Ryanair carry on bag

[blueparrot]

And easyjet give you priority boarding too.

They do but never understood the appeal of priority boarding, always sit in the lounge and join the end of the queue, beats sitting on the plane waiting or standing in the long queue.

 

[nw42]

Surprised none of you have cottoned on to the bag scam here. Don't book or pay for hold luggage and then volunteer to put the cabin bag in the hold at check-in.

Not publicised by the airlines because it works.

I must be missing something, what happens if you don't book hold luggage but then rock up with a 15 or 20k case? It's inevitable if travelling with my mrs, so it would end up costing more, no?

 

[jimharri]

Do you not get to choose a seat with them now? I flew with them a few years ago to Ireland and got to choose a seat. Is it one big scrum these days?

Yes, you can (if you pay extra, naturally). If you choose not to go down that route, you will be assigned a seat when you check in. You don't just go on the plane and grab the first seat you come to.

 

[Chippy_boy]

Yes, you can (if you pay extra, naturally). If you choose not to go down that route, you will be assigned a seat when you check in. You don't just go on the plane and grab the first seat you come to.

Once when returning from the US, I was on a Delta flight (out of Cincinnati, IIRC) and having not pre-booked a seat, got allocated a seat at checkin.

I cannot remember the aircraft type, but the seating was 2 - 5 - 2.

The only seat they had was the very, very back of the aircraft, like row 49. In the middle of the 5. On either side were two families of 4, with two kids sitting either side of me. The seat would not recline fully, being the back row. The toilets, which were only feet away, stank to high heaven. And the kids balled, screamed, cried and climbed on me for the entire flight.

Never, ever again.

 

[dickie davies]

Once when returning from the US, I was on a Delta flight (out of Cincinnati, IIRC) and having not pre-booked a seat, got allocated a seat at checkin.

I cannot remember the aircraft type, but the seating was 2 - 5 - 2.

The only seat they had was the very, very back of the aircraft, like row 49. In the middle of the 5. On either side were two families of 4, with two kids sitting either side of me. The seat would not recline fully, being the back row. The toilets, which were only feet away, stank to high heaven. And the kids balled, screamed, cried and climbed on me for the entire flight.

Never, ever again.

Some BBC celebs would have swapped their first class seats for that

 

[Two Gun Bob]

And easyjet give you priority boarding too.

More importantly Easy Jet carry no weight restrictions so If you packed like Tenzing Sherpa you could easy last the fortnight with daily changes of socks and gruds. I utilize a vacuum machine for when I travel but maybe that's a tale for another day.

 

[denislawsbackheel]

They do but never understood the appeal of priority boarding, always sit in the lounge and join the end of the queue, beats sitting on the plane waiting or standing in the long queue.

I just find it highly amusing, getting free priority, ahead of the people who paid for it.

 

[BimboBob]

Yes, you can (if you pay extra, naturally). If you choose not to go down that route, you will be assigned a seat when you check in. You don't just go on the plane and grab the first seat you come to.

Fair enough.

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

Always smile when boarding starts on holiday flights 75% of passengers rush to queue up when everyone already has a seat allocated.

Madness.

You can hear the tuts when they announce anyone with children under the age of 5 come to the front!

Some people pay for the privilege of getting on first too.

 

[Vic]

Not any more.

Everyone who hasn’t paid for priority has to put bags in the hold if they are bigger than a small handbag.

Easyjet ask for volunteers with an incentive of speedy boarding. They even put you in front of the people who’ve paid for speedy boarding, which must piss them off royally.

Ryanair ok with a rucksack that could go under a seat even if it goes in the overhead locker.

The trouble with taking luggage to the gate which then goes in the hold is that you've had to take it through security. So the airlines save on check in staff but we end up taking 15 mins to get through security.

 

[bennyboy]

Ryanair are no different from any other company.
It's all down to luck on the day with cancellations and late flights.
Had more trouble with BA and Thomas Cook than them.
Apart from the usual bumpy landing that for some reason they specialise in I have been lucky.
It was always going to happen the luggage going in hold.
The cases with wheels have got bigger every passing year.

