Ryanair - Backpack carry on bag size Q ?

Banzai600

just wondering, has anyone had a backpack refused by ryanair yet ?

im not talking about a 10 man tent rolled to the size of a small sofa like we've all seen strapped to ppl.

RYANAIR spec is 40x20x25 cms , ive a backpack slightly larger at 50x35x13 cms.

Ive not used this particular bag before. It doesnt roll down, its kind of soft shell shape. This backpack serves a function i need for onward travel for the place im headed to, standard backpack is no good.

anyone had any issues?

Trampas

I’d say it could come down to how busy the flight is and who’s on the gate. If you walked up the desk would it be stick out all over the place behind you? I’ve seen people getting pulled because the bag looks big. You could be asked to put the bag at your feet for the flight.

AndyBoBandy

no, have brought the Canterbury Irish rugby bag a few times (which I'd call a fairly large backpack).. no issues

HeidiHeidi

I've brought all sorts of bags of odd shapes and sizes onto Ryanair planes with never a question asked.

But I did see a gate staff member go totally jobsworth recently coming back through Faro - he pulled a man ahead of me in the queue with a tiny wheelie suitcase, brought it to the measuring cage, it didn't fit by about 2cm, he was made check it in and pay (I'm not sure how much but he really didn't look pleased).

So if you meet the wrong staff member, or maybe the plane is stuffed full and they're afraid they'll run out of overhead space, you could get done.

But you'll still have your bag, you'll just get stung for an extra charge for it. A gamble well worth taking IMO.

Banzai600

tks OP.

I kinda figured id be ok, but wanted to be sure. a gamble, but it should be small enough visualy not to cause a stir. its a specific motorbike backpack, so need it when i get to europe. cheers.

Caranica

I was on a Ryanair flight in march where every single bag was size checked. You may be fine, you may not.

o1s1n

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122242386#Comment_122242386

Same thing happened to me last month. I had a Helly Hansen 'Stockholm' rolltop backpack like this.

https://www.hellyhansen.com/en_ie/stockholm-backpack-67187

The check in guy stopped me and told me to put my bag in the sizing box thing. It was a bit too tall.

Had to take a jacket and a hoody out of the bag, put them on, roll the bag down extremely tight and then it fit.

Went through the gate. Put the coat and hoody back in my bag.

Fairly handy feature of rolltop backpacks come to think of it!

Caranica

I was in the priority line with a roll on case. It fit at second attempt, I didn't line it up properly first time. The main problem was waiting for them to then check everyone else's bag.

Banzai600

well flew out and back last month, no issues with a normal backpack - but they were checking some carry on luggage cases, not randomly either at origin here and destination at check-in.

pc7

My last flight I'd the amazon ryanair flight backpack bag, I got through but I seen them pull some people with them and they argued the toss at the thing didn't fit. It is lousy as its definitely the right dimensions, just don't have it bursting at the seams and you should be fine.

devnull

At Stansted this morning they had two bag size checkers after scanning boarding passes and made everyone who wasn't totally obvious they were undersized fit it in and if over even by wheels pay pay a fee.

I wasn't in priority but saw at least ten priority passengers get charged. To be fair some of them weren't even close to being right size but also they were charging people who missed out by the wheels or one or two cm.

Apparently it's more likely to happen on Max flights and when the load factor is around 95% or more i heard a staff member say but there is a crackdown and to be fair there are people who really have tried ridiculous sized bags lately.