i´ve just checked my flight booking for the 25th november..

[piggynose]

and my name has been misprinted. its an ongoing problem i´ve had for ages with this pc. the words if not checked are mis spelt!! eg i might have wanted to put my name down as mr smith, but mr ithsm was put down instead.
when i went to the ryanair page, and looked at changing the name they wanted to charge me 110 quid!!
is there a simple solution?

[rockyracoon]

I doubt it, Ryanair are well known for squeezing the last penny out of travellers for misdemeanour's, that said, give them a ring, you never know your luck.

[EvianBaby]

I fear not with Ryanair. I enquired about changing something on a flight earlier this year and the amount they wanted out of me was extaution and there was definitely no way they were going to budge. It might be worth calling them though, you might get a sympathetic ear.

[piggynose]

funny enough something similar happened about 18 months ago. I´d accidentally when asked for destination i put iceland instead of ireland. after a chat on the phone with a understanding foreign woman, problem was resolved there and then.

[cathfromsaron]

risk that nobody will notice? x

[jno]

I'd try to ring the same foreign woman, then. You might have more success with a human than with an online form. And I suppose, in future, check all details before signing off on them?

[askyourgran]

Have they mentioned bringing your own parachute?

[Andyvon]

The simple solution Piggynose is - don't fly with Ryanair!

My keyboard often sticks and does funny things too. I have to check everthing before I print or post and even then some spelling or text appears incorrectly. I can only suggest that you check all your text very carefully before committing yourself to anything - but I'm sure you know that anyway.

Good luck with the name change. I hope it doesn't cost £110.

[Andyvon]

My keyboard's missed the 'y' in 'everything' now! I didn't check properly!

[piggynose]

good news folks, my girlfriend phoned ryanair today, they were going to charge us 10 euros for my mistake, but my g´freind wouldnt agree with that, the charge was for a 3 letter mistake, but the woman on the phone quickly waived it.
just checked my flight details, everythings aok!! : )

[Euphemia]

Good news. Ryanair's not so bad after all!

[jno]

even cheaper: type better!

[piggynose]

jno, i agree, but i´ve had this problem with my laptop for 6 months now, and nobody can fix it!! you´d think i was lying, why? when i´ve took it to be repaired, the word syntax problem wont happen when in the shop!! so i´ve paid good money twice and still the problem hasn´t gone away.
i´ve tried the ab technies, without any success!! : (

[B00]

You were lucky then.

I understand you have a problem with your puter (can't fully grasp what mind, but anyhoo). You yourself admitted you didn't check the spelling before it was submitted.

[piggynose]

boo, this pc problem doesnt always occur, it was one of those days where i was trying to find the best deal inc dates etc, but had the noise of the bar and my girlfriend to deal with, hence i didnt double check as i usually do. plus after 2 hours on the net, i lost my patience. yes i was lucky this time.

[B00]

lol yeah, got what you were saying. It's all a bit moot now seeing as they've waived the cost, but if they argued their case, you could have hardly complained. For something so important, it's essential you check and double check that everything's correct before it's submitted, regardless of what's going on around you in the background, especially if you know you've a dodgy 'puter.

[scotman]

Have you tried using a plug-in keyboard with your computer? That would be my first thought.

[piggynose]

scotman, tell me more, a plug in keyboard, as i have a all in one laptop, how would this work? it sounds a great idea, please tell me how i go about it.