A bride-to-be was brutally savaged by online trolls after asking Ryanair to help her and her friends out.
Irish woman Rachel shared on Twitter that her best friend Kayla had surprised her and their 19 friends after arriving home in Ireland a month early.
The nearly nuptialed holiday fan revealed she was heading to Albufeira for her hen party on St Patrick’s Day, with only her best friend Kayla not booked onto the flight.
Kayla had been living in New Zealand when the bridal group booked their flights, and they'd since more than doubled in price to more than £500.
Taking to Twitter, Rachel tagged Ryanair and wrote: "When we booked our flights, they were only €262 each. At the time, Kayla was living in New Zealand. Well, didn’t she only go and surprise us by coming home last week MONTHS earlier than planned. Amazing right???!!"
"Well … the flights have now gone up to €575 and to put it bluntly, she’s skint. We’ve waited, refreshed and hoped for a miracle in the form of a much cheaper fare - which doesn’t look likely."
She added: "We hope you can find it in your hearts to make our dreams come true and #GetKaylatoPortugal, WE BEG, We’ll even let her sit in 11A - the window seat with no window."
In typical form, the internet rounded on Rachel brutally, before the day was saved.
One unimpressed person wrote: "Dear @Ryanair could please put the price up for this tweet alone?"
Another chimed in: "Embarrassing. Asking for cheaper flights with a sob story and playing it off as a 'joke'."
Such was the relentless nature of the pushback to the viral tweet, Rachel came out with a statement to set the record straight.
"I've never seen so many grown adults get so pressed about something that is nothing to do with them," she wrote defiantly. "I guess a sense of humour is harder to find now a days than a £1 Ryanair fare."
Happily for Rachel and Kayla, the people behind the infamous Ryanair social media account were having a good day.
They offered to drop the best pal's fare to the original price.
"No one's got time to read your biography, Rachael. we got you, you got us," the budget airline wrote caustically in response to her thank you tweet. "Smash that hen weekend."
