Low fares can be a costly business

MY WIFE and I were booked to depart by Ryanair from Brussels South on the last evening flight of December 24 to Shannon, returning on the afternoon of December 29.

This has now been changed using the same flight number to an unrealistic (for us) early departure on both sectors, thus ensuring we cannot travel for work reasons.

Why was this done? In a phrase, 'yield management.' There's heavy demand on the evening/last flight, so bump those cheap low fares types onto the earlier flight. This is Christmas humbug at its worst.