Speculative redesign of easyJet’s checkout for a smoother, more transparent, user-friendly flow, while enabling the business to present and sell extras clearly and honestly.

Tools

Figma

Timeline

September 2025

Devices

Mobile

Role

Researcher

UX Designer

UI Designer

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Overview

Why this case matters

The current flow piles up upsells, unclear labels, and surprise costs. easyAir explores how to untangle it, keeping business goals intact, while restoring clarity and trust for users.

Design Process

From questions to proof. Fast and focused.

Five compact stages: Research & Discovery, Define & Ideate, Redesign, Validate, and Showcase.

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Research & Discovery

Reviews, benchmarking, heuristic evaluation

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Define & Ideate

Problem statement, goals, user flow redesign

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Redesign

Wireframes and style guide

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Validate

Prototype testing and peer feedback

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Showcase

Before/After, final prototype and outcomes

Research & Discovery

What’s breaking trust today?

Reviews, benchmarking, and heuristic evaluation revealed a lack of transparency, excessive upsells, and confusing terminology, creating friction at every step and undermining trust and conversion.

Seats & Allocation
Do not pre purchase your seats… it turned out it’s free seats anyway. Then why pay for it? Just do early check in and you can still choose.
Kris G · Trustpilot · Sep 4, 2025
Easyjet changed the flight and then gave me a random seat. Keep changing flights and arbitrarily reallocating paid for seat.
KC · Trustpilot · Aug 14, 2025
Charging extra to choose seats… then overrides your original seat (and payment). Told you have to pay extra to change your seat back to the original one you already paid for.
Customer · Trustpilot · Aug 10, 2025
Checkout & Hidden Fees
On the checkout page it shows both 1 large bag (which I pay extra for), and on the same page ‘what’s my allowance’ shows zero large bag! Confusing… After I then paid of course.
Nico · Trustpilot · Jul 30, 2025
The checkout process is predatory and makes it very easy to add charges unintentionally.
Danielle · Trustpilot · May 6, 2025
Charge few pounds extra online at the checkout saying price changed… Tricks and traps during buying process created by easyJet feels like cons.
Moccoto vibe · Trustpilot · Nov 24, 2022
Insurance Issues
Bought their insurance… at the airport told me the insurance wasn’t valid and pressured me into buying theirs.
Charlie · Trustpilot · Aug 29, 2025
£900 for nothing as we couldn’t travel, no help to sort insurance claim.
Ian Arnfield · Trustpilot · Aug 29, 2025
EasyJet has the nerve to deny my refund based on a no-show, despite your own insurance saying flight delays are covered.
Frances Hedley · Trustpilot · Jul 18, 2025
Baggage Fees & Transparency
I didn’t want a large cabin bag, nor did I travel with one, yet I was forced to pay for it.
Stevie H · Trustpilot · Sep 5, 2025
£48 for a bag that isn’t even a full cm bigger than their measuring box is robbery.
Sharees H · Tripadvisor · Sep 2025
They charge me for cabin bag which clearly each person was allowed to take inside the plane… £48 for socks and shorts and a towel few t shirts.
Jawid J · Tripadvisor · Aug 2025
You buy a cabin luggage case… then easyjet decided it doesn’t fit so they charge you extra £48. Basically it’s a rip off.
Safari02664272416 · Tripadvisor · Apr 2025
Car Rental Problems
Never book a car from Easyjet. They are a broker. Book directly with rental company.
Alex · Trustpilot · Sep 2, 2025
Booked a car through EasyJet with Carwiz. Arrived and they said there was no car for us… Left with no car and screaming baby. Had to hire another car.
A. Leane · Trustpilot · Aug 26, 2025
Booked a car through Easyjet and the hire company tried to rip me off. Walked away with no car and EJ took the full hire fee. Easyjet took no responsibility.
Richard Wood · Trustpilot · Jul 29, 2025
Define & Ideate

Streamlined Flow. Full Transparency.

The problem was a fragmented, upsell-heavy checkout that eroded trust and left the process unclear. The direction was to compress steps, standardize language, make pricing unmistakably transparent, and put users in control of extras within a consistent flow.

User Flow Redesign

Current Flow

  1. Flights
  2. Pick the Pack
  3. Seat Selection
  4. Cabin Bags
  5. Hold Luggage & Sports Equipment
  6. Car Rental
  7. Travel Insurance
  8. Checkout

Proposed Flow

  1. Flights
  2. Seats
  3. Extras
  4. Checkout
Redesign

From Sketch to System

Once wireframes shaped the flow, brand-tied typography and color preserved the visual identity and kept every step consistent, familiar, and legible.

Validate

Five Testers, One Verdict

Five participants (aged 22–61) compared the EasyJet app with the EasyAir prototype. Feedback confirmed that the redesigned flow solved the main pain points.

General Feedback

easyJet

  • Confusing and not intuitive
  • Gave a sense of being misled
  • Overloaded with upsells, easy to get lost
  • Unclear on how to proceed

easyAir

  • More eye-appealing and attractive
  • Faster checkout process
  • Clear, transparent, and intuitive
  • Visually engaging, with a helpful stepper on top

Testing Outcomes

Ease
5/5

Clearer and intuitive in EasyAir

Confusion
5/5

Felt confused only in EasyJet

Speed
5/5

Booking felt faster in EasyAir

Preference
5/5

Would book flights in EasyAir

Showcase

From Pain Points to Payoff

The “before” revealed the friction, the mockups and prototype delivered the fixes, and the results spoke for themselves.

Before & After

Booking Process

Before — easyJet
Before: easyJet seat selection overview
After — easyAir
After: easyAir seat selection overview
Final outcomes

The Redesigned Result

EasyAir’s redesign reduced steps, cleared ambiguity, and brought full transparency to pricing and options. Every participant found it quicker, simpler, and more intuitive than EasyJet, calling it appealing and trustworthy.