[vip_students] Re: On-line shopping: Basic instructions for purchasing flight tickets!

  • From: "tony sweeney" <deirton711@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2010 22:08:53 +0100

Martha, 

Thank you. 

The reason I go Ryanair to the UK is that I need to visit family in Essex from 
time to time! 

I wonder if the same action is required for what you ask? 

Give it a lash will you and let's know! 

Cheers, 

Tony
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Martha Parkinson 
  To: vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2010 7:40 PM
  Subject: [vip_students] Re: On-line shopping: Basic instructions for 
purchasing flight tickets!


  Hello Paul,

  I agree with Tony, another great tutorial.

  On a purely selfish note, look at Aer Lingus and Aer Aaron.

  Cheers,
  Martha
    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: tony sweeney 
    To: vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
    Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2010 1:31 PM
    Subject: [vip_students] Re: On-line shopping: Basic instructions for 
purchasing flight tickets!


    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.

       

       



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