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Aer Lingus - New bag fees for carry-on €5.99 or €35 at the gate

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Full details on AerLingus.com

Carry on board - From €5.99 / £5.99
Book a carry-on bag with priority boarding online and store it in the overhead locker on board.

Drop off at check-in - Free of charge
Drop off your bag at check-in in the aiport and off you go! Collect on arrival at the carousel.

It's important to note that if you have not purchased a carry-on bag with priority boarding, or if its not included in your fare, and you bring a 10kg bag to the boarding gate, you will be charged a €35 fee to place this bag in the aircraft hold. Payment of this fee will be processed using your smartphone via QR code with our partner Global Payments, and will be verified by our boarding agents.

A carry-on bag with priority boarding is included for some customers:

Silver, Platinum and Concierge AerClub members. This applies to the member only and not travelling companions.
Bookings made with Plus, Advantage and Aer Space fare types.
The accompanying adult travelling with an infant.
Customers connecting to/from an Aer Lingus transatlantic flight or a connecting flight with an interline partner.

All customers with a carry-on bag with priority boarding (either purchased or included) must check in online or via the App.

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hurleronditch

Noxegon wrote: »

Unfortunately the dimensions Aer Lingus use for this (25x33x20cm) are is too small for quite a lot of laptops.

My MacBook Pro is just shy of 35cm on its longest dimension, and you'd need to add at least another centimetre to that for the bag.

I’d hazard a guess if you bring a small laptop type bag, well within 2 of the dimensions and marginally over the third no one will stop you.

Noxegon

Tenger wrote: »

Small personal item (laptop bag or rucksack sized) is still allowed in the cabin.

Unfortunately the dimensions Aer Lingus use for this (25x33x20cm) are is too small for quite a lot of laptops.

My MacBook Pro is just shy of 35cm on its longest dimension, and you'd need to add at least another centimetre to that for the bag.

Tenger

Gael23 wrote: »

I travel with medication I can’t be without so it must come on board with me in case my checked bag goes missing. I can’t take the risk.

Small personal item (laptop bag or rucksack sized) is still allowed in the cabin.

Last time I flew with them we were asked at check-in if we had any medication in the bags we were checking in.

Gael23

I travel with medication I can’t be without so it must come on board with me in case my checked bag goes missing. I can’t take the risk.

Tenger

embraer170 wrote: »

Companies write all kinds of stuff in press releases. Airlines are worse than most at selling new revenue generators as customer enhancements.

I have to agree.
remember a couple of years ago when they outsourced their lost and found system.
The then COO made the announcement stating it was to "improve customer service by utilising a professional company"
2 years ago my youngest left their headphones onboard. I knew the seat number and the flight number. It was going to cost E25 to get them back, I went up to Argos and got a new pair for E20.

Gael23 wrote: »

This is not quite what it seems.

You are only landed with this charge if you go for the basic fare type, it’s included in all others. And it can be avoided by checking in your 10kg bag free of charge at the check in desk........

Important consideration

donkey balls

Me and the missis normally bring a carry on bag so it's a quick on and off the plane when going on holidays, And not having to wait at the carousel, We normally head to the Canary Islands so flight is always full.
Over the last few years EI would send me a text message the day before saying we can check in bags free of charge, And to be fair to EI the aircraft never pushed back on time either in DUB or ACE.
I'm trying to get away in October for a break so will have to wait and see how it goes with EI, One thing I've noticed is the price of flights has more or less doubled since this f**king pandemic.

Strumms

Noxegon wrote: »

Sure, if you want to wait an indeterminate amount of time for your bag to (hopefully) arrive at the carousel after landing.

Short haul air travel has gotten progressively less and less pleasant over the years as the seats get smaller, the ancillary charges pile up, and in-flight advertising for who-knows-what becomes standard practice. (Some years ago I was on an extremely late CDG-DUB flight, and despite the fact that it was well after midnight the crew saw fit to wake everyone up with a lengthy PA about perfumes that were exclusive to Aer Lingus...)

I am now at the point in my life that I'd gladly pay for a better class of service, even if it costs a multiple of the economy fare, but virtually nobody offers that type of product out of Ireland any more.

And every product is in the Cara / boutique magazine too... so people can avail of reading it and finding out, or asking the crew as they make their way up the aircraft with the sky shopping cart....

Thing is the crew earn commission on these sales, so there is an incentive to not giving a fûck as to the comforts of the passengers in that instance. SALES..

Noxegon

You are only landed with this charge if you go for the basic fare type, it’s included in all others. And it can be avoided by checking in your 10kg bag free of charge at the check in desk.

Sure, if you want to wait an indeterminate amount of time for your bag to (hopefully) arrive at the carousel after landing.

Short haul air travel has gotten progressively less and less pleasant over the years as the seats get smaller, the ancillary charges pile up, and in-flight advertising for who-knows-what becomes standard practice. (Some years ago I was on an extremely late CDG-DUB flight, and despite the fact that it was well after midnight the crew saw fit to wake everyone up with a lengthy PA about perfumes that were exclusive to Aer Lingus...)

