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Ryanair hand luggage, will my bag fit? The procedure?
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06-05-2012 11:52pm#1
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JohnMearsheimer, Ryan Air staff get paid a bonus for every person they nab who has to pay the checked bag fee.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2061349/Bounty-hunters-airport-Baggage-staff-50p-bonus-piece-Ryanair-hand-luggage-wont-fit.html
It's got nothing to do with you taking on the weight of all the items in your pockets or in your carry on bag. Common sense has nothing to do with it. It's all about the money. They can't stop everyone. The flight won't take off on time if they do. But they can and will stop people that they think they can make a few bob off. It is the luck of the draw really ( or smart packing on behalf of the passenger) if they think you will or won't. :rolleyes:
OP, if the bag is squishy at all, remove any large bulky items and wear them as you board. That may mean you can squish the bag into their measuring cage. To avoid detection while you are waiting to board, put your bag over your shoulder (if it has a strap) and use your arm & elbow to keep it hidden behind your back like a back pack, as opposed to it sitting on your hip. Switch the bag to a different arm than the one you will approach the cabin staff on. After you have passed him/her, let the bag swing in front of you, so that the size of it is front you, and not clearly visible as you walk away from her. Walk quickly. If she calls you back, pretend not to hear. She may not be bothered chasing after you if there are several more people between you and her.
When boarding the plane, take the bag off your shoulder and carry it at your side. Carry it in the hand that is on the opposite side of the plane that the member of staff is standing on to greet you. Don't keep it on your shoulder. You'll start knocking it against the wall of the plane if you do, and you don't want to draw the cabin staffs attention to the size of it. That is what I do, and I have snuck many an over sized bag onto a plane that I really shouldn't have.
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JohnMearsheimer, Ryan Air staff get paid a bonus for every person they nab who has to pay the checked bag fee.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2061349/Bounty-hunters-airport-Baggage-staff-50p-bonus-piece-Ryanair-hand-luggage-wont-fit.html
It's got nothing to do with you taking on the weight of all the items in your pockets or in your carry on bag. Common sense has nothing to do with it. It's all about the money. They can't stop everyone. The flight won't take off on time if they do. But they can and will stop people that they think they can make a few bob off. It is the luck of the draw really ( or smart packing on behalf of the passenger) if they think you will or won't. :rolleyes:
OP, if the bag is squishy at all, remove any large bulky items and wear them as you board. That may mean you can squish the bag into their measuring cage. To avoid detection while you are waiting to board, put your bag over your shoulder (if it has a strap) and use your arm & elbow to keep it hidden behind your back like a back pack, as opposed to it sitting on your hip. Switch the bag to a different arm than the one you will approach the cabin staff on. After you have passed him/her, let the bag swing in front of you, so that the size of it is front you, and not clearly visible as you walk away from her. Walk quickly. If she calls you back, pretend not to hear. She may not be bothered chasing after you if there are several more people between you and her.
When boarding the plane, take the bag off your shoulder and carry it at your side. Carry it in the hand that is on the opposite side of the plane that the member of staff is standing on to greet you. Don't keep it on your shoulder. You'll start knocking it against the wall of the plane if you do, and you don't want to draw the cabin staffs attention to the size of it. That is what I do, and I have snuck many an over sized bag onto a plane that I really shouldn't have.
Thanks for that link, it made for interesting reading, especially the comments at the end. A financial incentive is the only thing explaining why she was being so unreasonable, unreasonable from my perspective at least. She was pressurizing me to check my bag saying the plane was going to be late etc. She even objected to me carrying my writing pad and my envelope in my hands...I made a point about not seeing her confiscate newspapers from other passengers boarding the plane and she let it go.
I have flown with Ryanair many many times before and this was my first negative experience with them. Dealing with someone going out of their way to get money out of me wasn't a pleasant experience. Initially I was angry over it but after I felt satisfaction that she didn't get a penny out of me. Luck of the draw I guess.0 -
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mikedragon32 wrote: »ProudDUB, if you're going to link an article the least you should do is describe it properly.
