Flying with Ryanair? I'm scared of getting stung?

jpsartre

NFH wrote: »

This is already the case on British Airways and most decent airlines. I never see problems with everyone fitting their cabin baggage into the overhead lockers.

Then we're not flying same routes. I fly down to LHR from EDI on a monthly basis and it's always a problem.There's a reason they have staff walk around the gate area prior to boarding looking for volunteers to check carry-on's. This happens with KLM as well.

BJV

TBH I undertsand where you are coming from. We always fly with Ryan Air well always used to. After the xmas before last when we where left on the runway in a freezing cold plain for 6 hours while they sorted out a baggage flight problem we always drive now where ever possible.

Just weigh your bags first or they will charge you more.

Take pens and paper and a few little games for the children.

Leave enough time if poss a good hour and a half.

Don's panic, it is actually very easy to fly with small children we have done it ever since my eldest now 10 was 3 months old.

Have a good trip.

BJV

jpsartre wrote: »

Then we're not flying same routes. I fly down to LHR from EDI on a monthly basis and it's always a problem.There's a reason they have staff walk around the gate area prior to boarding looking for volunteers to check carry-on's. This happens with KLM as well.

Happens all the time with Ryan Air Liverpool to Knock! In fact now they have a scale attached to a size testing system.

loveabargain13

NFH wrote: »

The thing I fear most about flying with Ryanair is that they'll weigh my cabin baggage at the gate and then sting me with a surcharge for putting it in the hold. In practice, they're much more interested in size than weight, but it can happen. 10kg isn't a lot for cabin baggage; mine is usually around 15kg. Be prepared and work out in advance which heavy items you can remove from your cabin baggage and put in your pockets if this happens to you.

There are not any scales at the gates of Ryanair. Well not the ones I have recently travelled at.

I always seem to book at the wrong time, booked June flights only to find the next night they went on sale and I've now missed out on July no tax flights.... oh and the October flight I booked is cheaper now too hehehe

jpsartre

loveabargain13 wrote: »

There are not any scales at the gates of Ryanair. Well not the ones I have recently travelled at.

Depends on the airport. At one particular airport I use fairly often they always weigh everyone's luggage at the gate. Of course, it's just another non-problem since you can simply make sure not to exceed the limit.

loveabargain13

jpsartre wrote: »

Depends on the airport. At one particular airport I use fairly often they always weigh everyone's luggage at the gate. Of course, it's just another non-problem since you can simply make sure not to exceed the limit.

Really, I just presumed none of the gates had scales due to them having to be independently verified. A way to save money.... obviously wrong

hollydays

paulineb wrote: »

Ive found sometimes that the cage you put your case in to see whether it fits before you can take it on as hand luggage varies a lot from carrier to carrier. I had real trouble getting mine to fit on bmi baby whereas Ive never had any issues with ryanair or easyjet.

And my case was under the required weight but wouldnt fit in the cage. Some airlines make you weigh the case before you get on the plane in front of staff, others dont.

I saw a woman once be charged 40 quid by easyjet because her case was the wrong shape, it was kind of egg shaped, she could have carried it on board but they wouldnt allow her to take it on as hand luggage.

If you travel hand luggage only, and are at all concerned,its always worth keeping a dustbin bag in your case-chuck case and put the stuff into the bag in an emergency, one size fits all. But to be honest I've been travelling with a soft sided bag , much bigger than allowed dimensions, but it squashes down if they want to test it in the cage. £ 20 return to go to Italy, eat your heart out BA ( incidentally once got switched from another airline to BA-worst food I have ever had on a plane in my life)

hollydays

BJV wrote: »

TBH I undertsand where you are coming from. We always fly with Ryan Air well always used to. After the xmas before last when we where left on the runway in a freezing cold plain for 6 hours while they sorted out a baggage flight problem we always drive now where ever possible.

Just weigh your bags first or they will charge you more.

Take pens and paper and a few little games for the children.

Leave enough time if poss a good hour and a half.

Don's panic, it is actually very easy to fly with small children we have done it ever since my eldest now 10 was 3 months old.

Have a good trip.

What's a baggage flight problem?

Obviously_the_best

@NFH

15kg is far too much for cabin baggage, and BA allow 23kg split over 2 bags.

Imagine if a 23kg case fell out of a locker onto someone's head (perfectly possible), they'd be in hospital!!! :eek:

NFH

Obviously_the_best wrote: »

@NFH

15kg is far too much for cabin baggage, and BA allow 23kg split over 2 bags.

Imagine if a 23kg case fell out of a locker onto someone's head (perfectly possible), they'd be in hospital!!! :eek:

15kg is a reasonable weight for cabin baggage.

British Airways allows 23kg across one or two bags. I agree that it would indeed be hard to fit 23kg in one bag that was within the size limits, except with liquids which could only be obtained airside.