Victims of shrinking Easyjet hand luggage allowance

Westin

MikeyPGT said:

daveyjp said:

Probably nothing to so with the bag, more to do with how rigorously they enforce the rules.  I was in Geneva a few weeks ago and an Easyjet flight was boarding.  Every bag was checked.

One person took clothes out, put them into duty free bag and the other bag she had and wore an extra coat.  Another emptied a few items into her friends bags so there was enough room to squeeze the bag into the sizer.

The problem may be down to the change from a cage style sizer to one with a taped line on the front.  Soft shell cases can be squeezed into a cage (and under the seat) but a magazine in the front pocket could be enough to take you 'over the line' and into the money making bracket ...

I think you may be thinking of RyanAir with that style of cabin baggage checker.  

MikeyPGT

Westin said:

I think you may be thinking of RyanAir with that style of cabin baggage checker.  

Easyjet in Birmingham had a cage, in Berlin an open three-sider with a taped line in the front ...

Pollycat

I always check hand luggage maximum dimensions and weight regardless of how many times I've flown with the same airline.

Why would anyone assume that things will stay the same?

As for 'victims', I agree with Westin.
What an over-reaction!

jimi_man

The trouble is with these threads is that anyone can say what they like, no matter whether it’s true or not. So we get EasyJets shrinking baggage allowance; Etihad are scam artists; xxxx stole my money and many other reactionary threads. Whilst I can understand that people can get cross they really need to be more careful about how they phrase it. It’s grossly unfair to a company to be accused of being a scam artist etc when actually 99 times out of 100 it’s down to the person not reading/interpreting the rules correctly.

Pollycat

jimi_man said:

The trouble is with these threads is that anyone can say what they like, no matter whether it’s true or not. So we get EasyJets shrinking baggage allowance; Etihad are scam artists; xxxx stole my money and many other reactionary threads. Whilst I can understand that people can get cross they really need to be more careful about how they phrase it. It’s grossly unfair to a company to be accused of being a scam artist etc when actually 99 times out of 100 it’s down to the person not reading/interpreting the rules correctly.

The thread title actually detracts from real victims.
Such histrionics over what is actually user error.

itm2

European budget airlines’ hand luggage fees ‘violate EU laws’, say consumer organisations | Euronews

Uriziel

I read that staff get commission when they can get customers to pay fees so it's not a surprise. Just avoid them if you don't like their service and pay a little more instead of cheapest.

Olenna

Uriziel said:

I read that staff get commission when they can get customers to pay fees so it's not a surprise. Just avoid them if you don't like their service and pay a little more instead of cheapest.

It's not a question of cheapest or avoiding - in many instances, unless you use London Airways who usually connect in Heathrow then you can't get to your destination at all.

Due to being about 1cm over the sizer at one corner (caused by being made to unpack & repack clothes at security screening) I was made to to pay circa £50 or not be allowed to board risking my connecting non-Easyjet flight.

Other times they've been fantastic such as giving me a free exit row seat and on my last trip gave me a whole row to myself when I asked for an aisle seat.  

Pollycat

itm2 said:

European budget airlines’ hand luggage fees ‘violate EU laws’, say consumer organisations | Euronews

Does that article mention 'victims' at all?

itm2

Pollycat said:

itm2 said:

European budget airlines’ hand luggage fees ‘violate EU laws’, say consumer organisations | Euronews

Does that article mention 'victims' at all?

You have a very appropriate username 😂