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Ryanair — What happens to Ryanair when the customer wants the whole price before booking and dislikes add-on charges?

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with memorybrand page reachedrefused by help.ryanair.com, help.vueling.comobserved2026-09-20
  1. 1Customer missionRyanair decision — same customer with relevant memory
    • all-in total for 2 adults, return, 1×20kg bag each, seats together, airport check-in ≤ €48…
    • every charge established from the airline's own pages before booking
    • date-change cost ≤ €60/passenger + fare difference
    • human phone support reachable if disrupted (preference)
    Remembers: “In 2025 the customer paid a 55 EUR fee at the airport for not checking in online and a 45 EUR fee for a bag that was cal”
  2. 2Evidence15 searches, 9 pages: ryanair.com, aerlingus.com, vueling.com, help.ryanair.com +1
  3. 3BeliefCould not establish: total price eur; all in price established; change fee eur
  4. 4DecisionNot selected: a decisive fact stayed unresolvedNONENone of the three carriers serving Dublin–Barcelona (Ryanair, Aer Lingus, Vueling) could have a verified all-in total established from their own pages within the research…
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Every option the agent weighed

Ryanair DUB–BCN return (fare + bags + seats + airport check-in) Ryanair · unresolved

Ryanair's own fee/help pages were blocked (403) or rendered no readable content, so no charge could be confirmed on ryanair.com itself; strong secondary-source signal of a large mandatory airport check-in fee is a major unverified risk given the customer explicitly wants to check in at the airport.

Unresolved: total_price_eur; all_in_price_established; change_fee_eur; human_phone_support

Aer Lingus DUB–BCN return (Saver/Plus fare + bags + seats + check-in) Aer Lingus · unresolved

Change fee established from Aer Lingus's own page and meets the ≤€60/passenger requirement, but checked-bag price (CAPTCHA-blocked page), seat-selection price, airport check-in confirmation, and the actual fare for the requested dates could not be verified on aerlingus.com within budget, so the all-in total and full allin requirement remain unestablished.

  • change fee eur: €49 per passenger online / €50 via Guest Services or airport, within 60 days of departure, plus any fare difference aerlingus.com not the brand’s own page

Unresolved: total_price_eur; all_in_price_established; human_phone_support

Vueling DUB–BCN return (bundle + bags + seats + check-in) Vueling · unresolved

Vueling's own fee, baggage and check-in pages returned 403 errors or empty/JS-only content; no charge (bag, seat, change fee, or fare) could be confirmed on vueling.com or help.vueling.com within budget.

Unresolved: total_price_eur; all_in_price_established; change_fee_eur; human_phone_support

What this customer remembered

Confidence

Observed: a single journey.

Provenance

Every journey run on the live web. Every source, belief and decision published. Scorer version 4; model cost 0.75 USD.