Can a teenager travel on an adult ticket for a Ryanair flight?
I had booked Belfast - London flights for myself and my son. A few weeks later my 14 year old daughter decided to come, so I set about booking her a ticket online. However it is not possible to book a teen by themselves, so the website advises to book them as an adult, then contact Customer Services and link her to our booking.
Today I tried to do this, but the very (very) rude person on the phone told me it would cost me £30 to change her from an adult ticket to a teen ticket (even though there is no price difference in the fares).
I'm wondering could we just wing it, say nothing and hope they don't notice she is traveling with on an adult ticket instead of a teen ticket? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Best Answer
You ask whether you could "wing it" and just hope for the best, but surely £30 isn't much to pay compared to the risk of an over-officious member of staff at the gate refusing to allow you to fly?
Having to pay to change her ticket does indeed seem very unfair, but sadly Ryanair aren't known for bending over backwards to help customers and this looks like yet another sneaky way in which they try to squeeze as much money as possible out of customers by charging for anything they can get away with.
So yes, I don't blame you for resenting paying the extra £30. But at the end of the day, there's always a chance you'll all be denied boarding (or that your daughter will be denied boarding which presumably means you'll all be stuck at the airport), and for the sake of £30 this feels like too much of a risk to me.
(Or for the cost of another phone call, you could trying calling again and hope that you get a more sympathetic agent..)
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Can I book a child as an adult on Ryanair?
The reservation for the child under 16 needs to be booked online (as an adult), once the booking has been made you will need to contact us via chat or you can call our call centre and speak with one of our team to link the child's booking with an adults booking.How do I change from adult to teen on Ryanair?
https://help.ryanair.com/hc/en-gb/articles/360017683717-Changing-a-Passenger-Type, where they state the age ranges for the different categories (Adult: 16 and over, Teen: 12 to 15, Child: 2 to 11, Infant: less than 2) and point you to Customer Support for changing the type - which can be done over a web chat.Can a 16 year old accompany a minor on a Ryanair flight?
Ryanair don't allow anyone under the age of 16 to travel without someone over 16 to accompany them. When you book you have to put number of adults, children etc.Can a teenager travel alone on Ryanair?
Ryanair does not carry unaccompanied minors under 16 years. Escort and special facilities are not available. To enable a child passenger to travel with an adult (aged 16 and over) booked on an existing reservation, a new reservation for the child (as an adult) must be made and then linked to the existing reservation.Ryanair Review: How to fly with Ryan Air - and not get ripped off!
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