krishnochura5

Hi Everyone,

Reading Ryanair's restrictions about weight of each luggage & passengers awful experiences with Ryanair is giving me the cold feet. We have decided to travel light to Spain hence the decision of taking two cabin luggage and the kids will have their shoulder bag to carry with. We are a family of five and each person gets 10kg, which means we will get 50 kg in total.

As I kept reading more about weight and luggage on their website it warns you stating—'everything you carry aboard must fit into a single bag weighing no more than 10 kilos (22 pounds) total', that's where I got confused. I was hoping to carry a handbag & husband is planning to carry a bag that will have camera, camcorder, batteries & chargers in it. My question is whether I & husband can carry a handbag and a back pack along with cabin luggage? Can the children carry a shoulder bag too?

Thanks in advance.


PS: I have tried searching for posts on Ryanair in this forum. Luckily found two posts about different topic

ribeirasacra

This airline is very strict. One one bag per person and from their website:
"No baby/car seats are allowed in the cabin of the aircraft. No extra seats may be booked for infants. Infants do not qualify for any baggage allowance. If the infant reaches the age of 2 years prior to the return journey they must pay the applicable fare, taxes, fees and charges for that part of the journey."
http://www.ryanair.com/en/questions/baggage
How old are your children?

anyegr

No. It's ONE bag for each person. Not one bag plus another bag.

They don't always strictly enforce it, actually. I've seen people get on with more things. But there is always a risk that they will. And the cost for having to check a bag at the last minute is really high.

I've seen people get through with bags that certainly look too big. I've seen others forced to put their bags in those tiny metal measurers (is that the word for it?) to see if they really are small enough. You are more likely to be stopped and forced to weigh/measure a rolling bag than a backpack.

krishnochura5

ribeirasacra : Thank you so much for the reply. My kids are 5 and 6 years old. Do they qualify a shoulder bag?



anyegr: Thank you so much for making it loud and clear. I won't take the risk. I'd rather carry a cabin luggage.

krishnochura5

I bought this back pack to store DSLR and camcorder. Seeing I can't take it, is such a waste of money. Totally disappointed. never thought I'd come across Ryanairs strict baggage rule!

jamikins

They are super strict...you can't even bring a bag full of shopping from duty free. Have seen them enforce this many times so I wouldn't take the chance. Even your purse needs to fit into the ONE bag they allow...

klondike

As others have stated, the are SUPER strict about the purse in the bag (and actually obnoxious about it), so I have no doubt they won't hesitatet to give you a bad time about the kids having something extra.

However, if you get tickets early on, the prices are ridiculously cheap that for what a checked baggage costs, it might be worth it to just "bite the bullet" and have a checked bag--expecially if your stay is lengthy and/or you want to bring home souvenirs/purchases.

By the time we put in a couple changes of clothes, toiletries and an extra pair of shoes, we're always just at the weight limit.

ribeirasacra

The question about child's luggage must be answered by the airline. I have never travelled on Ryanair with children.
BTW this has now come to the news:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk...r-8619897.html

ribeirasacra

Sorry I should have added a quote "Baggage checker reward
In 2011 it was revealed that Ryanair workers were given 50p for everyone they spotted trying to take oversized hand luggage on board a plane."
You do not stand much chance when things go badly for you.

jamikins

Tonnes of children fly Ryanair - they are treated like any other passenger and are allowed ONE bag in the cabin like an adult.

Alec

What they do allow is to pool the weight limit among the party booked on same reservation. So your family of four can take on board 4 bags, each weighing up to 10kg, but not everything you carry needs to be your own. For example, if your SLR camera puts your bag over the limit, just put into one of your children's. And you as parent can carry two bags each into the cabin if you feel your children are too young to manage a 10kg bag each.

jamikins

Alec - as far as I know Easyjet is the only budget airline that allows pooling. Ryanair does not. Each bag is restricted to the limited weight...but of course you can put your stuff into your child's luggage - they dont look at contents.

Easyjet lets you pool so yours can be over and your child's can be under but as long as the group's total is under the group's limit you are ok. Ryanair does not operate this way.

willit

The other thing to note is that Ryanair's standard size carry on luggage is 55cm x 40cm x20cm which is smaller than the "normal" carry on of 56 x 45 x 25.

It is not unusual to see people at the gate frantically putting on extra layers/repacking to try and get their bags into the metal testing racks.

Gordon_R

Alec - unfortunately that's not true. Ryanair DO NOT allow pooling of baggage allowances between different passengers. From their website T&C's:-

"No pooling or sharing of baggage allowances is permitted, even within a party travelling on the same reservation."

Do not under-estimate the rigidity with which Ryanair applies its rules - it's all part of the moeny extraction "game" they play with passengers. If you don't feel comfortable with any of this, don't fly with them.

alanRow

<i>never thought I'd come across Ryanairs strict baggage rule!</i>

Why do you assume airlines don't impose their rules. It's not as if they hide the rules away

"Strictly one item of cabin baggage per passenger (excluding infants) weighing up to 10kg with maximum dimensions of 55cm x 40cm x 20cm is permitted. (handbag, briefcase, laptop, shop purchases, camera etc.) must be carried in your 1 permitted piece of cabin baggage."

http://www.ryanair.com/en/terms-and-...s-cabinbaggage

Odin

I regularly fly on Ryanair at the moment & in my experience I can see people who clearly have bigger bags as hand luggage than they should. My hand luggage is larger than the dimensions stated but by a couple of cm only. I have never seen frantic re-packing or any of the other horror stories mentioned here. I do abide by the rules though.

bilboburgler

1 means 1

No it really does mean 1

Many of my friends now holiday where Ryanair don't fly but there are still people who keep supporting them

jamikins

Odin - have you ever left from Stansted? I had to chuckle at all the people using the weight scale (provided by Ryanair I believe) and then tearing their bags apart to try to get under the limit. I only fly Ryanair if there are no other direct flight options to my destination but every time I have used them from Stansted there are literally dozens of people repacking in the check-in area!

I really think it depends on the airport staff as to whether they will allow the restrictions be breached. At one airport they had everyone getting on the plane fit their luggage in the size chacker thingy and if it didnt fit completely in you had to check your bag at the gate and they charged you a fortune for it or you couldnt fly!

Alec

I didn't mean you can stuff one bag with 15 kg and another with 5 kg. I stated clearly each bag can be up to 10 kg. What I said was you can pool your stuff between the four bags to keep them all at 10 kg maximum.

Alec

They weigh each bag separately, but they can contain any of the stuff belonging to the family. This can be flexible when packing.