Hi Paul That was a great tutorial! Whilst waiting for this I decided to have a go myself and got to no. 10! It should be said too that it will take most of us a little time to do all this; take your time! (Smile)! I'm interested to see about the text facility but I see now that it costs! Useful I think for us though. I look forward now to a tutorial on checking in online! Don't mind if Mick O'Leary remunerates you for this; sure worth it for this! Keep flying! (Smile)! Tony ----- Original Message ----- From: Paul Traynor (NCBI) To: vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2010 12:27 PM Subject: [vip_students] On-line shopping: Basic instructions for purchasing flight tickets! Hi All, Below I have drawn up my experiences on working through the Ryan Air booking facility. It was pretty much simple enough and I have written down all the various steps that you may go through when purchasing a ticket on this site. By no means is this an exhaustive set of instructions but should be enough for many of you who are eager enough to give it a try. *disclaimer* In no way have I been influenced by Michael O’Leary in the making of these instructions nor have I received any financial gain by promoting Ryan Air on this list. *smiles* [Booking Flights On Ryan Air] 1. Go to the web site address of: www.ryanair.com 2. Look for the link: "book cheap flights" and press enter. 3. Once we move into this page we have the following form elements to deal with: *. Radio buttons. *. combo boxes. 4. In order to understand and work through the forms page correctly, we will begin by going to the top of this booking page. Use keys, "control + home" to go to the top. 5. Now press the letter "R" to move onto a list containing two radio buttons named as follows: *. Round trip radio button checked. *. One way radio button not checked. Notes: for our purpose we will most likely leave the round trip radio button checked as it is by default. On some occasions one might use the one way radio button but generally it will be the default of round trip. 6. Press the down arrow to another group of two combo boxes which have the following names: *. origin. *. Destination. When you move down arrow into the first combo box, jaws if it is a modern version of the product will automatically drop into forms mode and you can then begin to choose your current location. If it’s an older version of the jaws product then when you arrow down onto the first combo box, you may have to press enter on it to enter jaws into forms mode which is a way that jaws has of allowing you to either select text from a list or combo box in this case or type text into an edit field. Notes: On the first of the two combo boxes, we are asked where we are currently?. for this I will use my keys, "left alt + down arrow once to open up the combo box, followed by just down arrow to choose the country, city where I am. Here I am going to choose Dublin as my starting position. 7. Pressing the tab key once after we have made this selection will drop us into the next combo box which asks us where our destination is?. Again I will use left alt + down arrow to first open up the combo box list followed by just down arrow to continue arrowing through it till I find the place of my destination. for this I will choose Glasgow. (Choosing our trip dates) On the next section if we press the tab keys again we have a couple of new combo boxes. These boxes determine the day and month we are leaving on our trip and returning home again. 8. After having selected our destination we tab key again and are dropped into the day combo box. Here we will again use the same techniques as above with the alt + arrow keys and choose our departure day/date. for this I am going to choose "6th". Tabbing once more I am now in the month combo box, here I choose "August" If I tab once more I have a link to a calendar which I will skip past and tab once more to a checkbox which asks the question, are my dates flexible? checkbox not checked. If I am happy that my dates are flexible then I can go ahead and check this box, if I am on a business trip or just have to be in a place at the correct date and time then I will leave this box unchecked. [Status and number of passengers) In this section I am asked about the number of people flying out and how many are adults and children. 9. After finishing off entering my preferred dates I now tab to a new set of combo boxes where the first box asks for the number of adults. for this one I set it to just one. The next combo box I tab too asks for the number of children under 16 years so I make my choice and say "0". The next box asks how many infants under 2 years of age, again I arrow to "0" 10 Finally when I tab again I am asked to confirm that I have read and accept the Ryan Air agreement and check it with the spacebar. 11. Pressing the tab key twice after this brings me to a button where I can now press the spacebar on and it will check if I can find the flights I want for the information I have punched in. Going Out From Dublin - Glasgow (Prestwick) (Results of my detailed requirements) Below I have cut down the results page that came up after I entered on the search flights and give you only what I was interested in for my travel needs. I moved down through each of the returned results and picked out the out-going and returning-home flights I was I wanted by selecting the "radio button" appropriate for that flight using my spacebar. 12. Once I had made my choices I then tabbed down to the "select and continue" link and pressed enter key. (Passenger Details) On the next page that comes up we are asked to enter details about the passengers who intend to go on these flights. Details such as their names and so on is required. 1. When the page opens up, press letter "H" to move to the first and only heading on this page. Note: This is a jaws command and by pressing letter "H" will jump you to any available headings on a given web page. 2. Now press the tab key to begin filling out this portion of the on-line form. The first is a "combo box" and here we enter the "Title", Mr. Mrs, Miss, using the arrow keys to select. 