Ryanair deals

Book by Thursday 22 January for travel up to 30 April

Ryanair has launched a flash sale on top of its January sale. Following a spat on X between Elon Musk and Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary, the airline has dubbed its latest sale as its 'Big ‘Idiot’ Seat Sale’. In its promotional material, Ryanair states its flash sale is ‘only available for Elon Musk and any other ‘idiots’ on X’, but you don’t actually need an account with the social media site (or to be an 'idiot') to access the sale.

You’ll need to book by 11.59pm on Thursday 22 January, and the discount has already been applied.

We’ve seen one-way fares from £14.99 from various UK airports including Belfast International, Birmingham, Bournemouth, Bristol, Cardiff, Edinburgh, East Midlands, Exeter, Glasgow, Leeds Bradford, Liverpool, London Gatwick, London Luton, London Stansted, Manchester, Newcastle, Newquay, and Norwich.

The sale is for travel in February and March, and it includes flights up until Thursday 30 April.

Examples we spotted (prices are just for flights with a small personal luggage item, no extras):

• Birmingham to Barcelona, from £30 return

• Newcastle to Gdańsk, from £34 return

• London Stansted to Cagliari, Italy, from £40 return

• Liverpool to Turin, from £34 return

Important: Even with the flash sale, Ryanair may not be the cheapest, so make sure to compare other airlines and sales before booking. Use the Ryanair ‘fare finder tool’ to look for flight deals from a UK airport of your choice. It’s handy to use if you can be flexible on dates and destinations.

Flights and holidays are dynamically priced based on availability, which means discounts on fares and packages can fluctuate, so if there's a flight you're after, use tools such as Skyscanner and Google Flights to track prices. See our Cheap flights guide and January flight sales round-up for more.

For March to October travel. Eg, Birmingham to Malaga £34 return

Website: Ryanair
Started: Friday 26 December 2025
End date: Sunday 8 February 2026

Sale strength? Ryanair has launched its January sale (which it's bizarrely calling its 'Pig seat sale'), and the airline says it's discounted 10 million seats, for travel between Sunday 1 March and Saturday 31 October. You'll need to book by Sunday 8 February, and the discount has already been applied.

We’ve seen one-way fares from £14.99 from various UK airports including Birmingham, Edinburgh, East Midlands, London Gatwick, London Stansted, Manchester, and Newcastle.

Even though Ryanair is running one-way fares from less than £15, return flights can be a lot dearer (see below), which means it's unlikely that you'll get a return fare for £30.

Here are some examples we spotted on Monday 5 January:

• London Stansted to Barcelona, Spain – from £30 return in March

• Birmingham to Malaga, Spain – from £34 return in March

• Leeds Bradford to Wroclaw, Poland – from £43 return in March

• Newcastle to Malta – from £50 return in March

You can access the Ryanair sale, here.

Likely to boost? Ryanair launched a flash sale offering 20% off flights until 11.59pm on Tuesday 13 January during its 'Pig Seat Sale'. Its flash sale has now ended, but the airline routinely runs flash sales throughout the year.

Use the Ryanair ‘fare finder tool’ to look for flight deals from a UK airport of your choice. It’s handy to use if you can be flexible on dates and destinations.

Any other ways to save on flights? Yes, British Airways, Easyjet, Jet2, TUI and Virgin Atlantic have also launched sales. Flights and holidays are dynamically priced based on availability, which means discounts on fares and packages can fluctuate, so if there's a flight you're after, use tools such as Skyscanner and Google Flights to track prices.

See our guide on how to find cheap flights for tips.