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Ryanair Prime
General Queries
Ryanair Prime is a membership programme offering benefits such as exclusive flight discounts, free reserved seating, and travel insurance for Ryanair Prime members. These members will be able to select Ryanair Prime companions who can enjoy some of these benefits.
Ryanair Prime membership is a once-off payment of £/€79 for 12 months. Ryanair Prime is not available for monthly membership payments. This fee might be increased if Ryanair Prime companions are added to Ryanair Prime.
Ryanair Prime membership lasts for 12 months from the date of payment and is automatically renewed unless cancelled.
Only passengers aged 18 or older with a valid myRyanair account can join Ryanair Prime.
No, passengers in certain countries are ineligible to join Ryanair Prime due to insurance cover limitations. For a full list of countries where Ryanair Prime is not available, see Ryanair Prime T&Cs here.
No, you will not be able to use your Ryanair gift card against a Ryanair Prime membership.
Ryanair Prime Benefits
Ryanair Prime members will receive:
- Monthly email notifications on exclusive member sales
- Choose a free seat on up to 12 flights
- Travel insurance included with flights
Yes, assigned Ryanair Prime companions can independently use most benefits, but the Ryanair Prime member must handle their bookings. All correspondence for flights booked will be sent to the email of the Ryanair Prime member.
Ryanair Prime members can reserve up to 12 free seats for them and 12 free seats for their Ryanair Prime companion in designated rows on specific flights over the course of their membership. If no designated seats are available, random seat allocation applies.
No, Ryanair Prime members will only be able to book flights departing during the 12-months duration of their subscription. The remaining benefits shall not be carried over, even in the event that a Ryanair Prime member renews their Ryanair Prime subscription.
Eligibility and Registration
Passengers can sign up for Ryanair Prime via www.ryanair.com. Log in to your myRyanair account and pay the subscription fee. If you don’t have a myRyanair account, you must sign up for one before you can join Ryanair Prime.
Yes, you can add one Ryanair Prime companion during registration for an additional fee. These companions will be able to enjoy most of the same benefits as Ryanair Prime members. Exclusive Ryanair Prime member sales will only be sent to the email address associated with the myRyanair account used to sign up for Ryanair Prime.
Ryanair Prime Companions must request the lead Ryanair Prime member to make bookings on their behalf.
Pricing and Payments
The payment method used for the initial Ryanair Prime membership will be stored by our partner Elavon, and automatically charged for renewals to Ryanair Prime unless updated. If there is an error charging your original form of payment, you will be instructed to use a different payment method to renew your Ryanair Prime membership.
Payment for Ryanair Prime is managed and stored by our partner Elavon.
Cancellations and Renewals
Yes, you can cancel anytime through the Ryanair Prime section in your myRyanair account or by contacting customer service here. Benefits remain active until the end of the current term, unless you cancel during the 14-day cooling off period.
The fee for Ryanair Prime is non-refundable unless cancelled during the 14-day cooling-off period or when a member decides to terminate the subscription as consequence of some unilateral changes made by Ryanair on the service.
You can cancel within 14 days of purchase to receive a full refund if no benefits have been used. If some Ryanair Prime benefits have been used, the refund will be adjusted dependant on the benefits you used.
Your Ryanair Prime membership will automatically renew for another 12 months, and the subscription fee will be charged to your original form of payment.
Data Protection
Personal data is used to provide Ryanair Prime members and Ryanair Prime companions with Ryanair Prime service and the benefits associated to it. For more details, refer to Ryanair’s Privacy Policy here.
No, the account must remain active during the membership period. You can request deletion after your membership ends.
Other Queries
No, Ryanair Prime benefits are non-transferable and cannot be assigned to others.
Yes, in certain instances Ryanair Prime discounted fares can be combined with other offers offered by Ryanair or third-party companies.
Once the reserved seating allowance is used up, only the Basic fare will be available for new bookings.
If you need to make changes to your maiden/ married name on your Ryanair Prime account and or booked flights made using Ryanair Prime, please contact us on chat or on our website. You’ll need to have proof (i.e. copy of your marriage certificate).
Yes, you will be able to change your flight, however, any changes to flights may incur a fee. For more information on flight change costs, see our table of fees here.
Ryanair Prime bookings can include infants (1 infant per adult on the booking to a maximum of 2), however, infants are excluded from the Ryanair Prime benefits.
Minors (2-15 years) cannot be added to an existing adult’s booking (as they are not allowed to travel alone and are not a Ryanair Prime member), however you can create a new adult booking for them and link it to your original booking so you can travel together. Note that the minor must travel accompanied by an adult aged 18 or over. The passenger type will be updated for each minor during the linking process to either a child (2-11years) or teen (12-15 years). For more information on linking bookings, see here.