Where to get 'the jacket' to beat budget airline fees

annie_S_5

djboss wrote: »

I have some sympathy for the airlines on this one, especially for the cabin staff.

I'm a regular flier on both budget and standard airlines and the attitudes and behavior of plenty of passengers is poor, especially in relation to baggage.

For years, the limit has been 1 item of hand luggage, but passengers insist on carrying on:

- a maximum size bag, to avoid queuing at the luggage collect
- a laptop bag, because that doesnt count
- a duty free bag, to save a tiny amount on booze
- a handbag, because that doesnt count either.

all of this, selfishly jamming up the limited space available in the overhead lockers.

If the budget airlines are THAT cheap, then the passenger should bite the bullet and pay the extra charges without complaint, or use the other carriers. Simple.

Another whinge whilst I'm at it.

The passengers with the huge amount of cabin luggage are usually the ones who totally ignore the safety briefing, often talking during the process to their neighbour. and are also the ones who start the clatter of unfastening seatbelts and stand, neck bent uncomfortably, banging my head with their cheap vodka bottles, waiting for the doors to open.:mad:


Rant over.

And the 'passenger who understands and feels our pain' award goes to djboss Bang on.
just a few more facts and thoughts from the inside:
- carry on bags have a weight restriction, because the hatbins as all other bins, shelves etc. have weight restrictions
- adult passengers are calculated as 90kg average, so 2-3 kilos in our pockets are fine. 10 kilos each, not really.
- about the toilets: again, he (whos name is Michael O'Leary btw and not Michael Ryan) doesn't want your pound for the toilets. He wants you to use the nice and spacious toilets in the terminal so you won't queue up in the aisle, making the trolley service impossible on a 50 minutes Dublin-London flight. Keep it in mind, he only ever will get away with it on the short (less than 1 hour) flights. You surely can hold it for that long, can't you?

Inactive

annie_S wrote: »

He wants you to use the nice and spacious toilets in the terminal so you won't queue up in the aisle, making the trolley service impossible on a 50 minutes Dublin-London flight. Keep it in mind, he only ever will get away with it on the short (less than 1 hour) flights. You surely can hold it for that long, can't you?

Would that be the same " Trolley Service " that is selling liquid refreshments at indecent prices?

Savvy_Sue

annie_S wrote: »

You surely can hold it for that long, can't you?

Given the choice between that and using a plane toilet, YES! Although anything over an hour, and all bets are off ...

spiro

Inactive wrote: »

Has anybody ever seen Martin Lewis using a budget airline?:money:

I suspect not.

No, but I saw Boris Johnson and a film crew using it to fly Stansted to Sevilla. I dont want to even think what their excess baggage charge was.

poppy10_2

robertm wrote: »

I just managed to get a couple of car seat tidy's from B&M bargains at £1.99 each.
When clipped together and tied at your sides they make an excellent multi pocket waistcoat. My colleagues at work think that I'm on to a winner.

Just paste the links into your browser and precede it with http

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What do you think?

Nice idea, but wouldn't that be classed as a backpack?




I'd never get away with weating the Scottevest jacket, I'd look too much like a suicide bomber. Not worth the hassle.

bairn7

Seriously. There is being moneysaving and then there is being outright rediculous. I've always been amazed at the gall of people who pay a tenner for a flight and then moan that they have to pay anther £15 quid for a bag. What a rip off!!

Just accept budget airlines for what they are, accept that the flights are cheaper because their pricing structure differs from other airlines, and accept that charges will be added on for 'extras' if you use them. Afterall, other airlines already have the equivalent of many of these charges factored into their overal ticket price.

And, if these ludicrous jackets were to take off, they would be quickly dealt with by the likes of ryanair and easyjet, and I for one would be all in favour of imposing an additional charge for exceeding a certain handluggage weight allocation. The size of cases being allowed as hand luggage nowadays is staggering. If you can't physically carry it on comfortably on to the plane (without the assistance of a tow handle and wheels for example), it isn't 'carry-on'!! :mad:

If you don't like the additional charges, go and pay over the odds with one of the non-budget carriers.

chelms38

When I saw that family wearing extra layers and that jacket all I could think of was how they would be sweating buckets and more likely to pass out as they can't open a window.

[Deleted User]

I don't think this is limited to just budget airlines. I fly to Japan every year and I have noticed Virgin getting stricter about carry-on luggage. The didn't mind two bags before, but once the credit crunch hit they started to kick up a fuss. They changed the rules recently too which reduces the weight limit.

I am definitely going to wear a jacket with plenty of pockets next time. I'd probably pony up for a Scottevest if I could try it on first, but instead I'll most likely end up with a cheaper version.

buzby316

donny-gal wrote: »

You could also get away with a bumbag and hand luggage, not sure if that works now?
DG

You still can. Last year I had a bum bag, a round the neck bag, a laptop bag & hand luggage. When I was checking in, I didn't hide any of these items, I even asked if they needed to weigh any of it, but was told it was OK. :T:j

The hand luggage wasn't as big as the maximum size, & sometimes this can determine if it's weighed or not. A few years ago, I did have hand luggage weighed, because it looked bulky & heavy, though it wasn't.

[Deleted User]

Well you can always just load your pockets up with really heavy items, then after you get past the weigh-in transfer them back to your hand luggage. It's stupid anyway because you could easily load up on duty free bottles weighing several kilograms.

PS. don't forget the viagra for when you go through the strip-search xray machine. You don't want bored security drones laughing at your manhood. For the ladies I suggest a push-up bra.