Is Monarch checking hand luggage twice now common?

diesel_dog

Not sure if this is the norm nowadays but heard this from someone who flew out to Tobago recently.


Checked in with Monarch in the usual way in leaving suit cases but getting the usual hand luggage tag. Go to board the plane after going through duty free, etc and Monarch were weighing nearly everyone's hand luggage again.


They were ok but not sure what the outcome was for those that were over the weight. Anyone else had this done?

London50

Hi

It is getting more common now, I know Ryan air do it as well at some airports. If the weight is over the goods will be taken off people at the boarding gate.I think it is to try and stop people over buying in the DF .

diesel_dog

Wow, I'll have to bear that in mind for future flights, even though I don't buy much, if at all apart from just water. I can understand that some people will rip it and abuse it but surely the shops selling DF will feel the impact if it continues.

callum9999

I doubt it has anything at all to do with duty free - particularly as you're allowed a duty free bag in addition to your allowance.

Presumably it's just because not everyone gets their bag checked at the desk. And even if you did, it's not particularly hard to trick them by hiding something behind the desk while they weigh what you admitted to having!

SW17

callum9999 wrote: »

I doubt it has anything at all to do with duty free - particularly as you're allowed a duty free bag in addition to your allowance.

Can't speak for Monarch, but Ryanair have previously had a policy of not allowing extra bags, even airport DF. I've been asked before to put my newspaper and water inside the carry-on, fortunately I was ready for that and had left space. Interestingly, last time I went through Stansted, the airport was advertising everywhere that they had just negotiated with Ryanair that you were now allowed one normal airport shopping carrier bag in addition to hand luggage allowance. Don't know if Ryanair still enforcing the old policy anywhere else.

Gloomendoom

diesel_dog wrote: »

Wow, I'll have to bear that in mind for future flights, even though I don't buy much, if at all apart from just water. I can understand that some people will rip it and abuse it but surely the shops selling DF will feel the impact if it continues.

As said, you are allowed a "small" DF bag...

You have two options for hand baggage:

(a) One piece of hand baggage no bigger than 56 x 40 x 25cm (there’ll be a size gauge at the airport to check this) and no heavier than 10 kilos, plus a small duty free bag from the departure airport.
Or
(b) Two separate pieces of hand baggage, as long as the combined size is no bigger than 56 x 40 x 25cm and the combined weight no heavier than 10 kilos, plus a small duty free bag from the departure airport.

They don't say how small.

Westin

I suspect that it is for certain flights along the lines that callum9999 suggests when some passengers hide some of the luggage knowing that they are over weight or have too many bags.

Tobago, Kingston - Jamaica, Banjul and Tel Aviv are popular routes for over weight bags and 'hide and seek' hand baggage not shown to check in agents at check in.

callum9999

SW17 wrote: »

Can't speak for Monarch, but Ryanair have previously had a policy of not allowing extra bags, even airport DF. I've been asked before to put my newspaper and water inside the carry-on, fortunately I was ready for that and had left space. Interestingly, last time I went through Stansted, the airport was advertising everywhere that they had just negotiated with Ryanair that you were now allowed one normal airport shopping carrier bag in addition to hand luggage allowance. Don't know if Ryanair still enforcing the old policy anywhere else.

They've previously had such a policy but don't now (and haven't for a long time at certain airports).

[Deleted User]

The sooner they all double check will be so good for the ones of us that read the sizes and weight and stick to it, far to many of the oversized bags going onboard and making the cabin staff ram ours up in a heap to get them on.

Saint_Chris

I wish all airlines would stick to their rules.
I do.
last week on a easyjet flight some of the small...rofl...suitcases were bigger in the cabin than the one I had in the hold.


In one case it took 2 girls to lift it up.