bringing wedding dress on aer lingus

nadey

Hey guys has anyone had experience with bringing their wedding dress on aer lingus before?

I've booked extra baggage for my dress but I really don't want to part with it in case something happens to it

fits

On some planes they have a space for hanging up suits. The stewards would hang it for you. What route are you flying? Might be an idea to ask in aviation and aircraft.

nadey

fits wrote: »

On some planes they have a space for hanging up suits. The stewards would hang it for you. What route are you flying? Might be an idea to ask in aviation and aircraft.

We're heading to Spain

fits

nadey wrote: »

We're heading to Spain

Less likely to have hanger space than long haul but i just dont know. Ask in aviation and aircraft.

Me2u

I travelled one leg with AL & emailed that same enquiry, they told me to ask flight crew who found a spare seat for it. That was 10 years ago but found them most helpful. Be aware they take it away for scanning at security & mine was heavily beaded so it was away a while.

stickybookmark

Mine was brought on a european AL flight. Luckily it was a Wednesday and off-peak season so there was lots of free seats so they were able to lie it across a whole empty aisle, happy days. A friend of mine travelled on the same AL flight with hers and as there was no free aisle they hung it in the cockpit for her. Do NOT put it in the checked in luggage !!!! Under any circumstances. Oh also bear in mind that if you are in charge of wedding dress as hand luggage....then don't have any other hand luggage. Bring a small back pack only, definitely NOT a wheelie suitcase. Get OH to take all your hand luggage or someone else that is travelling to the wedding. You need your two hands free to mind and manage that dress.

sillysocks

I did it a few years ago too. I carried at as hand luggage and when we got to the gate told the staff there before the flight was called. They were so nice and told me to come up and get on when they called children and older people to board first. Then they let me lie it out in an overhead locker and closed it down so no one else put any luggage in it. Definitely carry it with you and then just tell the staff and they'll help out I'm sure.

Oh and I second not bringing other hand luggage for yourself. I literally had a tiny bag with passports and wallet in it so nothing else to worry about. Obviously I don't know your dress but carrying mine around for a couple of hours in the airport it got very heavy!!

nadey

Thanks guys tried to fit it into my hand luggage suit case but it just wouldn't fit in

My dress is a ball gown I wouldn't care carrying it around I could always put my fiance in a bar buy him a pint and sit the dress next to him while I do some duty free shopping everything else is running smoothly it's just the dress is stressing me out

sillysocks

I just had mine in a dress bag the shop gave me - just a longer version of a suit carrier and no one batted an eyelid that it wouldn't have fit into a hand luggage bag or that.
Don't worry about it! I've never heard anyone had issues with carrying one on as hand luggage.

stickybookmark

nadey wrote: »

Thanks guys tried to fit it into my hand luggage suit case but it just wouldn't fit in

My dress is a ball gown I wouldn't care carrying it around I could always put my fiance in a bar buy him a pint and sit the dress next to him while I do some duty free shopping everything else is running smoothly it's just the dress is stressing me out

Christ don't put it in a suitcase of any description!
it's a wedding dress! You just carry it in the dress bag and lay it flat at every opportunity

I know it's not the same, but my OH travelled with a suit in a suit bag and nothing was said.

nadey

Hey guys I'm married

Was allowed to bring the dress on no problem even got our self's free champagne on the flight

Thanks for your help

Preset No.3

I was down to the Med during the summer to DJ for a wedding. There was another bride on the flight and brought her dress with her. The took up a full length of one of the overhead bins with no problem at all. Perhaps call or tweet Aer Lingus before hand to give them the heads up.

Sherlof3

OK none of the planes that fly within Europe for AL have wardrobes so that's not an option. I brought mine to Bordeaux in July. My tips:

1. Tell all and sundry you meet that you have your dress. My DH had his tux in a suit bag also so it looked obvious and the air hostess spotted us and gave us an emergency exit row to ourselves with the whole overhead bin for our clothes and cases.

2. Also I dropped our bags at the Golden Circle desk - it's cheeky but sure you might as well chance it when you're going off to get married!

3. And also go through the priority queue in security.

We had flexi tickets that had all those benefits but I would say worth chancing your arm anyway!

I was really freaking out about it, and TBH even if it was totally squashed for an hour it wouldn't make all that much difference - it'll need to be steamed anyway.

michellie

Congratulations OP, glad it worked out

fits

Sherlof3 wrote: »

OK 3. And also go through the priority queue in security.

We had flexi tickets that had all those benefits but I would say worth chancing your arm anyway!

.

Its not really. Its rare to be allowed use those things if you dont have ticket for it. You can buy fast track security for 6 euro with airport genie.