4 of us are flying from Pisa to Paris on June 30, 2009. I noticed that we are now able to book seats. Since there is only one flight per day and our schedule is not flexible, I am feeling I should make reservations right now. I have a couple of questions.

1. It is 9E per bag for each of us. The term used is "hold bag". Is that a carry on? Can you bring a purse or small pack on top of that without charge?

2. There is a place for a promotional code for a better price. Does anyone know where I can find a code?

Although the dollar has gone up in the last week, I think I should book now, even though we are still 6 months out. Any opinion on that?

I believe that the charge is for bags that go into the hold, but easyJet's web site should have a full explanation.

The charge is for checked bags - you can still carry on a small bag (purse or backpack).

Thanks. I checked the website, and I think my carry-on falls within their standards. If once we check in and they determine that my carry-on is too big, will they just charge me at that time?

I will book the tickets in next couple of days. Can anyone give me a lead of where to find a promotion code?

Am not sure about promo code but we took Easyjet from Paris to Milan last year and it was a nice airline and such a low price! Wish they had it in the U.S.

I don't know about any promotion codes, but wanted to say that with airlines like Easyjet it is definitely better to book sooner rather than later, because the prices tend to go up the closer to the date of departure.

And be careful with the weight restrictions on airlines like EasyJet and Ryanair. IMO, one way they keep their prices low is by charging unsuspecting passengers for heavy luggage. More information, including the tariffs, can be found here: http://www.easyjet.com/en/book/regulations.html#baggage.

As said above already :
Hold bag = Checked bag
One piece of carry-on allowed and that's free of charge. I usually take a carry-on wheeler + an ordinary sized backpack without problem. I have no problem handling them myself alone without help.

Easyjet claims they have the most generous carry-on luggage rule : they have the usual size limit BUT there is NO WEIGHT limit as long as it is a reasonable one(whatever "reasonble" means) and as long as you can manage carrying it, putting it on the over-head compartiment or underneath by yourself, without help. This is useful to me. e.g. I flew with Swiss Airlines on Geneva to Prague last month with only a carry-on. GVA/PRG was not a problem but they weighed it for PRG/GVA and it was 9,4 kilo. Since their carry-on limit was 8 kilo, and they didn't want to bend for me (even if I saw on board later the flight was only half full), I had to check it. With Easyjet I wouldn't have had that problem.

yes, you dont have to pay for this checked luggage (hold bag) option if you dont need it. just simply select 0. this goes for most of the other things on the pricing page, such as travel insurance etc.

The regulations for carry on are pretty good, but do be aware- they require you to only have one bag, meaning that you have to put your handbag or whatever inside your carry on when you go through security.

This can be problematic if youve got your carry on stuffed full.

I think you need to receive the promotion to be able to enter the code.

Ditto re booking immediately - prices will only go up.

Re "If once we check in and they determine that my carry-on is too big, will they just charge me at that time?" - yes, but they will charge you more than if you pre-booked it.

> but do be aware- they require you to only have one bag, meaning that you have to put your handbag or whatever inside your carry on when you go through security.

Not at the airport I used (as I wrote above, I take a wheeler + a backpack w/o problem so far). It depends on which airport maybe. Between Geneva and PRG, AMS, VCE, BCN, etc, are the routes I had no problems carrying on a wheeler + a back pack, more than once in past few years. Just my experiences, no guarantee of course.

>> It depends on which airport maybe.

It's easyjet regulations, whether or not they are adhered to strictly in each airport.
I can vouch for BCN, SXF, LND in the instance where I was asked to put my bag inside the carry-on luggage.
It's better to leave a little bit of space in your carry-on.

> meaning that you have to put your handbag or whatever inside your carry on when you go through security.

If it's easyjet regulation, why do you say about security checks? You usually go though the same security check whether you fly with easyjet or other companies, it seems to me.

LND ? Where is it?

I'm not arguing with the following that you say. Actually I agree with you, I prefer to be on the safer side.
> It's better to leave a little bit of space in your carry-on.

Thanks so much for all of the great information.

sorry LND i meant several London airports, instead of listing them all.
I have been instructed to put handbag into carry on luggage, most recently in Berlin- easyjet may have been the main airline for this particular gate.

Either way, they do enforce it more times than not i think. Whether at security or at the check-in desk.

But we agree, better to have the space in your carry-on if you are asked.

gate= i mean terminal

Easyjet's carry-on policy is, in my opinion, extremely liberal, as there's no weight limit. If you can lift it, you can take it (assuming it fits within the size requirements). This is more liberal even than most mainline carriers' carry-on policies.

You can't board carrying a separate personal item (really, you can't, and they do check), so either carry something small that you can easily tuck into your carry-on at the last minute, or wear a jacket or vest into which you can transfer those items while checking in and boarding.

I found EasyJet to offer excellent and efficient service when I used them this fall to travel from London to Bordeaux, and would not hesitate to travel with them again.

when I flew easyjet in May, both times I was not allowed to bring my backpack on. Now let me explain that it was about the size of 2 normal size backpacks and had about 3 weeks worth of clothes in it. The ticket agents were really great in assessing if the bag needed to be checked or not, and I don't think we were charged any extra

> You can't board carrying a separate personal item (really, you can't, and they do check),

Well, as I wrote above TWICE, that's not my experience of many times so that thing varies.

Absolutely correct, kappa1, enforcement of the one carry-on bag can vary. I recently flew out of Luton, and the staff were very specifically checking every last passenger and very specifically insisting that passengers comply with their stated one bag policy. I got to watch all sorts of people figure out how to rearrange their belongings so as get through the checkpoint.

Exceptions to rules/policies are made all the time, but that doesn't mean that the OP should anticipate that it will occur. One of my children recently carried a half empty full-size tube of toothpaste through airport security, and nobody said a word, but if they had it wouldn't have been a surprise. And I've inadvertently gone through security with a duty free bottle of perfume that was clearly too large, and again it wasn't a problem.

But that was cold comfort to the guy behind me with the bottle of duty free scotch in his carry on.

The OP should be prepared to board with one bag unless EasyJet changes their policy.