Ryanair 30kg baggage allowance?

jmnathan

Ok, so I'm booked to fly with Ryanair on October 24th and have paid £20 to check in a bag. At the time of purchasing my flight the baggage allowance was 1 bag, 15 kilos. With the changes to baggage charges and allowance coming in on October 1st, does this now mean I'll be able to the check in up to 30 kilos without paying extra, even though I technically only paid for 15?

I think it's an interesting one and I look forward to flying!

Stonk

jmnathan wrote: »

I look forward to flying!

Your first time with Ryanair, is it?

PolishBigSpender

As far as I know, the new regulations only apply to bookings made after October 1st - so no, you won't be able to pay to take an extra case of 15kg.

jmnathan

PolishBigSpender wrote: »

As far as I know, the new regulations only apply to bookings made after October 1st - so no, you won't be able to pay to take an extra case of 15kg.

So how exactly do the new regulations work? Now you pay £20 for one bag, up to 15kg. How will it work after October 1st? My understanding was £35 for 2 bags, up to 30kg, 15kg each.

alanrowell

jmnathan wrote: »

So how exactly do the new regulations work? Now you pay £20 for one bag, up to 15kg. How will it work after October 1st? My understanding was £35 for 2 bags, up to 30kg, 15kg each.

http://www.ryanair.com/site/EN/news.php?yr=09&month=sep&story=gen-en-040909

€/£15 for the 1st bag, €/£35 for the 2nd - double that if you do it at the airport

PolishBigSpender

jmnathan wrote: »

So how exactly do the new regulations work? Now you pay £20 for one bag, up to 15kg. How will it work after October 1st? My understanding was £35 for 2 bags, up to 30kg, 15kg each.

As alanrowell says, the new regulations effectively double the price.

If you book right now, you'll pay 60 pounds return for two bags with a total of 15kg. One bag will cost you 20 pounds return with the same 15kg limit.

If you book after 1st October, you'll pay 30 pounds return for one bag with a 15kg limit. Two bags will give you 30kg limit, but you'll now pay 100 pounds return.

Stonk

It's high time Ryanair took the next logical step of charging passengers by body weight.

I've always thought it odd / annoying that my 50kg wife has the same baggage allowance as the fat people in the check-in queue, some easily weighing three times that much. The variation in baggage weight is insignificant in comparison to the variation in human body weight, so it's the person, not the luggage, that should get on the scales and body weight is what the airlines should be charging excesses for.

Come on Ryanair - bring it on!

MaxTheDog_2

Stonk wrote: »

It's high time Ryanair took the next logical step of charging passengers by body weight.

I've always thought it odd / annoying that my 50kg wife has the same baggage allowance as the fat people in the check-in queue, some easily weighing three times that much. The variation in baggage weight is insignificant in comparison to the variation in human body weight, so it's the person, not the luggage, that should get on the scales and body weight is what the airlines should be charging excesses for.

Come on Ryanair - bring it on!

I'd love to see something like that implemented, I can imagine the stream of complaints as well as it seems 99.99% of fat people claim its due to hormones, illness rather than being greedy pigs. Could be a bit harsh on the small percentage of people that are genuinly 16st+ without carrying extra lard.

Stonk

MaxTheDog wrote: »

Could be a bit harsh on the small percentage of people that are genuinly 16st+ without carrying extra lard.

Well, there are winners and losers with any policy decision. The losers always make a lot of noise, but on the whole I think the proposal would be fairer.

I attended an excellent lecturer by a Cambridge research professor studying genetic obesity. There certainly are cases of genetic obesity, but they are really very rare - a lot rarer than the "it's my genes" crowd would have us believe. Below 1% of obese people are that way because of nature. The rest is self-inflicted and avoidable. I would suggest that a policy which treats 1% of people unfairly is pretty damn good going!

DavidHayton

MaxTheDog wrote: »

I'd love to see something like that implemented, I can imagine the stream of complaints as well as it seems 99.99% of fat people claim its due to hormones, illness rather than being greedy pigs. Could be a bit harsh on the small percentage of people that are genuinly 16st+ without carrying extra lard.

I'm 72 kg and I'd happily get on the scales with my bags.

dmg24

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