aer lingus cabin baggage

lovepink_xo

are they strict on the size?
their limit is 22x18x10 inches and the bag i have is 29x14 and i really dont wanna take any other bag cos i can fit my camera stuff in it perfectly and a blanket,etc
im travelling to the states with them if it matters
i was also looking at a small suitcase in dunnes but the smallest they had was 23 or 24 inches (i forget)


also if i overpack and go over the weight limit (camera gear,laptop) will they make me check sometihng or just charge an extra fee?

robinph

It's the airport "security" that are the ones most likely to stop you and not AerLingus, unless it's some rediculious sized bag that you are trying to take on. Dublin airport are unlikely to care or notice, and on the return from the US you'll probably have one of the smallest sized cabin bags of the other people going through at the time.

Fratton Fred

lovepink_xo wrote: »

i was also looking at a small suitcase in dunnes but the smallest they had was 23 or 24 inches (i forget)

It does make me smile when I'm at a london airport. you can tell the Irish familes by their Dunnes suticases, one family I followed at Stansted was the two parents plus four kids, the oldest of which was about 8. All 6 of them had the small dunnes suitcases, blue for the boys and pink for the girls. Quite clever though as they had no checked luggage, although the youngest kid was actually smaller than his case:D

I find soft bags easier, as the problem with cases is not so much getting them on the plane, its finding somewhere to put them once you are on board as the overhead lockers fill up very quickly. Soft bags can be stuffed in or stuffed under your seat. Don;t worry too much about the size though, as long as you don't go mad you should be ok.

lovepink_xo

Fratton Fred wrote: »

It does make me smile when I'm at a london airport. you can tell the Irish familes by their Dunnes suticases, one family I followed at Stansted was the two parents plus four kids, the oldest of which was about 8. All 6 of them had the small dunnes suitcases, blue for the boys and pink for the girls. Quite clever though as they had no checked luggage, although the youngest kid was actually smaller than his case:D

I find soft bags easier, as the problem with cases is not so much getting them on the plane, its finding somewhere to put them once you are on board as the overhead lockers fill up very quickly. Soft bags can be stuffed in or stuffed under your seat. Don;t worry too much about the size though, as long as you don't go mad you should be ok.

well the one i was going to take on is an extra 7 inches..i think that would be kind of noticable. its also made of the soft material (rather than a hard case) so if i dont have it completely full (which i doubt i will..at least on the way over) i will be able to squash it in the cabin and such.
the ones in dunnes are all hardcases. i dont particularly like their suitcases, i had a soft one ages ago and it ripped, but being in the middle of the country we dont have a whole lot of choice!

i reckon ill just try with the 29 inch case and bring a black bin liner with me so if it is a problem i will put my stuff into that. and let them check the other bag empty(Which will be a pain in the butt)

Tabnabs

Was on an Aer Lingus flight from Dublin to Spain recently and the lad in front of me had a large rucksack and a flippin guitar as hand luggage :mad:

The only time I've seen the one bag rule enforced is in Heathrow, ruthlessly enforced there too.

lovepink_xo

Dyflin wrote: »

Was on an Aer Lingus flight from Dublin to Spain recently and the lad in front of me had a large rucksack and a flippin guitar as hand luggage :mad:

The only time I've seen the one bag rule enforced is in Heathrow, ruthlessly enforced there too.

wow thats a bit ridiculous! i will only have the one bag so im hoping they will let me thru, its a direct flight from dublin to sfo so im just hoping the dublin security wont mind. knowing my luck they wont let me thru with it lol

Limerick91

What happens if security say your bag is too big.

Are you given the opportunity to check it in and do you have to pay for it.

East Midlands in the UK is very strict on the one bag rule, even what you buy in the gift shop has to fit into your "one bag"

robinph

If security don't let you through with your bag then it's down to the airline as to what they charge you or otherwise for then putting the bag in the hold.

opa01_2000

Aer Lingus are pretty relaxed about size of bags. It's security you have to watch out for.

cute_cow

Dyflin wrote: »

Was on an Aer Lingus flight from Dublin to Spain recently and the lad in front of me had a large rucksack and a flippin guitar as hand luggage :mad:

The only time I've seen the one bag rule enforced is in Heathrow, ruthlessly enforced there too.

Flew back from CDG last night with Aer Lingus, but at check in they checked the weight of the carry on bags. Mind you, people had guitars and very large bags.

I think it depends on where you check in, leaving Dublin the weight of our carry on was not checked.