cabin bag for Ryanair and liquids on flights

izzwizz_2

Hi, have just booked flights with Ryanair and haven't flown for years, so I'm not really "au fait" with all the new travelling restrictions.

1. Please can anyone recommend a suitable bag, I'll only be carrying hand luggage and want to take the biggest allowable one (55 x 40 x 20cm)

2. Are there still restrictions on the liquids you can carry? What about medicines?

3. Anything else I should be aware of?

Thank you in advance, all tips gratefully received!

SaveTheEuro

izzwizz wrote: »

Hi, have just booked flights with Ryanair and haven't flown for years, so I'm not really "au fait" with all the new travelling restrictions.

1. Please can anyone recommend a suitable bag, I'll only be carrying hand luggage and want to take the biggest allowable one (55 x 40 x 20cm)

2. Are there still restrictions on the liquids you can carry? What about medicines?

3. Anything else I should be aware of?

Thank you in advance, all tips gratefully received!

1. There is a large selection of bags available. Just take a measuring tape with you when you shop for one.

2. Yes, as a rule liquids may only be carried in containers no greater than 100ml and the containers have to be placed in a transparent, re-sealable plastic bag. Medicines are permitted in larger quantities but you may have to prove you need them.

3. I would suggest you arrive at the airport in good time in case of long queues to get through security.

SallySunshine

Also make sure you weigh it before you leave home and allow 0.5kg of your 10kg allowance spare. Scales vary widely, and soft cases, when filled, may bulge and so not fit into the measuring cage.

You can take up to 1ltre of liquids but no one measure over 100ml, so 10 x 100ml is allowed in your plastic bag.

Not sure about liquid meds.

Make sure you eat at home before flying, bring food or buy a meal deal at Boots including their drink. Great value and saves a fortune on buying overpriced stuff on the flight.

Hope you paid for your flight with a Mastercard and saved on that;)

It's a great challenge beating the charges and I love a challenge:)

Bronnie

Don't forget you can't carry a handbag as well as your hand luggage.

I have a slim handbag like this

http://www.tjhughes.co.uk/fcp/product/brands-for-less//Poppy-Leather-Body-Bags/5004?colour=Navy

which I put the minimum essentials in, like a small flat purse instead of my usual one, fabric glasses case instead of the hard-shell one etc (or remove stuff and shove in coat pockets as you board ) and slip the hand bag into the side pocket of my small case just for boarding.(make sure you don't make the case bulge out too much though!).

I have seen ladies with a slim handbag worn cross body, with their jacket on top too

Once you're on board, you can take it out again.

There is a "Ryanair, best cabin bags recommendations" thread somewhere.

Inactive

SallySunshine wrote: »

Hope you paid for your flight with a Mastercard and saved on that;)

I think that you mean a pre-paid Mastercard.

mum2one

I can't help with the other points but can with the medication, I would presume that it would be a standard for all airlines.

If its tablets -
keep them in the original boxes, (sounds daft - but I once cut all the strips down to what I needed, never occured to me before that) -

also make sure the tablets inside you can match the brand to the box

On the side of your prescription there is a slip that has your re-orders on - make sure you take that with you, (ties up you need the medication)

If by any chance your on any prescribed medication that isn't on repeat - ask your doctor to do you a note, stating name, and that you need them.

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Its just that I go away later in the year, and as well as everything but the kitchen sink with tablets, I also have to epi-pen, which be the 1st time, so I rang the airline Sat (with Thomson) and they say medication fine - just the copy of prescription and GP letter if any different ones.

As for epi-pens - need to keep then together - declare them at check -in and security, - have a doctors letter - they need to state how many epi-pens I'll be taking.

Have a nice holiday x

melb

I bought a couple of the trolley cases currently on sale at £7.99 at Sportsdirect if you have one near you. Travelled with them in December and they fitted into the Ryanair measuring case fine. In fact you could probably get one a bit bigger but it's difficult getting all the 3 dimensions correct.

spondon30

SallySunshine wrote: »

Also make sure you weigh it before you leave home and allow 0.5kg of your 10kg allowance spare. Scales vary widely, and soft cases, when filled, may bulge and so not fit into the measuring cage.

You can take up to 1ltre of liquids but no one measure over 100ml, so 10 x 100ml is allowed in your plastic bag.

Not sure about liquid meds.

Make sure you eat at home before flying, bring food or buy a meal deal at Boots including their drink. Great value and saves a fortune on buying overpriced stuff on the flight.

Hope you paid for your flight with a Mastercard and saved on that;)

It's a great challenge beating the charges and I love a challenge:)

Also book your outbound and return flights seperately. You then pay for your return flights in euros which saves around 15%.

Bronnie

spondon30 wrote: »

Also book your outbound and return flights seperately. You then pay for your return flights in euros which saves around 15%.

If the outward flight is cancelled due to bad weather for example , you wouldn't get an airline refund for the return leg though would you? Whereas if you booked a round trip, you would.

melb

with Ryanair it's classed as 2 x separate trips whether you buy them at the same time or separately

Gillyx

With your onboard luggage the weight allowance is 10kg, make sure you stick to this, as many times I've seen people being forced to either wear half there clothes or put there luggage into the hold. Annoying thing is they don't weigh your case until you're at the boarding gate, ready to board the plane!

I really dislike Ryanair but where else would you get flights for a penny, shame they don't do that anymore