Woman's check-in warning after Ryanair says she had no seat despite having a ticket

A woman has shared a warning after nearly not being allowed to board a flight, despite having a ticket.

Aisling Finlay took to social media to explain that she had booked a flight with Ryanair to travel to Spain.

Prior to her flight, Aisling had checked in online before she arrived at the airport, being ready to go the day before she was due to fly.

But when Aisling arrived at the airport to board her flight she was met with a very stressful surprise when she went to board the plane.

Aisling went to the gate, but was left wondering if she would be able to get on the flight at all when she found out that the flight had been overbooked by nine people.

Stressed about whether she would be able to get on the flight at all, Aisling took to TikTok with a video.

"There's a high chance we're not getting on this flight, so reminder to everyone to check in well in advance as they're overbooking the planes," she said.

Explaining her situation, she said that they were due to depart at 11am, and she had checked in for the flight at 10pm the night before they were due to leave.

But she first realised that something might be off at this early stage.

"There's like we weren't able to reserve a seat or allocate a seat, so I was like 'strange'," she said.

Her concern only mounted when she she saw what was on the boarding card.

"And then our boarding card came up saying 'seat allocated at the gate'," she explained.

"Then we arrived there and they've overbooked the flight by nine seats, we're number five and six to get on the plane, so she was like it is unlikely you'll get on the flight."

She then shared an update on the situation, explaining that she had been placed on 'standby'.

"They've started checking people in for the flight," she said. "I checked in 13 hours prior to Ryanair flight, and I'm currently on standby and they've overbooked the plane by nine people."

In the end though, things worked for Aisling, who finished the video joyfully boarding the plane.

"Thank you so much to the air hostess that came over and gave us a seat," she said. "I felt so sorry for the people that didn't get on."

She added: "I take back every bad word I've said about Ryanair," she added, "youse are alright I suppose."

A document from Ryanair explaining customers' rights if they are denied boarding said: "Ryanair, as a policy, does not overbook its flights. However, in the unlikely event that a seat is not available for a passenger with a confirmed reservation, we will seek volunteers to surrender their seats in exchange for benefits that we and the volunteer may agree upon before involuntarily denying boarding to other passengers."

LADBible has approached Ryanair for comment.