Why is that the low cost airlines don’t offer
frequent flier awards? It seems that unlike the US, none of
the European low cost carriers have frequent-flier
programs. Southwest Airlines, the model for low-cost
carriers, including our friends Ryanair, gave away 2.3
million free tickets last year – more than United Airlines
– with its online “double bonus” promotion, which means
that with four trips you get one free when you reserve on
the Web. Is this something we should be demanding?

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Our webmaster noticed that Ryanair offer a telephone
service called Ryanair telecom. As we are usually unkind
about Ryanair, we thought this month we’d try and
find something kind to say about them, so here are the
details on their latest special offer. We have not used it
and can’t say if it is any good, but were bemused
that this was another one of their activities. This is what
they say:

We have an offer on at the moment giving away 1,000,000
FREE calls in the form of 50,000 x 20 minute calls. To get
your free calls, call+353 1 246 23 33and we will call you
back within 15 seconds! You must call from your fixed line
phone and register with a Visa or MasterCard credit card.
Once you register, you will then receive a free call from
your mobile or fixed line phone. You will get a 20 minutes
FREE talk time if you call from your fixed line phone to
any fixed line phone (premium rate calls excluded) in
Europe, Australia, China, North America, South Africa or
Russia when you successfully register. This offer applies
to touch tone phones and excludes calls made from
payphones, switchboard phones or Internet phones. If the
call exceeds 20 minutes, you will be charged at prevailing
rates.
Ryanair Telecom reserves the right to refuse to supply this
service and may discontinue this offer or service at
anytime. This offer is also subject to our normal terms and
conditions .