Ryan Air (and others) and tennis rackets

Obviously_the_best

They'll have to be taken as hold baggage, which I think varies from £30 to £40 per bag.

AlexMac

Hi Lutongirl- I don;t know whether to thank you or turn a blind eye to your tip above - " Tennis racquets are not allowed in hand luggage under the Department for Transport rules. Have a look here ...."

According to your link- hiking poles are al;so banned- which is odd, because I bought a pair of Leki poles specifically because they were short enough when collapsed to fit- just- diagonally in my Ryanair-sized hand luggage. Never been challenged in about four or five trips with them! Lucky...?

So returning to the original post- you leave the OP'er with the dillemma of whether to pay steep hold luggage charges, or cram em in their one piece of hand luggage 55cm x 40cm x 20cm, and hoping they don't get rejected at the gate with an even steeper charge for the bag being bounced into the hold

Louisdf

No they're NOT allowed:

http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2012/08/09/childrens-tennis-rackets-lethal-weapons-say-airport-security/

tabath

My son needs to take his rackets as he is going to a tennis academy and buying equivalent rackets there would cost approx £300.

The above link is about rackets being taken on as hand luggage so i assume packing them in checkin luggage is going to be ok.

Its all a bit of a pain this as there must be loads of players travelling to Barcelona to the tennis schools their so this info should be a bit more readily available. I have bben told by a coach at the academy that his son has travelled on easyjet to Barcelona with his rackets in his rucksack as hand luggage but I just don't wantr to take the chance.:(

antenna

He does not want to end up in court!