[Macha]

I will say I expected Ryanair to be more awkward about it but apart from a few discouraging messages on the claim form (“are you sure you’re entitled to compensation?” and “most claims aren’t successful” type stuff), once I did fill out the form they paid out quickly and without fuss, despite the payout being larger than the original fare

[hexbin010]

Fair enough. It's mostly the 'bigger' long-haul airlines I've seen complaints about. But I can also find anecdata about Ryanair too without much effort:

https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/ryanair/2195574-how-get-ryan...

https://www.reddit.com/r/LegalAdviceUK/comments/1lg6aqp/ryan...

https://www.reddit.com/r/LegalAdviceUK/comments/1d3908i/i_th...

https://www.reddit.com/r/LegalAdviceUK/comments/1lnjmvm/file...

https://www.reddit.com/r/LegalAdviceUK/comments/1o6muwv/ryan...

Every airline plays the game to some degree - it would be commercially incompetent to not use every possible angle to weasle out of it.

[userbinator]

and “most claims aren’t successful”

The same is true of lottery tickets, yet that obviously hasn't stopped people from buying them.