RyanAir: Website Down? And Beware Possible Web Check-In Security Breach
We’ve been having trouble accessing RyanAir’s website for several days now, and it looks like we’re not the only ones.
So, we thought we’d poke around and see if there was any news about it.
There wasn’t any – all we could find were articles like this one about an imminent summer price war (so what’s new?), and this piece about how all of the airline’s fares were to be quoted on its website inclusive of taxes with immediate effect (which they hadn’t done when we were last able to check).
Then there was a rather interesting blog entry by someone who ended up paying a penalty for NOT having checked in baggage (and his frustrating attempt at complaining to the airline).
Add this to the airline’s announcement that their check-in baggage fee (not included in the basic far, you add it on later) has upped profits, and one can see why they’re not the most popular airline around.
Still, some might say that’s the price you pay for choosing the very lowest of bargain-basement airfares, and perhaps that’s so. But even the most unfazed of traveller should pay attention to a recent warning of a security breach in Ryanair’s web check-in service.
According to the report –
Ryanair’s online check-in service fails to ensure users submit confidential details across a secure connection. As a result, travellers are invited to send confidential data across an unencrypted link.
Here’s hoping they get that fixed up very very soon.
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September 22, 2007 at 5:20 pm
i have tried successively for ten days to book ryan air flights to rome and they took all my credit card details for both mastercard and debit card. I phoned ryan air and all they coud tell me was the order wasnt processed.
i tried again today same thing. then i realised that this could be a bogus website that has now all my details of cards and knows when i am going on holiday so could use them whilst away. i have now cancelled all the cards and would suggest others do the same if they have same experience. luckily i booked via easy jet and saved 30 pounds on the fare!! and easy jet seems such an annoying site!!