‘If only I’d known being nice would be good for business I’d have done it earlier.’
Michael O’Leary’s much-vaunted volte-face (remember the picture with the golden labrador) was either just for our benefit…
Or it failed.
Ryanair has come last of 100 brands for customer service in a Which? survey.
Now it is unapologetically no-frills, and why should it be?
So is the onus back on us to get it right, read the small (and even larger) print before you book.
And you may have to swallow it if you get hit by a surcharge at the airport.
Yes, that’s easy to say if you’re not the one with squealing kids.
But to bring a little light relief to proceedings…
A story.
Lining up in Barcelona Airport, a little girl asked their mother if they were priority…
And if not why were they standing in that queue.
Out of the mouths of babes.
This survey, of course, comes at a rotten time for Ryanair, what with the pilots’ 48-hour strike.
Check www.ryanair.com for the latest developments and latest low-frills and low-price deals.
When September comes
Sorry for dropping in a random Green Day song… it’s just they’re The Scary One’s favourite band.
And I’ll tell you what else she likes… getting away.
So I’ve been a bit sheepish as I’m scuttling around the house, and she knows I’m off to the Canaries next month.
You can too courtesy of Aer Lingus www.aerlingus.com.
It’s offering 20% off a 5* Gran Canaria getaway, staying at the Radisson Blu Resort & Spa Morgan, as part of their September sale.
The cost of the holiday is €654pp and that includes return fares from Dublin.
Use the promo code SUNHOLIDAY.
Homage to Christ
Some things confuse me (heck, most things do). I mean the New World is supposed to be new and the Old World old.
But this threw me. In Lisbon there stands a statue of Christ with his arms outstretched, just like in Rio.
The Rio statue, one of the New Seven Wonders of the World, all 98ft of it on a 26ft pedestal with 28ft outstretched arms was put up in 1931.
The Lisbon story
Lisbon followed suit in 1959 in gratitude for being spared the worst effects of the Second World War.
They were neutral.
The Cardinal Patriarch of Lisbon, we are told, had been so moved by his visit to Rio as to suggest a statue in Lisbon.
The Portuguese one is a lot more pedestal in truth, 269ft, with Christ 92ft.
All stuff of which brings me to TAP Air Portugal’s new connection from Dublin to Rio, via Lisbon from €767.
With the option of a five-day stop-off in Lisbon at no extra cost. ww.flytap.com.
And here’s a taster of Portugal Secret Portugal.
MEET YOU IN THE SKIES
