocław and 0.01 zł on the way back. There was half price charges in Glasgow and no charges in Wrocław and then 10 quid card charge which I evaded by payng with Polish visa electron card, which was back then free.
I am common user of that route with Ryanair and it’s not a problem to book a return flight for less than 50 pounds even only few weeks in advance.
I guess my cheap flight is funded by all that poor sods, who pay leg and kidney for their oversize backpaks etc 
And then it comes to my favourite bit: the “priority boarding”.
You don’t pay for it. You just have to try to get into the bus LAST. Then you are first to the doors. They first open doors of the “priority boarding” bus and let them off. They all go to the front doors of the plane. Then when they are all queuing on the stairs, they let the “non-priority” people out.
In the meantime back doors of the plane are open, so you are going to the back doors, you are first there, and while the priority people crowd is stuck on the front of the plane, you just walk along the plane with the smile and pick your comfy seat with plenty of leg space next to the emergency on-wings doors.
Works 3 times of 4 
I have to say I can even feel a bit sorry to these poor people who paid for priority boarding only to find me siting in their dream seat already 