Mr Optimistic
Perhaps in my mind, having bought a ticket, I have also bought some alloacation of overhead storage. kind of a fairness thing.
Ah, yes ... it just depends what allocation is left for you. Perhaps 12 cubic inches? Whilst manufacturers have expanded and toughened the lockers, there is rarely enough space for what pax want to bring on these days.
Piltdown Man if I may (very politely) suggest, EZY have the same license of carriage as any other scheduled carrier, which makes them 'real'. If you don't like their prices, then don't book on them.
Whilst not knowing where you are travelling from, London to Faro is about 1,500 as the crow flies when it's sober. That's 3,000 miles each and 15,000 seat miles for five. So £1,800 is about 8.3 pence per mile? Not bad.
After growing up in a family of five, I saw what my parents had to organise and pay for and am not unsympathetic. Also, as always, I sit to be corrected on the maths.