Baggage "pooling" with RyanAir

hammy_the_hammer

jaymac wrote:

Some friends tried to take one case between them from EMA to Rome. I think it was with easyjet who were having none of it. They had to race off to some friends who lived near the airport to borrow another case.

because the weight of the case exceeded an individual luggage allowance perchance ?
this is basic stuff

budgetflyer

hammy_the_hammer wrote:

because the weight of the case exceeded an individual luggage allowance perchance ?
this is basic stuff

Patience waning Hammy ?

Teahfc

Having just returned from Dublin on Sunday a couple of things.
1, never booked any checked baggage and was not asked to pay any money at Stanstead even though realised had liquids in baggage.
2, On the trip back from Dublin to Stanstead as the flight was not full was told we could take bags ( and I had a 7kg holdall) on board, even though we had liquid and toothpaste etc in bags ...sailed through security ...One rule for one one for another I guess.

Also not sure that I would want to take just one checked bag for 2 people, we always take 2 and always mix and match in case we arrive minus out luggage !

Poppy9

Excel airways let you combine your luggage allowance so long as no one case exceeds 25kg (individual allowance is 20kg). This meant when we travelled as a family of 3 we had 60kg of luggage allowance but we could either take 3 cases of upto 20kg each or 1 or 2 cases of 25kg each. The reason for the limit on weight of individual bags is the manual handling for airport staff. We also usually take a lightweight bag in the pocket of a case incase we are over as we usually travel with just two bags. This means we can put the excess from the cases if necessary into the light holdall.

shirlgirl2004

They do tend to be a little lenient. When we came back from our hols on Mon day Easyjet didn't quibble that one bag was 23kg instead of 20kg. Afterall I don't take a set of scales with me to weigh them for the journed back LOL Mind you the other bag was only 11kg so well under our total 60kg allowance.

hammy_the_hammer

the weight limit for handling a suitcase is higher than 25kg...a lot of baggage rules are made to stop the subsequent anarchy that would happen at check-in when rules aren't put in 'janet and john book' form...blaggs , clever try ons etc etc etc

alanrowell

hammy_the_hammer wrote:

the weight limit for handling a suitcase is higher than 25kg

It's a maximum of 32kg for flights from UK airports & has been for 2 years

humancoin

They dont bother.... i shoved my bag in my mates bag right in front of the check in desk when i realised i hadn't booked luggage and he had, they weren't bothered at all.