Originally Posted by
Elite_Pie
I think I could scrape the £2 together but I hate being ripped off, so I never pay to sit together or buy any food or drink* on a Ryanair flight. I would rather take a sandwich and fill up a water bottle at the free water station after security. When my kids were young you used to be able to park free for an hour at EMA in the short stay car park near departures. We would sometimes take the kids upstairs for a look at the planes taking off and landing a few days before we flew which they loved.
* Here's a clever little tip for getting a cheap alcoholic drink on a flight, which I happened to see on a travel forum and have used a few times. Go to Poundland or Wilko and buy a five pack of 100ml bottles. Fill the bottles with your chosen spirit (vodka in my case) and put them through security in one of those clear plastic bags which is perfectly legal. When you get to the departure lounge, buy your choice of mixer (tonic for me) in WH Smith. Drink 100ml of the mixer and pour the vodka in the mixer bottle before boarding. You can then enjoy four measures of vodka and tonic during the flight for a fraction of the cost you would pay to have it served by the cabin crew. Officially you are not supposed to consume your own alcohol on a plane (here's where navypie thinks up a drama queen 'you're causing danger' theory), but as far as they are aware you are just drinking a bottle of tonic water, coke, sprite etc.
That Martin Lewis bloke is an amateur compared to me.