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Jim Mason

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Apr 28, 2009, 7:19:07 AM4/28/09
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28.04.09
Ryanair to Authorise ?Price Comparison Only? Websites

for €100 annual licence fee for charity

Ban on ?Reselling Ticket-Tout? screenscrapers continues

Ryanair, Europe?s largest low fares airline, today (28th Apr 09) announced
that it will allow ?price comparison only? websites to access its timetable
and pricing information in order to compare Ryanair?s guaranteed lowest
fares with those of high fares, fuel surcharging, competitor airlines.

Ryanair will introduce a licence agreement where, for a small annual
charitable donation of €100, price comparison only websites, which provide
fare comparison and seat availability information to consumers will be
authorised to access Ryanair?s website at www.ryanair.com .

Ryanair will continue to ban reselling ?ticket-tout? screenscraper websites
which rip-off consumers by their unauthorised reselling of Ryanair flights
at inflated prices and in some cases fictitious surcharges.

Ryanair celebrated the return of its guaranteed lowest fares onto price
comparison only websites by releasing 1million €5 seats for travel across
its European network in late May and June. These low fares are now
available for booking exclusively on www.ryanair.com until midnight
Thursday.

Ryanair?s Michael O?Leary said:

?Only Ryanair offers passengers the guaranteed lowest fares, which are only
available at www.ryanair.com. Our new licence agreements will now allow our
fares to be listed on ?price comparison only? websites which will prove to
more and more consumers that Ryanair?s guaranteed lowest fares can not be
beaten. All licence fees will be donated by Ryanair to the charity
nominated annually by our staff.

?Ryanair will continue to fight against ?ticket-tout? screenscrapers which
are reselling Ryanair seats without authorisation and are ripping off
consumers with inflated fares and fictitious fuel surcharges. Thomas Cook
recently admitted overcharging one Ryanair passenger £243 by applying a
non-existent fuel surcharge of £160 and inflating Ryanair?s fare by £83.
Other examples include:

Website Airline S/Scraper Mark Up
Volagratis.com €20 €63 €43 (+215%)
Wegolo.com €10 €30 €20 (+200%)
eDreams €107 €386 €279 (+260%)

?Consumers who use price comparison websites should only do so to compare
fares but should always go to www.ryanair.com to book Europe?s guaranteed
lowest fares?.


Jim Mason

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Apr 28, 2009, 7:20:58 AM4/28/09
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In article <MPG.2460f6859...@news.individual.net>, _@gmail.com
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> News Release
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>
> 28.04.09
> Ryanair to Authorise ?Price Comparison Only? Websites
>
> for €100 annual licence fee for charity
>
> Ban on ?Reselling Ticket-Tout? screenscrapers continues
>
> Ryanair, Europe?s largest low fares airline, today (28th Apr 09) announced
> that it will allow ?price comparison only? websites to access its timetable
> and pricing information in order to compare Ryanair?s guaranteed lowest
> fares with those of high fares, fuel surcharging, competitor airlines.

I doubt if any reputable company could argue against that.

John Dundas

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Apr 28, 2009, 5:03:33 PM4/28/09
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?Only Ryanair offers passengers the guaranteed lowest fares, which are only
available at www.ryanair.com.


Guaranteed lowest fares MY ARSE.

Jim Mason

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Apr 28, 2009, 5:10:53 PM4/28/09
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In article <qM-dncCSoqGz8mrU...@bt.com>, "John Dundas"
<j.m.dundas(removethis)@btinternet.com> says...

>
>
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> ?Only Ryanair offers passengers the guaranteed lowest fares, which are only
> available at www.ryanair.com.
>
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> Guaranteed lowest fares MY ARSE.

John - re-read and get back to us.

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