I assume most of you know or would read the small-print about luggage but...
Guys – please, please, please take note that you can ONLY take 15kg as luggage on Ryanair PER BAG.
Each bag will cost you £10 but it’s SUSTANTIALLY cheaper to pay for 2 bags than what you will be charged per kg.
On the way to Saltsburg I thought this guy was going to start to cry when he was told he would have to pay £82 for the bag that weight 32kg.
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1
ben
From Ryanair web site:
<blockquote>Quote
<hr>A Baggage Fee is charged for the carriage of each item of Checked Baggage. The Baggage Fee may be prepaid at the current discounted rate of €6.00/£5.00 per item of baggage/per one way flight when making your reservation. If the Baggage Fee is paid after you have made your booking either at the airport, or through a Ryanair call centre, at the full rate per item of baggage/per one way flight is charged. Baby buggies, wheelchairs, scooters and walking frames are carried free of charge <hr></blockquote>
I may be wrong but the way I interpret this is you will be charged for every bag and every kilo above a total of 15kg. So if you carry 20 kilo in one bag you will be charge for that bag (€6.00/£5.00) plus having to pay for your 5 extra kilo.
If you carry 20 kilo in 2 bags, then you will have to pay the fee (€12.00/£10.00) for 2 bags plus the same fee for the same 5 extra kilo.
If I am right (and feel free to correct me, I woun't charge you) you will end up paying less by checking one bag of 20 kg than you would pay for 2 bags of 10kg each.
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ria
Sorry guys - it get's worse - I was wrong as Alan on UK branch pointed out:
<blockquote>Quote
<hr>Please Note: That the total Checked Baggage Allowance per person is 15kg irrespective of the number of items of baggage purchased per person<hr></blockquote> Link from Ryanair...
So it's 15kg ONLY no matter what. After that you pay the charge per kg...
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gmc
Ria, thanks for the original post, which I originally read on the England board. I would never have thought to read teh fine print about luggage restrictions. Although I'm not totally stressed out about being over 15kg, knowing that will definitely factor into the way I pack. Despite the nickel and diming Ryanair seems to do (sorry about my North Americanisms with the currency terms), I still am happy with the £17 total (pre luggage weight issues) fare I paid for Stansted-Biarritz.
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jemslie
dude that freakin sucks.
im gonna be travelling for 4 months around europe and am gonna fly a bit.
was gonna pack a full 20 kgs but will now reconsider.
should not be a problem for me, but im travelling with my girlfriend! how can a woman expect to travel that lightly? :P
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ria
Yes as you say there is also 10kg allowed on ONE bit handluggage (laptop bag is not allwed as seperate bag) & the do weigh it (seen it many times).
I have seen people having been sent back & being forced to check in handluggage because of any of the following combination:
1) it didn't fit the dimensions
2) they had 2 bits of handluggage
3) it weight more than allowed
& then you will be charged £5 (single) & then per kg. So be careful with your handluggage too...
6
graemer
Well, you could just choose the £15 wintersports option, when booking the flight, or £20.50 if you call the 0871 number, and that allows up to 32kgs! Of course, you'd have to pack things in a relatively flat manner but hey...
Don't use the premium rate 0905 number, just use the wheelchair option on the 0871 number.
7
meka
As the Ryanair ticketing confirmation says:
The checked baggage allowance is 15kg per person (no infant allowance). No pooling/sharing of baggage allowances is permitted, even for passengers travelling together on the same reservation.
Customers wishing to check baggage into the hold of the aircraft must pay a Baggage Fee for each item of checked baggage, per flight. The Baggage Fee can be prepaid either at the airport, or through a Ryanair call centre, at the rate of 7GBP/10EUR) (»10/?12 for all flights from the 1st March 2007 onwards) per item of baggage/per one-way flight.
Actually Ryanair has become one of the toughest discount airline for luggage .. the 6€ luggage fee (apparently now 10€) is a real sting and is per piece of luggage booked .. I've got flights booked with 5 discount airlines in August and this is the ony one that has a 15 Kg limit AND NOW ALSO asks for re-confirmation!! I quote:
Passengers are advised to reconfirm their flight times on WWW.RYANAIR.COM
Using the REVIEW function 24 to 72 hours prior to scheduled departure.
Now this is a real pain in the $%& if you are in the mountains .. does any one know what happens if you DON'T RE-CONFIRM??
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