You want to take bags? On Ryanair? Think again...(Merged)
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Ryanair Baggage
Hi all.
Just had a look at RYR website, and can't work out whether you're allowed to bring a laptop bag with you as well as your hand luggage. Does anyone know?
I'm guessing as it's RYR it's going to be a 'no'
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NW3
Just had a look at RYR website, and can't work out whether you're allowed to bring a laptop bag with you as well as your hand luggage. Does anyone know?
I'm guessing as it's RYR it's going to be a 'no'
Cheers
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Have to agree.
The only thing more inconsistent than FR hand luggage policy is the weather! Have travelled many times with backpack on and lugging laptop bag. Sometimes got away with it, sometimes not. Best plan is to try ensure that all really valuable stuff in your laptop bag, so if the agents get shirty, then can simply check in the day pack. Beware also of the 15kg baggage allowance, which is also very variably applied. Got hit for 60 quid at Hahn last time - almost every passenger was shelling out extra dough. Kind of hurt though, since we had only paid about 40 pounds for the tickets..... Rulz are rulz though.
The only thing more inconsistent than FR hand luggage policy is the weather! Have travelled many times with backpack on and lugging laptop bag. Sometimes got away with it, sometimes not. Best plan is to try ensure that all really valuable stuff in your laptop bag, so if the agents get shirty, then can simply check in the day pack. Beware also of the 15kg baggage allowance, which is also very variably applied. Got hit for 60 quid at Hahn last time - almost every passenger was shelling out extra dough. Kind of hurt though, since we had only paid about 40 pounds for the tickets..... Rulz are rulz though.
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You want to take bags? On Ryanair? Think again...
This was reported on BBC Radio 4's 6pm bulletin...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/news/ram/news_6pm.ram ... the item starts 22 mins in
MOL's latest idea is he wants to do away with check in desks as if you could just buy your ticket online, print off your own boarding pass and just turn up at the airport and walk straight down to the gate it would be a more "steamlined" process and "less stressful to passengers"
So in future there could be no checked baggage on Ryanair just carry on. MOL says since the fares start at just £5 you can buy new clothes at your destination.
Oh and skiers can hire equipment at the resort instead of taking their own.
Ireland's answer to Gerald Ratner???
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/news/ram/news_6pm.ram ... the item starts 22 mins in
MOL's latest idea is he wants to do away with check in desks as if you could just buy your ticket online, print off your own boarding pass and just turn up at the airport and walk straight down to the gate it would be a more "steamlined" process and "less stressful to passengers"
So in future there could be no checked baggage on Ryanair just carry on. MOL says since the fares start at just £5 you can buy new clothes at your destination.
Oh and skiers can hire equipment at the resort instead of taking their own. Ireland's answer to Gerald Ratner???
I do now wonder whether Ryanair will still be around two years from now . I think the fleet will certainly be smaller but then again , he is just treating his pax just like modern management treats it's staff !
More on this latest Ryanair proposal here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3878641.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3878641.stm
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From BEagle's link I note the following:
Since when did a haidryer ever "tip" the balance so that you had to check in your hand luggage. Bit stupid to put just a hairdryer in a big suitcase and check it in..... Then of course you'd have to leave it behind anyhow cos you wouldn't have the ability to check it in for the return journey. Unless of course the rest of your hand luggage contained drugs you shifted on at your destination leaving you space to squeeze in your new hairdryer for the return!
So the next thing is to order aeroplanes without holds huh? Err he buys so many aeroplanes maybe he could get boeing to design something from scratch that doesn't have holds at all like maybe a shorter embraer....
Think he's lost it!
"But you can save so much with Ryanair you can buy your hair dryer when you arrive."
Earlier this year, Ryanair said that it was also hoping to cut costs by ordering new aircraft without window blinds, headrests, seat pockets or reclining seats.
Think he's lost it!
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Ryanair to remove ability to check in baggage
Apologies if this has been done before. I heard Michael O'Leary on the radio last evening explaining the new policy for the eventual removal of check in desks from the Ryanair operation. He stated that individuals would be able to afford to buy new clothes when they arrived because Ryanair's prices are so low.
As someone who works in the aviation industry and who has children, I believe that this is the issue that takes Ryanair over the edge. It is impossible for families to fit enough baggage into a carry on bag. Additionally, it must increase the chances of a Health and Safety incident on board the aircraft - individuals will, no doubt, vastly over pack their hand luggage with potentially deadly consequences.
I was considering flying from Blackpool to Luton on Ryanair in the next couple of weeks; I'll stick with BMI from Manc.
Bizarre.
Fac51
As someone who works in the aviation industry and who has children, I believe that this is the issue that takes Ryanair over the edge. It is impossible for families to fit enough baggage into a carry on bag. Additionally, it must increase the chances of a Health and Safety incident on board the aircraft - individuals will, no doubt, vastly over pack their hand luggage with potentially deadly consequences.
I was considering flying from Blackpool to Luton on Ryanair in the next couple of weeks; I'll stick with BMI from Manc.
Bizarre.
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I can't see MOL flying around with empty holds. Perhaps we should prepare ourselves for a cargo subsidiary as a new revenue stream. Small freight specialists, be very afraid!
Seriously, although I've never liked your man Michael, I've always admired his business acumen. He's blown it with this one, though. There just won't be room for all those filled-to-capacity bags in the lockers on high occupancy flights. Imagine 140+ pax boarding in the usual scrum with some finding their overhead areas filled with safety equipment.
Spare a thought too for the retail outlets at Stansted. Who is going to buy anything prior to departure if the only bag is full to bursting? I suspect BAA will have a view on that.
It will all end in tears.
Seriously, although I've never liked your man Michael, I've always admired his business acumen. He's blown it with this one, though. There just won't be room for all those filled-to-capacity bags in the lockers on high occupancy flights. Imagine 140+ pax boarding in the usual scrum with some finding their overhead areas filled with safety equipment.
Spare a thought too for the retail outlets at Stansted. Who is going to buy anything prior to departure if the only bag is full to bursting? I suspect BAA will have a view on that.
It will all end in tears.
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Two things occur to me on this issue:
1 - can you imagine the in-cabin chaos as a full complement of passengers try to stow their hand baggage? A potential source of delays & air rage methinks.
2 - the hand baggage is increased to 10kg allowance. That's a big heavy lump with which to be hit...
1 - can you imagine the in-cabin chaos as a full complement of passengers try to stow their hand baggage? A potential source of delays & air rage methinks.
2 - the hand baggage is increased to 10kg allowance. That's a big heavy lump with which to be hit...
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Maybe MOL knows something we don't....
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MOL's advice to those who may want to pack more was: "I could go away for a week and not need much more than a toiletries bag. Instead of packing a hair-drier, why not buy one when you get there?" He also suggested that you should buy new clothes at your destination...
If I am to go on a 7 day break with Ryanair, it would take my missus 6 days to find a hairdryer that she liked the color of....
Not to mention the missus's clothes shopping....
If I am to go on a 7 day break with Ryanair, it would take my missus 6 days to find a hairdryer that she liked the color of....
Not to mention the missus's clothes shopping....