3. Tab again and here we enter into an "edit box" our first name, tab again to another "edit box" and now type in our last name. 3. Press tab key to a "combo box" where we choose how many bags we have, use arrow keys to up and down to select. Note: If we choose a 1 or more bags here and then tab to the next box, we will see that the next box informs us about what it will cost us in Euros 4. Tabbing again is a set of two "radio buttons" and a label telling us, beat the cues and by priority boarding, "yes or no". Just use your arrow keys to move between these two radio buttons and choose either yes or no. Note: If you purchase priority boarding then it can cost you around 8 Euros as you will notice once you tab along to the next "read only box". 5. Tabbing along you will come to country of residence "combo box". Here you select the country you come from, in my case I selected Ireland. (Text message notification) In the next few boxes we encounter we are asked to choose to have a text message sent to our phones. 1. The next "yes, No radio buttons" you come to are asking you if you'd like to have a text message sent to your mobile, choose whichever you like at this point. Use the arrow keys followed by the spacebar to make your decision. Note: Your mobile phone number will be entered on the following page and will only be used to send important flight information. 2. The next "Yes or No set of radio buttons" you encounter ask if you'd like to purchase a Ryan Air approved travel bag. Make your choice using arrow keys followed by the spacebar. 3. Tabbing along you will come to a single "checkbox" which will be unchecked. Checking this box indicates to the Ryan Air people that either you or someone else travelling with you intend to carry sports equipment or musical instruments. Make your decision by checking with the spacebar for yes you or they are carrying some such equipment or leave unchecked if no one is carrying such equipment. 4. When you come to another checkbox, this one is for those who wish to have special assistance. Check this box if you or someone else in your party needs this assistance. Note: there is a notice to be observed while you consider this option: "Please check box to reserve special assistance at the airport for members of your party. Failure to prebook special assistance may result in the service be" 5. The last "checkbox" you come to must be checked as it is your agreement that you have read the Ryan Air terms and conditions, use the spacebar. 6. Now we are on to a review page where we check out our information. Contact Details 1. * TitleDoctorMrMrsMs Note: Here use the arrow keys to select your title. 2. Please select a Country (Combo box) Note: Use tab key to jump into this box and then use arrow keys to select the country you are from. 3. Lead Passenger Number *(Edit box) There are two boxes here, one for an area code and one for the main number. 4. Mobile Phone Number * Enter mobile number for SMS confirmation* indicates required fields Note: Just type in your mobile number here. 5. Retain details for my next visit. (info...) (Checkbox, unchecked) Notes: Check this box if you want a record of your details kept so that you don't have to input them again in the future. 6. Billing Address Use my contact address.(Checkbox, Unchecked) Notes: Using your contact address from the earlier details you entered will save you having to type them in here again. Check the checkbox to make this the default. 7. Subscribe! (Checkbox, Unchecked) Notes: Please check this box if you wish to be added to Ryan air’s subscriber list. "Subscribers will receive information from Ryan air and our partners and can unsubscribe at any time." Payment Details Payment – Ryan air Vouchers (View Gift Voucher Terms)xImportant!Vouchers are non- refundable. There is a €5/£5 (or local currency equivalent) administration fee for processing (the purchase of gift vouchers.) Payment 1. Ryan Air Notice: Your debit/credit card will be debited the following amount(s): Currency Conversion Offer We recommend you do not untick the checkbox so that you receive our guaranteed exchange rate: (Checkbox checked) 2. As you tab through the fields the next one you come to in the payment section is the choice of payment methods. Use the arrow keys to arrow up or down to choose which way you want to pay for your seat on the flight. Card/Payment type - More Information Please select...Ryan air *. MastercardRyanair *. 3V Visa *. Prepaid Vouchers *. Visa Connect *. Debit / DeltaLaser *. Master Card *. MasterCard Prepaid *. Visa Electron *. Visa 3. Now pressing tab will place you in the card holders name edit box if you are using a card such as a master card for example. Note that it may be different if you are using some other type of payment method. *. Cardholder name (Edit box) *. Name of Account holder (Edit box) *. Card or Account number (Edit box) *. Expiry date (Combo box) *. CVV Number(Edit box) Note: this is the 3 digit number of your credit card, visa or master card. It may be different for other card types. *. Start Date (Combo box) Use arrow keys to scroll through this list. *. Issue Number (Edit box) Going Out: 06/08/2010 08:45hrs Dublin - Glasgow (Prestwick) 1 x Adult 29.99 EUR Taxes/Fees 30.48 EUR » Taxes and Fees 23.99 EUR » Aviation Insurance/PRM Levy 6.49 EUR 1 x Web Check in 5.00 EUR Coming Back: 16/08/2010 21:30hrs Glasgow (Prestwick) - Dublin 1 x Adult 19.99 EUR Taxes/Fees 33.28 EUR » Taxes and Fees 26.79 EUR » Aviation Insurance/PRM Levy 6.49 EUR 1 x Web Check in 5.00 EUR Travel Extras Going Out: 1 x 1st Checked Bag (15kg) 20.00 EUR 1 x Priority Boarding 4.00 EUR Coming Back: 1 x 1st Checked Bag (15kg) 20.00 EUR 1 x Priority Boarding 4.00 EUR SMS confirmation 1.00 EUR Travel Insurance 1 pax 11 Days 17.00 EUR Total Total Cost 189.74 EUR Excluding administration fee (if applicable) Finally, press on the purchase button and if all the details are correct then you are through the system and have made your purchase. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I am using the Free version of SPAMfighter. 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