spirit airlines to start charging for carryon luggage

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kimmychad

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fosse76 said:
They announced it about a week ago. Another airline, in Europe I think, is going to start charging for lavatory use.
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not sure who it was that wanted to charge for the restroom use, but I heard $1.50 per use. I would think that could be challenged somewhere - everyone is entitled to use the restroom.
 
miles1

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I can imagine why they made it $1.50 instead of an even $1.00 or $2.00. Like most other people, I try to avoid carrying change to the plane because of the metal detectors, so having two quarters with me is unlikely when nature calls at 20,000 feet. I'm sure Ryan Air won't have a flight attendant stationed at the restrooms on each plane with rolls of quarters, so they'll probably install change machines that charge a fee to make change for you when you have to ______.

This kind of nickle-and-diming nonsense started with the banks and credit card companies and now it seems to be spreading to other industries. It seems to me there is very little integrity left in the business world.
 
Ghall

Ghall

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miles1 said:
I can imagine why they made it $1.50 instead of an even $1.00 or $2.00. Like most other people, I try to avoid carrying change to the plane because of the metal detectors, so having two quarters with me is unlikely when nature calls at 20,000 feet. I'm sure Ryan Air won't have a flight attendant stationed at the restrooms on each plane with rolls of quarters, so they'll probably install change machines that charge a fee to make change for you when you have to ______
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They plan on charging either £1 or €1 which is about $1.50. Ryanair only fly within Europe at the moment and on board you can either pay for your drinks/food in euros or sterling. So you would either use a £1 or €1 coin in the coin-operated toilet. So you would only need one coin (unless you needed to go more than once!!!)


"The no-frills airline is working with Boeing to redesign the cabin and develop coin-operated toilets on 168 of its planes.
Not content with charging passengers for use of the facilities, the airline is also looking at reducing the number of toilets on board, leaving just one available cubicle for up to 189 passengers.
To use the remaining toilet on board, passengers would be forced to part with either £1 or €1 for each visit.
A spokesperson for the airline said 'by charging for the toilets we are hoping to change passenger behaviour so that they use the bathroom before or after the flight'."

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-1263905/Ryanair-toilet-charges-phased-in.html#ixzz0lFtlIgtB __________________
 
Ghall

Ghall

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Yensid40 said:
The restroom situation could get messy... thinking to the thread about I can't believe I saw that in WDW... I imagine some people not wanting to pay for the restroom and coming up with other options.
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Interesting thought!!! I don't want to think what other options passenger would come up with:lol:
 
The Mom

The Mom

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Ghall said:
They plan on charging either £1 or €1 which is about $1.50. Ryanair only fly within Europe at the moment and on board you can either pay for your drinks/food in euros or sterling. So you would either use a £1 or €1 coin in the coin-operated toilet. So you would only need one coin (unless you needed to go more than once!!!)


"The no-frills airline is working with Boeing to redesign the cabin and develop coin-operated toilets on 168 of its planes.
Not content with charging passengers for use of the facilities, the airline is also looking at reducing the number of toilets on board, leaving just one available cubicle for up to 189 passengers.
To use the remaining toilet on board, passengers would be forced to part with either £1 or €1 for each visit.
A spokesperson for the airline said 'by charging for the toilets we are hoping to change passenger behaviour so that they use the bathroom before or after the flight'."
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-1263905/Ryanair-toilet-charges-phased-in.html#ixzz0lFtlIgtB __________________
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I don't know about the rest of you, but if I have to use the bathroom on a plane it is either a long flight (over 4 hours or more) or a real emergency!
 
Ghall

Ghall

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The Mom said:
I don't know about the rest of you, but if I have to use the bathroom on a plane it is either a long flight (over 4 hours or more) or a real emergency!
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Are they treating us as children??? It might backfire on them, nobody will purchase their over priced drinks just in case they might need the toilet:lol:
 
glennsineadkatl

glennsineadkatl

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Ryan air will not be charging to use the toilets. It is illegal according to the EU. This was Michael O'Leary taking the mick and everyone believed it. Boeing also stated that it can't be done.
 

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