Ryanair Flights Sale Find the hidden flights across Europe from the budget airline

No frills budget airline Ryanair is advertising £6 seats for travel during March and April, including some taxes and charges. This is a step-by-step guide to using the free FlightChecker tool to quickly find these oft-hidden flights.

Are flights really a tenner?

Yes indeed. Ryanair can offer these amazing prices because it provides no-frills, cheap-as-chips flights (inc. some taxes and charges).

But make no mistake, the airline recoups its money by charging for 'extras' such as checking in baggage, or even just checking in yourself!

Yet only take hand-luggage, check-in online and pay via a Mastercard Prepaid card, and these promotional flights can be had for tiny prices. If you are going to take baggage and pay on a normal card, expect it to be around £60 return per person. (See the Beat Budget Airlines' Charges guide for full info.)

Speedily find the cheap flights

This is simple to do as it's exactly what the FlightChecker tool is designed for. Simply tell it where you want to go, what your date range is and the maximum you're willing to pay and it'll find every available flight for you. So to find these flights, do the following:

1. Check whether any of the dates and locations fit your requirements:

   The nitty gritty

   Booking info: Book before midnight Thurs 7 Jul. Online check-in is included in the price.

   Travel between: Any day of the week betweenThurs 1 Sep - Mon 31 Oct '11.

   Applicable days: Mon - Thurs

   Airport-by-airport £9.99 fare destinations

   London Stansted: Derry, Düsseldorf (Weeze), Eindhoven, Glasgow (Prestwick), Kerry, Rimini, Shannon.

   Edinburgh: Brussels (Charleroi)

   East Midlands: Dublin, Knock, Nantes.

   Glasgow (Prestwick): Derry, Dublin, London-Stansted and Paris Beauvais.

   Bristol: Dublin, Knock.

   Liverpool: Cork, Derry, Dublin, Knock, Oslo (Rygge), Shannon

   Leeds: Dublin, Düsseldorf (Weeze), Knock, Nantes.

   London Gatwick: Shannon.

   Newcastle: Oslo (Rygge).

   Birmingham: Derry, Düsseldorf (Weeze) and Trieste.

   Read the full Ryanair cheap flights promotion details.

2. Go to the Budget Airline FlightChecker, tell it your departure airport and enter where you want to go. Either check that this destination is included in the promotion (see above) or just click 'I'll go anywhere' to find all routes. Now choose your dates - do make sure they're withing the promotion range.

3. Choose maximum price £10 inc. taxes and charges. This ensures only the special flights will appear.

4. Book at Ryanair. Once you've found your flights, go straight to Ryanair to check they're still available and book them. These flights disappear at speed, so don't delay.

5. Check out cheap hotels or B&Bs. If you need somewhere to stay the Cheap Hotels & Hostels guide and the Hotel Sales deals note will show you how to find it cheapest.

Alternatively, via selecting the right options in comparison site Skyscanner some similar functionality is available too.

Warning Note. The FlightChecker's not perfect.

Due to a change in Ryanair's policy a little while ago, we were unable to have it in the FlightChecker for a long time. FlightChecker is in the middle of a major upgrade, which'll be coming soon and will make the info a lot easier to find.

The FlightChecker should work, but if you don't get want you want using it, do also try manually searching Ryanair (though of course that way takes longer).

Sale fares may only be for one leg

Ryanair is clever with its promotions. As the flights aren't for all dates, the likelihood is, for anyone without huge flexibility, you may find a £10 ticket for one leg of your journey but pay more for the other leg.

However using the FlightChecker you should still be able to do it all cheaply, even if it means the return journey costs £20 instead.

Want other cheap flights?

If you're looking for other flights not included in this promotion or further afield, read the main Cheap Flights guide, which will show you how to get the cheapest flights anywhere in the world. And if you do nab a cheap flight, why not help the environment by Carbon Offsetting?

Beating Ryanair's extra charges

When booking any flight, it's worth watching for hidden extras. Yet Ryanair is a connoisseur of confusion and has come up with all sorts of ingenious fees to ensnare unsuspecting flyers. €˜Extras' include taking bags, checking in and even paying.

For tricks to beat all nasty charges, from special payment routes to baggage allowance busting, see the full Beat Budget Airlines' Charges guide.

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