ryanair and a proper piece of luggage.

torontoboy45

my first post, so excuse me if I sound a bit ponderous.

last month I stood in a ryanair queue and watched no less than 4 people with hand luggage that contravened the strict weight/dimension rules.

it occurred to me that - as far as dimensions are concerned - r/air and other budget airlines should be looking towards commisioning a luggage manufacturer to design a rigid suitcase that exactly matches the dimension requirements. the matter of weight would be down to the passenger.

maybe ryanair allready market their own luggage, but I've never seen any in the shops.

does anyone know?

thanks.

phatbear

Personally speaking I would never buy a rigid suitcase/bag.

Whenever I go on an overnighter I take a mini rucksack which doesnt get in the way and is easily slung over my shoulder, rather than being carried/wheeled about.

I cant see the point of ryanair producing their own luggage because there are plenty of manufactures who have bags which are appropriate in dimensions for such flights.

All the best

the bear

dmg24

Does seem a bit of an odd idea, as there are lots of bags/ cases already available that fulfil these requirements. Also, however they design this case, it still will not guarantee that it will be within the weight requirements.

I also don't like rigid cases, and am far too in love with my Samsonite to even consider another brand!

BusPass_2

Someone in the office has a card which she got at Debenhams which lists the cabin hand luggage allowances for 54 airlines!
The differences in dimensions would make your eyes water!
The most popular one does seem to be 55 x 40 x 20 but there are some huge variations depending on what airline you are using.

DCFC79

Daft idea for r/air to make they're own luggage, it may not be of the right dimension for the other airlines which would make it pointless as it would only be for use on r/air

alanrowell

Most solid sided luggage is too heavy to be used on normal airlines, let alone an airline with a 15kg checked limit.

As for the "need" to produce special luggage - it's already done, most luggage comes in a range of sizes and in most cases all you have to do is go down one size.

lijaloo

I think you are all missing the point here. Having just flown back ourselves with the correct sized cases we watched in amazement as a couple got on with handluggage which was clearly larger than the permitted size. They then struggled to get their "holdalls" in the overhead locker, moving other peoples cases around, eventually the air steward helped and gave one holdhall a shove forcing it into the locker, then struggled to close the locker door which contained the other (smaller) holdall along with a carrier bag of duty frees and another rather large shopping bag.

dmg24

lijaloo wrote: »

I think you are all missing the point here. Having just flown back ourselves with the correct sized cases we watched in amazement as a couple got on with handluggage which was clearly larger than the permitted size. They then struggled to get their "holdalls" in the overhead locker, moving other peoples cases around, eventually the air steward helped and gave one holdhall a shove forcing it into the locker, then struggled to close the locker door which contained the other (smaller) holdall along with a carrier bag of duty frees and another rather large shopping bag.

So how would the airline producing their own luggage stop this? Nobody would be obliged to buy it, so if someone can get away with using a bigger bag, they still will!

pricey1976

I've never had a problem with my hand luggage and i've taken some right whoppers onboard. With online checking the first time they see your hand luggage is at boarding when it would be more hassle than it's worth to turn you arround

Steve_xx

For Ryanair, this complies with their size restrictions:

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/2861962/Trail/searchtext>LUGGAGE.htm

As someone else pointed out, if you go with Ryanair via online check-in, there seems to be nobody at the airport checking the weight/dimensions. At least that was my experience on my recent trip to Italy. No doubt that Ryanair will change that if they feel that their restrictions are being widely abuse and looking at what some of the other passengers were lugging on with them I'd say there was a lot of abuse.

PBA

Interesting idea, susprising Ryanair haven't jumped on the idea year as they could licence their brand to a luggage manufacturer. Last time I bought a suitcase though the shop assistant knew exactly which pieces of luggage they sold were acceptable for which airlines, so nobody to blame unless you go for super cheap luggage with no advice.