SOoooo...What ELSE can a budget Airline charge you for?!

The UK/Ireland flights average about 1 hour each way..almost everyone could manage a bathroom break before boarding,and refuse to drink the expensive onboard beverages in protest..the only problem might be for people with kidney problems or small kids...

You fly Cairo/NY regularly? wow...that has to be a bum numbing flight..I sure wouldn't like to think there'd be many budget airlines ready to jump into that market for a while yet..2 hours on the ground?! I heard of flights delayed like that in recent years..the cabin crew wouldn't even open the drinks carts before takeoff!

I was just imagining if it were to effect my usual route of flying. Cairo to New York...11hr flight, toilet is a must. Heck even when I fly NY to Ohio, about 1.5 hour flight I sometimes need the toilet because its 1.5 hrs in the air but 2+hrs sitting on the tarmac at JFK...

Hey-Don't be putting more ideas in their heads!

Wouldn't that be a nasty twist on the concept,though? TIMED bathroom doors that automatically opened when your time was up! Maybe they could work it like onstreet parking meters-estimate how long you're going to be in there!

Take a look at that link I posted in the comment above on the competition for passengers to make suggestions what the charges should be for, coming next..You could be a winner!

Now THERE's an alternative use for a Barf Bag! I noticed those aircraft don't have the seatback pockets that they can put them into,either..Charges for sitting at the airport? The Gate I left from on my flight home last night didn't even seem to have a lounge seating area..I stood in line half an hour waiting for the boarding call..there was a Coffee bar concession beside it with stools and bar tables and notices stating "No food to be consumed in this area not purchased from here.." You got the impression you weren't welcome to sit there either..

My Aunt sent me a joke email,coincidentally about this budget airline..it was a mockup of the in flight safety card "Only £2.50 to read"! with charges listed for use of the emergency oxygen masks and an "Emergency disembarkation fee" of £20 to use the Emergency slides to get out!

OMG...it was on the website! http://www.ryanair.com/site/EN/news.php?yr=09&month=mar&story=pro-en-120309 Can You believe the set of brass ones on these people..now they're running a €1000 prize for PASSENGERS to make suggestions as to what the next Supplementary passenger charge to be implemented should be?!

Rumour has it they're pushing the savings you'll get with a completely online check in process in order to cut back on ticket desk costs at the airport,with a view to phasing them out..don't see it happening as long as people will continue to travel with bags over their onboard limits and continue to be a worthwhile source of extra income!

Yep..R***air are to phase out check in desks from October,and until then it'll cost you £20 per return trip to use one..even better they're gonna charge another £10 per return flight per person from May..the article I read didn't state what for,as this is a charge to those booking and checking in online,printing their own boarding passes,and not bringing luggage..and meanwhile,the charges are the same value whether £ or €,so paying in Euro currently gets you about a 10% discount over the £..They "May" reconsider the situation if the £ regains ground on the €....

An update on this story mentions it may not be coin operated doors being installed,as these planes spend a lot of time between the UK and the Eurozone,so not everyone brings Euro along...They're now looking into the option of credit card operated doors! Yep..that's what you really need..kids on the loose with your credit card when the duty free or munchies cart is going around!