EasyJet. if you hand luggage goes in the hold What happens to Hand Bag and Medicines

NFH

Moto2 wrote: »

It's quite common these days for men to have 'man-bags' too

Yes, this can happen, but it is not customary, unlike women's handbags.

Moto2

So would you want a rule on just women's bags then?

NFH

Moto2 wrote: »

So would you want a rule on just women's bags then?

No, you could have a rule that allows any affected passengers to remove essential or valuable small items (e.g. keys, wallet/purse, mobile phone) and carry them instead in pockets or a handbag. The rule would have to be worded in such a way to take into account any customary practices by each gender.

Moto2

Such a rule would then be more ambiguous than what is there now and would lead to umpteen arguments over what's covered.

The cabin crew have no way of telling what gender someone may be.

I've also been on a few EJ flights recently and the system has seemed to work well, trying to push them to exactly define things would likely lead to a more strict regime than currently exists as they'll err on the side of caution when wording it.

BillLucas

We can see both sides of the argument here. We do think it should be made quite clear if your cabin baggage is put in the hold then medicines should be allowed on board. Perhaps easyJet should give passengers a bag (size to determined by them) which you should be allowed to put any aricles up to the size of the bag issued. The contents might include a book, newspapers, sweets etc. As for ladies handbags the size of these vary enormously and some handbags are huge so taking them on board may not be a viable proposition.

wilko116

BillLucas wrote: »

We can see both sides of the argument here. We do think it should be made quite clear if your cabin baggage is put in the hold then medicines should be allowed on board. Perhaps easyJet should give passengers a bag (size to determined by them) which you should be allowed to put any aricles up to the size of the bag issued. The contents might include a book, newspapers, sweets etc. As for ladies handbags the size of these vary enormously and some handbags are huge so taking them on board may not be a viable proposition.

I concur fully with these comments. I agree that EasyJet should give a standard issue bag supplied by the airline to all passengers whose cabin baggage is taken from them. This fact should be stated on their website. Then there can be absolutely no arguements.

NFH

wilko116 wrote: »

I agree that EasyJet should give a standard issue bag supplied by the airline to all passengers whose cabin baggage is taken from them.

Good idea. Then if a handbag fits in this bag, there is no problem. Women who carry Mary Poppins sized handbags will nevertheless have a problem, but so be it.

WTFH

At the risk of being berated again, why should EasyJet hand out benefits to people who break their rules, at cost to the airline, while those who obey the rules get nothing?

They can't set a hard and fast rule because there are too many variables. They won't set a rule because they will then get sued by someone who has their bag taken off them when someone else doesn't. They also can't set gender specific rules as that is discrimination.

As I said a few posts back, if it's going to be a big issue, put a tescos plastic bag in your carry on. It's not up to the airline to supply freebies (and produce more waste) just for those who break their rules.

NFH

WTFH wrote: »

At the risk of being berated again, why should EasyJet hand out benefits to people who break their rules, at cost to the airline, while those who obey the rules get nothing?

Which rules would these passengers have broken? They have complied with the maximum cabin baggage size, but their bag is over the guaranteed cabin baggage size. That's not breaking any rules.

WTFH

NFH wrote: »

Which rules would these passengers have broken? They have complied with the maximum cabin baggage size, but their bag is over the guaranteed cabin baggage size. That's not breaking any rules.

It's breaking the rule that guarantees your bag will go on board with you.

Then again, we could give all the oversized ones the plastic bags, delay the flight another 20 minutes while they faff at the gate trying to sort out putting things in the bag, delay another 15 minutes while they board the aircraft and argue with the cabin crew about how one person could take a bigger bag on but they weren't allowed, and then sue EasyJet because of emotional distress. Meanwhile the nest time EJ have to put their prices up to cover the court case, and people come on here claiming they are greedy.
Sheesh, a buisness will never win for some people, and those of us who want to use the business and pay for the good service they currently provide will be the ones who (as usual) get punished because of it.