Ryanair baggage

Jonah1156

Hi all

Having scoured through the postings about this topic, i still can't find any clear advice on the baggage policy of Ryanair.

To cut a long story short, we booked a return flight for 2 from Bristol to Dublin using the link about the 1p flights recently and now want to take a larger suitcase to stock up on duty frees.

We are aware of their hand luggage [policy which is not a problem but I am unable to add a large suitcase instead of a smaller case. There does not seem to be anywhere on the booking confirmation in doing this other than changing your flight details which we do not want to do and also I don't want to fork out for Mr Leary's extravagent lifestyle by phoniong their £1 per min line

has anyone flown using this method of taking a larger case and if so, how much would it entail and whether we need to tell them at check in of this?

In addition to taking one case per person, can I take a flight bag as well to keep all my documents etc. in it (as with ladies taking their hand bags!). Would this be classed as aseparate item for one'sw own use as opposed to a case for clothing et.c?

Thanks for looking

alanrowell

To add a bag you either phone up or do it at the airport - see Ryanair Travel Questions

For the flight bag - it's a bag therefore it falls under exactly the same rules as for all bags, there's no such thing as "own use" and "clothes" bags.

So you are allowed 1 bag through security, anything more either has to fit into another bag, be checked or dumped into a bin

budgetflyer

You will need to pay at airport or fork out for Mr Oleary's extravagent lifestyle by phoning so its going to cost you £10 per checked in suitcase EW as you didnt do it at booking stage where it would have been half the cost.
You can take 10Kg hand luggage too FOC.A small suitcase is ok to carry on as hand luggage. The dimensions are on ryanair.com

This Mr OLeary that you (and many others taking up these flights) seem to have utter contempt for ,deserves any "extravegant lifestyle" he can get as far as Im concerned.
He is afterall the man who has made it possible for you to get a return fare for 2p including taxes and fees. It could be reasonably argued that HE therefor is subsidising YOUR extavagent lifestyle as the Gov will still want their APD and enviromental tax anyway

Regarding Dublin, its in the EU so theres no "DUTY FREE"
Having just returned a month ago, I advise you to just forget the big suitcase. Its only marginally cheaper than Paris there.No comment on class or culture
I doubt there will be anything you cant buy cheaper at home

poppy_f1

you wont be able to buy any drink or ciggies at the airport, and in town its cheaper to get them over here im afraid

cheekyweegit

Hiya,

Just thought I'd let you know, at Edinburgh where you are only allowed one bag through security too, I and a friend on a different flight put our hand baggage and handbag into a carrier bag and took it through this way as it was classified as one single bag. The security guard just laughed, and said this was fine as it fitted the "one bag policy".

So pop a carrier into your pocket and try it if needbe.

Good luck.

i_love_it

You can check in up to 5 bags each, you have to pay per bag. As far as I'm aware the size of a checked in bag is not important, the weight is, the limit per person is 15kg. Multiple bags should have a combined weight of 15kg, swapping a small case for a larger case should not incure a further charge unless it exceeds the 15kg limit, certainly this was the policy last time I used them, 2 months ago, so appologies if this has changed.

Also as stated, dublin is not a place for duty free shopping, you can't buy duty free in europe anymore and shopping in general is pretty expensive.

Jonah1156

cheekyweegit

"Just thought I'd let you know, at Edinburgh where you are only allowed one bag through security too, I and a friend on a different flight put our hand baggage and handbag into a carrier bag and took it through this way as it was classified as one single bag. The security guard just laughed, and said this was fine as it fitted the "one bag policy".

So pop a carrier into your pocket and try it if need be"

Can someone enlighten me as to what sort of large carrier bag this could be? The only one I can think of is the Argos one!

budgetflyer

"Regarding Dublin, its in the EU so theres no "DUTY FREE"


It is apprent that Dublin does belong to the EU hence eligble for EU Duty Free concessions. The HM Customs site does explain this and I think people get Dublin confused as being in Northen Ireland and under UK domain?

Thxs for replying to you all so far

Jonah

dmg24

Jonah,

Though you can put two bags into a plastic bag, this bag still has to be within the stipulated hand luggage size.

Budgetflyer is right (he does know his stuff), though Dublin does fall under the EU Duty Free concessions, the goods are no cheaper than buying them here in the UK. You are confusing these rules with the traditional 'Duty Free' concept, or those members of the EU that do have considerably cheaper taxes.

mcfisco

Jonah1156 wrote: »

cheekyweegit



"Regarding Dublin, its in the EU so theres no "DUTY FREE"


It is apprent that Dublin does belong to the EU hence eligble for EU Duty Free concessions. The HM Customs site does explain this and I think people get Dublin confused as being in Northen Ireland and under UK domain?

There IS NO duty free allowance between EU countries

PBA

Jonah1156 wrote: »

It is apprent that Dublin does belong to the EU hence eligble for EU Duty Free concessions. The HM Customs site does explain this and I think people get Dublin confused as being in Northen Ireland and under UK domain?

No, it is correct that there is no duty free, in the normal sense. Anything you buy in Dublin can be brought back into the UK, you don't have to pay UK duty and VAT when you import it but you will have paid Irish duty and taxes. If you know what you're planning to buy and it is cheaper then that's cool, but taking a suitcase will cost you £20 extra and there's no point doing that if you won't save at least that. You won't see the cheap booze and fags in Dublin that you'll get in Belgium, etc.

Steve_xx

mcfisco wrote: »

There IS NO duty free allowance between EU countries

There is no "duty free allowance" between EEC states. However, it is often the case that certain goods in other EEC states are cheaper than they are here. For example, I understand that cigarettes in Belgium are cheaper than they are here and the good news is that you can bring back as many as you like without having to worry about customs. This is on the understanding that you are bringing the goods back for your own personal use, and not for resale or pecuniary gain. Therefore, technically, they are "duty free".