The article is about contracted ground handlers receiving a bonus from their employer, Servisair, and not Ryanair themselves. Servisair get their bonus for flights departing on schedule
While I think that their avarice in enforcing the rules is a bit unnecessary, I can't help but thinking, everytime I sit on an Aer Lingus flight watching folks fighting amongst themselves about putting their bags in the overhead bins and squashing others' bags as the scheduled push-back time passes by, that Ryanair have the right idea.
I can't remember the last time I was on a scheduled Aer Lingus flight that took off on-time and this is directly as a result of the time it takes to get everyone boarded. Ryanair's no-**** policy means flights generally go on time. Delays have rarely been the result of trying to fit everything into the overhead bins!
Fair enough so. My bad. It's been a while since I read the article. But whether it is a Ryanair employee or ServiceAir employee providing a service on behalf of Ryanair, the fact still remains that the person that the Ryanair passenger interacts with, has a financial incentive to stop passengers and make them check their bag for a fee.
No one has ever been held up on a flight that I have been on due to my bag. The bag that I "sneak on" is over sized in terms of dimensions, but only when it is fully packed. It never is. It can be squished in at both ends and on top to make it smaller. It generally takes up less space in the over head bin than the rigid hard shell Samsonite cases that Ryanair are flogging on their website. People can easily put something else along side my bag, or in front of it, due to the squishage factor. There is no doing that with a hard shell bag. They are inflexible and they takes up the same space, full or half empty. Mine doesn't.
My bag only looks bigger when it is on my shoulder waiting to board the flight. Hence my trickeries "smuggling" it on board. But I firmly believe that I am not being unduly selfish by taking it on board with me, due to my fellow passengers being able to fit more into the over head bin that it is in, than they would if I had a hard shell bag with me.
It is also much lighter than a hard shell suit case. I can toss it up into the over head bin very easily. There is no waiting for someone to assist me with it. My mother always has to get help getting her hard shell suit case up into the over head bin. That does cause a delay to those waiting to board behind her.
So while I do not feel a bit guilty about "sneaking" my bag into the cabin, I do accept the point that in encouraging others to do so too, I am possibly contributing to the creation of delays and hassles overall.:D:D 0 -
JohnMearsheimer, Ryan Air staff get paid a bonus for every person they nab who has to pay the checked bag fee.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2061349/Bounty-hunters-airport-Baggage-staff-50p-bonus-piece-Ryanair-hand-luggage-wont-fit.html
It's got nothing to do with you taking on the weight of all the items in your pockets or in your carry on bag. Common sense has nothing to do with it. It's all about the money. They can't stop everyone. The flight won't take off on time if they do. But they can and will stop people that they think they can make a few bob off. It is the luck of the draw really ( or smart packing on behalf of the passenger) if they think you will or won't. :rolleyes:
OP, if the bag is squishy at all, remove any large bulky items and wear them as you board. That may mean you can squish the bag into their measuring cage. To avoid detection while you are waiting to board, put your bag over your shoulder (if it has a strap) and use your arm & elbow to keep it hidden behind your back like a back pack, as opposed to it sitting on your hip. Switch the bag to a different arm than the one you will approach the cabin staff on. After you have passed him/her, let the bag swing in front of you, so that the size of it is front you, and not clearly visible as you walk away from her. Walk quickly. If she calls you back, pretend not to hear. She may not be bothered chasing after you if there are several more people between you and her.
When boarding the plane, take the bag off your shoulder and carry it at your side. Carry it in the hand that is on the opposite side of the plane that the member of staff is standing on to greet you. Don't keep it on your shoulder. You'll start knocking it against the wall of the plane if you do, and you don't want to draw the cabin staffs attention to the size of it. That is what I do, and I have snuck many an over sized bag onto a plane that I really shouldn't have.
I was busted by ryainair last year i think, had a laptop bulging out of a laptop bag and managed to get onto the exit to the plane but was called back of course...:rolleyes:
had to check it in.
another time i had my suit in my hand, and hand luggage in other,,
"no can do"
had to check in suit..
screw that, i put the suit on, right in front of everyone and walked on.
got no time for this $hit with ryainair.
* well actually that did not happen but next time i will do it...!0 -
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