Help Needed! Ryanair charged me to check in bag of duty free

Louisdf

Doshwaster wrote: »

Yes, I fly BA a lot and I cannot remember seeing anyone being refused boarding with the number of items in their hand luggage. Another reason to fly on a proper airline.

Yes, but I have been on a BA flight when takeoff was delayed due to selfish passengers taking on board a massive oversized hand luggage case, a rucsack, a laptop, a handbag, garment bags, airport shopping etc. meaning that there was insufficient space in the overhead lockers so staff had to put hand luggage cases in the hold. If they were on a Ryanair flight, their selfishness would have cost them £60 as massive amounts of hand luggage delays flights.

callum9999

Doshwaster wrote: »

Yes, I fly BA a lot and I cannot remember seeing anyone being refused boarding with the number of items in their hand luggage. Another reason to fly on a proper airline.

There are loads of reasons to fly on a full service airline - leniency on hand luggage is surely a rather minor one?

NFH

callum9999 wrote: »

There are loads of reasons to fly on a full service airline - leniency on hand luggage is surely a rather minor one?

No, it's not. It's quite a major one, particularly if you don't like the stress and delay of checking in baggage and subsequently waiting for it.

Doshwaster

callum9999 wrote: »

There are loads of reasons to fly on a full service airline - leniency on hand luggage is surely a rather minor one?

It's not if I'm going to be charged a fortune for tying to doing something as outrageous as trying to take a bottle of vodka in carrier bag as well as my briefcase on board.

I'm sure these extra hand baggage rules don't apply to items bought on board the plane, do they?

jpsartre

Doshwaster wrote: »

Yes, I fly BA a lot and I cannot remember seeing anyone being refused boarding with the number of items in their hand luggage. Another reason to fly on a proper airline.

I haven't seen anyone refused boarding but I have seen BA staff go through the queue and ask people with way too much carry-on to check the excess several times. Don't know if there was any fee involved, guess it depends on whether or not the passenger in question has already used up their checked luggage allowance.

Leniency on carry-on luggage is to me a reason to avoid an airline, not to use it, as the lack of overhead locker space is becoming a major problem on many flights. Seriously, how hard can it be for passengers to follow a few simply guidelines as to how much you can take on board anyway?

Doshwaster

jpsartre wrote: »

I haven't seen anyone refused boarding but I have seen BA staff go through the queue and ask people with way too much carry-on to check the excess several times. Don't know if there was any fee involved, guess it depends on whether or not the passenger in question has already used up their checked luggage allowance.

Well, that's fair enough. There's a big difference between being asked to put a bulky piece of hand luggage in the hold (as which happens with push chairs etc) and being stopped from carrying a plastic bag with a bottle of vodka on board.