Ryanair Cancellation Policy 2023

Ryanair Cancellation and Refund Policy Information

The most important thing while canceling a flight is the flexibility to choose when you want to cancel your flight in most situations the flight cancellation is unexpected, thus if the airline provides us the option of canceling our flights and providing us with a refund, it makes our life easier. Thus, Ryanair Cancellation policy doesn’t exist but to make our life easier Ryanair provides us with the option of changing our flights.

How Can I Change My Flight?

As Ryanair Cancellation policy doesn’t exist in this case the airline allows you to change your flight till 2.5 hours before your flight’s departure. The airline doesn’t allow you to change your flight from domestic to international flight due to VAT changes. You can change your flight either online or offline. Also, the airline allows you to make changes in your flight time or date within 24 hours for free. If you are changing your flight after 24 hours of booking it and changing it online, Ryanair will charge €45 but if you are changing it offline, Ryanair will charge €60. Here is detailed information on how you can change your flight. 

Online Method

Ryanair says the easiest method to change your flight is to do it online from the comfort of your home, thus, the airline has come up with an online method through which you can change your flight easily. Here are the steps through which you can change your flight online:

• Visit Ryanair's official website.
• Login into your account using the credentials.
• Click on the “Manage my booking” option.
• Select the “Manage my flight” tab under the  “Manage my booking” option.
• Select the “Change your flight” tab and select the flight you want to change.
• Make changes to your itineraries.
• Check if all the information on your screen is correct.
• Select the confirm button.
• Make the payment to change your itinerary.
• Now, Ryanair will send you a confirmation e-mail about the change in your itineraries.

Offline Method

If you wish to change your Ryan air flight itinerary offline, you can contact Ryanair at +353 15825932 and ask the agent on the line to cancel your flight.

What If Ryanair Cancels My Flight?

If Ryanair cancels your flight, the airline will inform you about the Ryanair cancellation as soon as they can either via e-mail or a text message on your number, and they will offer you two choices either they will put you on a different flight or they will provide you with the full refund of your canceled flight.

What is Ryanair Refund Policy?

Whenever our flight is canceled, the refunds are the first thing to pop into our minds. Thus, if the flight was canceled due to some problem on their end and the delay was more than 5 hours then according to the Ryanair Refund Policy, you can claim your refund online and the refund will be processed within 5 working days through the original method of payment.

How To Get Your Ryanair Refund?

You can ask for a Ryanair refund online by login into your Ryanair account. Here is the method through which you can get a refund on your Ryanair flight:

• Go to the Ryanair website.
• Login into your Ryanair account.
• Fill out the Ryanair refund form.
• Submit the form.
• Your return will be processed within 5 working days.

RyanAir Compensation Policy

Compensations are an important part of every airline's cancellation policy, where they provide compensation based on how long the flight was delayed and the distance of the flight from the departure location. Ryanair also provides compensation if your flight was delayed for more than three hours from the scheduled arrival time or it was canceled due to some issue with the airline.You can claim compensation by filling out the EU-261 form on Ryanair official website. Here is the detailed information on the Ryanair Compensation policy:

The amount of compensation will be reduced by 50% if the airline was able to re-route you on a different flight and the arrival of the other flight is not more than the arrival time of the original flight by two hours in case of all flights with distance less than 1500 km and by three hours in case of all intra-EU flights with distances of more than 1500 km and all the flights within a distance of 1500km -3500km.

Exception To RyanAir Compensation Policy

Ryanair provides compensation to its passengers if the flight was delayed due to the airline's fault but there are some exceptions to this policy. Here is a detailed explanation of the cases in which Ryanair won’t provide compensation to its passengers:

• The airline informed its passengers 2 weeks before the departure of your flight.
• The airline informed its passengers about the flight cancellation within 2 weeks and seven days before the flight's departure. It offered the option of getting onto a different flight onto which the departure of your flight will be no more than 2 hours before the original flight's departure and reaching your flight less than 4 hours after the scheduled time of the original flight's arrival.  
• The airline informed its passengers about the flight cancellation less than seven days before the flight's departure. It was offered the option of getting onto a different flight onto which the departure of your flight will be no more than 1 hour before the original flight's departure and reach your flight less than 2 hours after the scheduled time of the original flight's arrival.
• The airline can show if it took all the necessary caution, and still, the airline couldn't avoid the delay or cancellation of the flight.

About Ryanair 

Headquartered in “Dublin”, Ryanair was started as an Irish ultra-low-cost carrier and is one of the three biggest airlines in Europe still after 30 years in business, the airline prides itself on providing low-cost flights and strong customer satisfaction to its passengers.