Baggage Question

Luap

I'm booking a holiday for 3 of us but were only bring one bag between us. We'll all be bringing carry on luggage.

But when I book I can only select 3 bags between us not one.

Will I have to book one of us then Two seperately?

Meathlass

Are you booking through ryanair/aer lingus?

You can usually select for each passenger so you'd be in one bag for one of you who will have to take responsibility for everything in it and the other two passengers will have 0 bags.

Luap

Meathlass wrote: »

Are you booking through ryanair/aer lingus?

You can usually select for each passenger so you'd be in one bag for one of you who will have to take responsibility for everything in it and the other two passengers will have 0 bags.

Sorry its Aer Lingus. I can only assign the 'Plus' Fare to all 3 of us?

coylemj

Luap wrote: »

Sorry its Aer Lingus. I can only assign the 'Plus' Fare to all 3 of us?

Then don't use 'plus', just do an ordinary booking and select one bag for one of the passengers. If booking for a party, you all have to be the same category of booking.

I was booking for a party of five (all with check-in bags) and selected 'plus' because I thought we'd get access to the Gold Circle lounge but when I studied the details afterwards I found out that it didn't apply to us, what you get is points if you have a Gold Circle card which I don't have.

'Plus' allows you to select seats in advance and check-in one bag each, it costs in the region of €25 p.p. If only one of you wants to bring a bag then forget about 'plus', tick the 'low' option and add a check-in bag to one of the party.

You can go into the Aer Lingus website and select seats for free beginning 30 hours before the flight and for the return flight you can get someone back here to do it for you on the day before you fly home. They can check-in online (they'll need the booking code so just forward them the confirmation e-mail), select the seats but elect to pickup the boarding passes in the airport. All you have to do then is to turn up at the airport, go to the check-in desk to drop your bag and your seats will have already been reserved for you.

Minderbinder

Like most Airlines Aerlingus are trying to screw customers on their website. It purposely tries to confuse you into choosing the 'Plus' option but if you pick the 'Low' or economy category ticket you can add bags a couple of pages later. Some of the costs are outrageous. €5 to choose a seat, €10 return. My favourite is that it costs more to check a bag during the summer than it does in winter. Online it costs €15 to check a bag during winter but €20 during summer. At the airport it's €30 during winer and €35 during summer. I hate airlines! Aerlingus used to be okay but are turning into Ryanair with all the nonsense extras when trying to make a booking.

Luap

I presume I'll have to print out the boarding pass.

coylemj

Luap wrote: »

I presume I'll have to print out the boarding pass.

If you're checking in a bag I wouldn't bother. Even if you check-in online and select seats, you can elect to pickup the boarding passes from the green kiosks or at the check-in desk in Dublin airport and as you are checking in a bag, I'd collect the boarding passes in the airport.

Printing the boarding passes at home allows you to walk into the airport and straight to the security queue if you have carry-on bags only. This is a major bonus at busy times of the day but if you have to drop off a bag, you might as well get Aer Lingus to print the boarding passes for you.

Luap

Flights all booked.

Much appreciated.

Luap

Have one more question.


I have done the online check in and I elected to collect the boarding passes at the airport.

Do I need to bring any documentation to the airport except for passport?

Eponymous

Luap wrote: »

Have one more question.


I have done the online check in and I elected to collect the boarding passes at the airport.

Do I need to bring any documentation to the airport except for passport?

No. At the airport, when collecting your boarding passes, you can use either passports or a credit card in the machine to start the process of printing your passes.

However, you may want to have a printout of your confirmation e-mail for checking in on the return leg as there's every chance there aren't any self-service kiosks at the other end!

coylemj

Eponymous wrote: »

No. At the airport, when collecting your boarding passes, you can use either passports or a credit card in the machine to start the process of printing your passes.

If using a credit card to identify yourself to one of the self-sevice kiosks, I believe it has to be the same credit card that was used to make the booking.

Eponymous wrote: »

However, you may want to have a printout of your confirmation e-mail for checking in on the return leg as there's every chance there aren't any self-service kiosks at the other end!

I wouldn't bother, all you need is the booking code. Write it down and ask someone else in your party to make a note of it. Even without the booking code, you can just walk up to the check-in desk, hand over your passport, say which flight you're on and they'll find your booking.

Eponymous

coylemj wrote: »

If using a credit card to identify yourself to one of the self-sevice kiosks, I believe it has to be the same credit card that was used to make the booking.



I wouldn't bother, all you need is the booking code. Write it down and ask someone else in your party to make a note of it. Even without the booking code, you can just walk up to the check-in desk, hand over your passport, say which flight you're on and they'll find your booking.

Nope. It's any card in your own name. All it's doing is looking for the name on the card and nothing more.

As for the reference. Note it down, print the confirmation. Either or. You're right, some places will ask for your passport and work it out for themselves, others want the confirmation number. I tend to print everything and stick it in my bag just in case.

Gatica

I'd have printed the boarding passes. If you've one bag, the two of your party could go ahead and you could just drop your luggage at the drop-off point. Sometimes the drop off points are a lot quieter than the check-in desks, and it'll save you the time of trying to print passes at the airport, albeit only a few mins I suppose.