Not me but my Husband
Who is a shipping magnate (but I run the company) decided with a mate that as we have owned boats for years we were going to buy a ship that supplied fuel to yachties and the commercial fleets locally in the Solent, so organises ME who gets the job to book all the flights to get them both to Tromso in nothern Norway to view said vessel.

I'll try and keep it short.

Book Ryanair from Stansted to Oslo, then Braathens Airways from Oslo to Tromso. Left a 2 hour gap at the airport at Oslo to leave them time for some breakfast as the flight time from STD to OSL was at 0700, 2 hours max, Braathens at 1130 take off to TRO. First off they never got the flight from STD at 0700 as the flight was overbooked and the attendant at the check-in desk asked them to wait in their seats in the lounge (whilst they talked and didn't kick up) whilst the flight took off. So, I get a phone call at 0715 giving me grief that they have missed the flight, and the next one from STD is 1800 that evening and so now they have missed all their connections and the meeting with the agent who is selling the blasted fuel boat. So, I get on the phone and try and sort it out - successfuuly - until when they get to Oslo it isn't Oslo at all, it's 2 and a half f*cking hours to Oslo by train so the flights I've changed pleading no extra charges are now defunct. Cue HB calling me on his mobile phone to now say he forgot his phone charger and only has 2 battery bars left. He's on the train, after staying the night in some outback place in Norway and - guess what - its COLD.

So - they get to Oslo airport - I've given up at this stage trying to sort flights - its up to them now to sweet talk the desks to get up to Tromso. Desk girls say "you aren't seasonsed travellers are you" ......Next thing I know they are there, Tromso, 36 hours late. Get a call from matey the agent as he has a signal and batteries, the SP is HB and his mate are thinking about the deal. They have also asked the hotel about phone chargers with no result. No-one has any Nokia phones in Norway (then in 2001)

So now - they have to do the journey back. Imagine the scene about the re-bookings of the flights, I gave up.

Oh my, did I get hell about that when they back. Like its my fault ???

Subsequently I will never fly with Ryanair even if I am kinapped in Columbia, even if I am accused of a drug charge :-)

We never bought the boat, we built one instead, but not a fuel boat. It was almost as bad. Dont ever get into boats unless you know what you are doing because I don't even know if I know about boats any more. BTW we are building - yet - another boat. Mind you I flew aircraft years ago.

Ryanair can go forth and multiply big time.

Apologies about length and girth
( Tiggy the diver, Tue 12 Sep 2006, 23:24, Reply)