Transporting amp head in a flight case with Ryanair

shredmaster777

Hiya, has anyone done it recently. Should I declare it as a musical instrument? (I believe it's 30 euro per instrument per one way flight). This amp head is quite heavy, nearly 30 kg! Will they accept it?
Cheers,
Sy

Savman

shredmaster777 wrote: »

Hiya, has anyone done it recently. Should I declare it as a musical instrument? (I believe it's 30 euro per instrument per one way flight). This amp head is quite heavy, nearly 30 kg! Will they accept it?
Cheers,
Sy

I'm sure they'll accept it with big gleaming €uro signs in their beady eyes. 30 euro for a 30kg head doesn't sound right.

shredmaster777

Hey, I know but charging it at 10 euro per 1 KG for excessive baggage doesn't sound right either - 150 euro! Does it?

DrummerBoy

I do this all the time. You pay for it as a musical instrument, as far as I know it's now €40 although I could be wrong here. 32kg is the upper limit weight wise I think. If you were to bring it on as hold luggage you would be charged €10 per kg over 15kg so it would cost you €150 extra.

K.O.L

i rem going to liverpool with the band 2 guitars and 1 bass guitar booked them on as baggage went through the oversized baggage area in dublin airport no problem, coming back through liverpool some snotty scouser woman working on behalf of ryanair wouldnt let me put them through unless i paid £100 extra in total for the 3 guitars, i had it out with her at 5am in john lennon airport tried to show her my terms and conditions of travel she wasnt having any of it, its making me angry now just thinkin of it!! Got back to dublin and wrote a letter to ryanair with a copy of my reciept for £100 and demaded it back which they reimbursed me fully but but be careful there the worst airline to travel with

MattKid

Do you have to pay extra for musical instruments because of the extra work involved throwing them around and jumping up and down on them?

rinnin

Has anyone brought an acoustic guitar on board with Ryanair? I was flying from Manchester to Dublin last year and some dude went down the stairt to board the plane with his guitar in a soft case.
Do they let you take it on board or do the baggage handlers get hold of it?
Trynna decide to spend €400 for my bro to bring the car over on the ferry or ship some stuff back but am a bit worrie about the guitar getting busted.

BumbleB

I've never seen anyone having any problems bringing guitars on board a plane especially trans atlantic with aer lingus .I've bought 3 back and one over and back for a gig . Never any issues .

rinnin wrote: »

Has anyone brought an acoustic guitar on board with Ryanair? I was flying from Manchester to Dublin last year and some dude went down the stairt to board the plane with his guitar in a soft case.
Do they let you take it on board or do the baggage handlers get hold of it?
Trynna decide to spend €400 for my bro to bring the car over on the ferry or ship some stuff back but am a bit worrie about the guitar getting busted.

slavetothegrind

Having seen how the baggage is delicately fecked out of the hold on more than one occasion i would be very reluctant to risk anything valuable.....

rinnin

After reading some horror stories about guitars coming out of the hold soaking wet & others with pucture holes in them (through a hard case) I think I might be better flying over another time and booking it on its own seat so I dont let it out of my sight.
Alternatively was thinking of putting it in its soft case and that in a big "Wardrobe box" from Lidl with some clothes & shipping it via a courier

Anyone any thoughts on this method?

stereoroid

rinnin wrote: »

Alternatively was thinking of putting it in its soft case and that in a big "Wardrobe box" from Lidl with some clothes & shipping it via a courier.
Anyone any thoughts on this method?

That would be Freakishly Expensive. Couriers charge by "volumetric weight", meaning that the dimensions are a factor too, even if the weight is low.
example: ignoring the wheels, by DHL's calculations, they would charge you for 61.5 kg even if that box was empty. Even at their lower "road" rate that takes several days, you're still talking €150 or more, I estimate.

Why fly? Take the ferry. If you have a car, your luggage stays in the car, but even if you don't, there's less to go wrong, and it's probably cheaper.

cfitz

DrummerBoy wrote: »

I do this all the time. You pay for it as a musical instrument, as far as I know it's now €40 although I could be wrong here. 32kg is the upper limit weight wise I think. If you were to bring it on as hold luggage you would be charged €10 per kg over 15kg so it would cost you €150 extra.

Do you need to book in the musical instrument with Ryanair beforehand, or just turn up on the day?

DrummerBoy

You can just turn up on the day.