 

[Henkeman]

You can hear the tuts when they announce anyone with children under the age of 5 come to the front!

Some people pay for the privilege of getting on first too.

Paying for the right to get on when you like and waltz past those in the queue is more enjoyable.

 

[mcfc64]

Just got back from Hamburg with Ryan Air and unless you pay for priority boarding your wheelie hand luggage will have to go in the hold.
The Ryan air Nazis go along the boarding queue and tag all wheelie luggage , when I pointed out that the bloke in front had a bigger rug sack than my wheelie suit case he got ticket too .
It looks like small handbags and small rug sacks are ok .

 

[PannickAtTheDisco]

Just got back from Hamburg with Ryan Air and unless you pay for priority boarding your wheelie hand luggage will have to go in the hold.
The Ryan air Nazis go along the boarding queue and tag all wheelie luggage , when I pointed out that the bloke in front had a bigger rug sack than my wheelie suit case he got ticket too .
It looks like small handbags and small rug sacks are ok .

snitch.

 

[inchy14]

I must be missing something, what happens if you don't book hold luggage but then rock up with a 15 or 20k case? It's inevitable if travelling with my mrs, so it would end up costing more, no?

I was wondering about that too. Are we saying that if i just book tickets then turn up with my luggage they'll just put it in the hold instead of me having to fork out £40 or whatever it is to take it?

 

[bennyboy]

I was wondering about that too. Are we saying that if i just book tickets then turn up with my luggage they'll just put it in the hold instead of me having to fork out £40 or whatever it is to take it?

I don't think you would get through customs with large luggage.

 

[PannickAtTheDisco]

I was wondering about that too. Are we saying that if i just book tickets then turn up with my luggage they'll just put it in the hold instead of me having to fork out £40 or whatever it is to take it?

you 99/100 times wouldn't get through, they all have the gauges and if needed will weigh your luggage to make sure it's under the allowance. Staff are also told to look for potentially heavy or large pieces of hand luggage and make a fuss about them to try and get additional revenue through charges.

 

[Charlie Chuck]

Why people still consider flying on these sh*tty airlines to shi*holes in Europe I have no idea, Ryanair have made things more competitive I guess but the quality has gone down into the pits.

You have no idea, Value for money perhaps?

I bought two return tickets to Warsaw a couple of years back for a bargain £102. I have little to moan about budget airlines, can't knock many of the offers you can get. I wish rail travel was as cheap. Cost me £116 single(peak)-Euston-Piccadilly and that was 15 years ago!.

 

[dickie davies]

Just got back from Hamburg with Ryan Air and unless you pay for priority boarding your wheelie hand luggage will have to go in the hold.
The Ryan air Nazis go along the boarding queue and tag all wheelie luggage , when I pointed out that the bloke in front had a bigger rug sack than my wheelie suit case he got ticket too .
It looks like small handbags and small rug sacks are ok .

I hope you fell asleep and received a slap

 

[inbetween]

You have no idea, Value for money perhaps?

I bought two return tickets to Warsaw a couple of years back for a bargain £102. I have little to moan about budget airlines, can't knock many of the offers you can get. I wish rail travel was as cheap. Cost me £116 single(peak)-Euston-Piccadilly and that was 15 years ago!.

That is true where value exists.

Thomson want £350 each just for the flight to fly me to Verona in late August, add on bags at £30 each choose a seat £30 each and you are talking £420 each to fly to somewhere that is well the same distance as Warsaw. The only saving grace is the flight times are good.

Ryanair are the only alternative and with included bags and everything they are £200 each but unfortunately they throw me off the plane at 11 at night in Milan which is 2 hours away from where I want to be..

As I said, air travel has got cheaper but it definitely hasn't if you actually want to go somewhere at a decent time, in relative comfort, sitting with the people you are going with and maybe whilst taking some stuff with you....