How strict are Ryanair with cabin luggage pls?

markwilkinson

Bob_the_Saver wrote: »

Ah the famous Irish hospitality. The trouble is at Dublin people are confused anyway having to such a long walk to the gates they've crossed two International times zones. This is after doing an Irish jug to put their shoes back on due to the complete lack of seats when you go though most of the security gates.
Wouldn't you think that as these highly trained, hand picked, positively vetted 'security operatives' are entrusted with the safety and security of departing planes and passengers protecting us from the forces of dastardly international terrorists and idiots with bombs
stuffed down their underpants,
that they could be trusted to look after couple of frig*ing plastic chairs?

LMFAO travelled through Dublin airport quite regularly at one time, but not for a couple of years now, that brought back memories though!

kitekat

Bob_the_Saver wrote: »

I'm a very regular passenger with them and I think they are great, they fly me around Europe for just a few pounds with an amazing record for punctuality. More than can be said for some of the other airlines I used to use in Europe. Bloody Awful most of them.
They also fly into MANY smaller airports which are very close to where I want to be.

We don't all live in Hounslow although it might seem like that if you pass through.

Sadly your positive experience with them is a rarity going by all the negative comments found on the net.

Bob_the_Saver

kitekat wrote: »

Sadly your positive experience with them is a rarity going by all the negative comments found on the net.

The place I am in at the moment has about 80 people.

Roughly 20% of these people use Ryanair on a regular basis (a few times a year or most weeks) if they were so cr*p they wouldn't.

Just out of interest Kitkat, how many times have you flown with them?
You are quoting the net not personal experience so far.

Oh, hes/she's gone ! here kitty kitty

budgetflyer

kitekat wrote: »

Sadly your positive experience with them is a rarity going by all the negative comments found on the net.

No its not.
The minority shout loud.
Ryanair fly 80 million people every year. Most are satisfied with what they get for their money

Bob_the_Saver

I think the problem is some people don't fly much and watch too much TV,
they should get out more and stop reading the Daily Wail.

A flight around Europe to many of us is just like getting on a bus...except

To get to a bus in the UK I have a three mile walk, to the plane is usually (Dublin excluded) just a few mins walk or they put on a bus.
A bus to my local town is £7ish for 18 miles, with Ryanair £12ish for perhaps 1200 miles.
On a bus I have to sit with my 10kg bag on my lap, Ryanair give me somewhere to put it.
On the bus I don't have seat belts and often no seat, I always have both on Ryanair.
On the UK bus hot drinks and alcohol are banned, on Ryanair they deliver it to your seat (OK they charge but so does the pub as I recall).
On the bus the keep opening the door and letting cold air in, Ryanair don't.
On the bus the driver (usually a miserable g*t) keeps slamming the brakes on, Ryanair usually do this just once.
The bus is usually late, the plane is usually early.
The plane is statistically MUCH safer than the bus.
I can't have a p*ss on the bus - without complaints!
The seats don't recline on the bus - OK that bit's the same.
I don't get a magazine to read on the bus only an advert about STDs.
I can't pay in Euros or with cards on the bus - they won't even take £20 notes!
When I'm waiting for the bus I have to stand outside in the cold and rain.
I don't get welcomed aboard the bus, usually just grunted at.
I don't get thanked when I leave the bus, not even grunted at.


So whilst it's like a bus it's much better and per mile a small fraction of the price.

Oh and Ryanair don't go on strike every summer like some other Bl**dy Awful airlines or bus companies.

Pollycat

kitekat wrote: »

Basically RUINAIR are out to shaft their passengers for as much as they can squeeze out of them.Be warned,they have the worst name in aviation,you only have to look on the net under Ryanair complaints to see what passengers think of them.

I'm always open to listen to criticism of any company when it's based on personal experiences rather than hearsay (or do I mean 'hear-read'?).

I've only flown with Ryanair a few times but they have all been positive experiences, from booking the flight to timeliness.

I wish all those people ranting about being stopped and charged for oversized or overweight luggage would read Ryanair's T&Cs before taking a bag that's 'just a few centimetres too big'.

Too big is just too big and you run the risk of getting stopped and those few centimetres costing you money.
And the fault will lie squarely with you, not Ryanair.

Froggitt

And the fault will lie squarely with you, not Ryanair.

Except of course, Ryanair have set their cabin baggage size at five centimetres thinner than the rest of the world.

Bob_the_Saver

Froggitt wrote: »

Except of course, Ryanair have set their cabin baggage size at five centimetres thinner than the rest of the world.

It's still a few cm bigger than my bag.

Pollycat

Froggitt wrote: »

Except of course, Ryanair have set their cabin baggage size at five centimetres thinner than the rest of the world.

But it is entirely Ryanair's right to set the dimensions of their cabin baggage to whatever they wish.

It is still the traveller's responsibilty to comply with those rules - or risk being stopped and having to pay to have the oversized bag put into the hold.

Therefore:

Pollycat wrote: »

Too big is just too big and you run the risk of getting stopped and those few centimetres costing you money.
And the fault will lie squarely with you, not Ryanair.

Hobsons_Choice

I've flown with Ryanair a few times and it's fine. My bag fits the dimensions for cabin luggage and - (even though I'm a ladyee) I can go away for a least seven days with that.
They get me where I want to go at a reasonable rate and I have no problem with that.
If their cabin baggage is 5cms smaller than others, does it really matter?