Easyjet Hand Baggage Rules From April 5th.

Lynsey

Rules tightened up a bit, could affect those who don't/won't pay for checked in luggage.
We have noticed of late people taking bigger and bigger bags onto the plane, maybe this is what they are aiming at. We always pay for at least on case to be checked in (depending on duration)

Hand Baggage
From April 5th we have updated our pricing policy for hold luggage and for oversized cabin baggage that needs to be checked into the hold.

The following charges apply:

• At the airport check-in desk: If you purchase a bag to be checked into the hold and/or we notice that your cabin bag exceeds the maximum allowed dimensions, you will be charged £25 per bag
• At the boarding gate: If you go directly to the boarding gate and your one permitted item of cabin baggage exceeds the maximum allowed dimensions you will be charged £40 and your bag will be checked into the hold

Remember: easyJet allows one item of hand baggage into the cabin per person; maximum dimensions are 56 x 45 x 25 cm.

To keep our fares low, be able to board the plane as quickly as possible and ensure your comfort onboard, if you bring more than one piece of hand baggage we'll check the extra piece into the hold. Hand bags, briefcases, laptops and laptop bags are all counted as one piece, so if you have a trolley and, for example, an additional hand bag or laptop bag you'll be asked to put those items into your trolley bag. If you can't consolidate your cabin baggage into one single item, one of your bags will be checked into the hold and we will have to charge you £40. We do this to ensure that we don't delay the boarding process and bring everyone to their destination on time.

To get the best price pre-book your hold baggage online. You can do this when booking your flight or by adding it to an existing booking via my easyJet.com.

Lynsey

richardw

Hi Lynsey, do you have a link from easyjet.com please.

*Kat*

That's weird, I flew with them a few weeks ago and they were already enforcing this, it was pretty harsh too, I had a carrier bag with some juice I had bought passed security and you have to fit it in the bag and then put the bag in the metal cage to check the dimensions.

A couple of people had to pay the £40 at the door, brutal

Lynsey

richardw wrote: »

Hi Lynsey, do you have a link from easyjet.com please.

It was a quote from this mornings email Richard (full email in quote).
Possibly sent as we fly in a few weeks and email subject was "Important passenger information for your booking"
Doesn't seem to have been updated on the Easyjet site as yet.
Bet a few get caught out though.

Lynsey

royal_chris

My email to EasyJet (yesterday):
Last year when my wife and I flew EJ to Sardinia we understood our [joint] allowance was 40Kg but had one checked bag of around 25kg (less than the 32kg maximum).
Has this policy changed? We have again checked in the one bag but it seems we have just one lot of 20kg allowance.

Their reply (today)
I would like to confirm that our baggage policy has changed on 14 October 2010. At this moment, if you book 1 suitcase between 2 passengers, the maximum total allowable weight per sector is 20 kg.