I am now at the point in my life that I'd gladly pay for a better class of service, even if it costs a multiple of the economy fare, but virtually nobody offers that type of product out of Ireland any more.

Gael23

This is not quite what it seems.

You are only landed with this charge if you go for the basic fare type, it’s included in all others. And it can be avoided by checking in your 10kg bag free of charge at the check in desk.

I agree it’s lousy but just not quite what’s being reported in the media

Shamrockj

Strumms wrote: »

What they’ve stated and what is fact are not necessarily the equal not by a long shot..

Charge people extra = faster turnarounds ? Right, faster profits.... :rolleyes: the company are supposed to facilitate the customers, not the other way around.

Low cost operator style gouging... not great...

I started flying BA for my work trips a few years ago, any personal trips the same ... much nicer experience... EI need to pull their socks up. These are customer penalties not fees.

My opinion, errr yes,

That’s a totally separate issue though? I was replying to your post where you claimed the cabin baggage policy was changed to save weight, never mind.

davetherave

kevinandrew wrote: »

It’s already higher than 5.99 on plenty of flights. Every return flight I’ve tried to book is adding €18 for cabin bags!

Looking at it that looks to be adding the bag and Priority boarding. It was 17.98 return to Heathrow in November, but only 14.98 going to Malaga in August. Single to Malaga in July or Manchester in November is 8.99, but you'd have to assume that somewhere, for some dates, for a one-way it is 5.99 hence the "from".

Strumms

Shamrockj wrote: »

That’s your opinion. But the fact is the company themselves have stated it is to achieve faster boarding/disembarking and thus faster turnarounds….

What they’ve stated and what is fact are not necessarily the equal not by a long shot..

Charge people extra = faster turnarounds ? Right, faster profits.... :rolleyes: the company are supposed to facilitate the customers, not the other way around.

Low cost operator style gouging... not great...

I started flying BA for my work trips a few years ago, any personal trips the same ... much nicer experience... EI need to pull their socks up. These are customer penalties not fees.

My opinion, errr yes,

jetfiremuck

kevinandrew wrote: »

It’s already higher than 5.99 on plenty of flights. Every return flight I’ve tried to book is adding €18 for cabin bags!

Agree, and considering that the whole airline industry is on its knees ...........lets go soak the travelling public.

Good luck with that!

kevinandrew

embraer170 wrote: »

5.99 today, 9.99 next year, 14.99 the year after, and probably more on top for peak holiday flights.

It’s already higher than 5.99 on plenty of flights. Every return flight I’ve tried to book is adding €18 for cabin bags!

embraer170

Shamrockj wrote: »

That’s your opinion. But the fact is the company themselves have stated it is to achieve faster boarding/disembarking and thus faster turnarounds….

Companies write all kinds of stuff in press releases. Airlines are worse than most at selling new revenue generators as customer enhancements.

Shamrockj

Strumms wrote: »

It’s not to achieve faster anything, it’s a revenue generator... changes introduced ? Lies.. ‘charges’ introduced...

If it was to achieve faster boarding, why stop you and engage you in what will be an argument and subsequent transaction...at the gate...

Aer Lingus want on time turn arounds, on time departures... so do their customers...over the last 6 years they’ve been horrible in my experience ... especially any post 18:00 departure... retuning from work trip, just wanting bed and tv it’s been too often arrive at gate no sign of aircraft....

That’s your opinion. But the fact is the company themselves have stated it is to achieve faster boarding/disembarking and thus faster turnarounds….

Strumms

Shamrockj wrote: »

To defer you from bringing it on board. You can still bring the same 10Kg bag just that it will be placed in the hold
“ Aer Lingus said the changes had been introduced “to ensure faster boarding and de-planing, therefore improving overall customer experience.”

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.breakingnews.ie/amp/ireland/new-fee-to-bring-carry-on-bag-on-board-aer-lingus-flights-1143725.html

It’s not to achieve faster anything, it’s a revenue generator... changes introduced ? Lies.. ‘charges’ introduced...

If it was to achieve faster boarding, why stop you and engage you in what will be an argument and subsequent transaction...at the gate...

Aer Lingus want on time turn arounds, on time departures... so do their customers...over the last 6 years they’ve been horrible in my experience ... especially any post 18:00 departure... retuning from work trip, just wanting bed and tv it’s been too often arrive at gate no sign of aircraft....

embraer170

5.99 today, 9.99 next year, 14.99 the year after, and probably more on top for peak holiday flights.

Nigel Fairservice

titan18 wrote: »

Yup, I'm the same. Get a seat close to the front too then for a quick exit. I also hate queuing so it was just more preferable. Changes like this just make priority boarding worse.

I think there's still a few of us out there that would pay a bit extra for early boarding. I'm a bit puzzled by why Ryanair put paying for a cabin bag under the priority boarding umbrella. It just undermined priority boarding as I understood it as a product.

titan18

Nigel Fairservice wrote: »

I always paid for old priority because I didn't like all the fussing at boarding time. I liked getting on the plane, throwing my bag into the overhead, getting into my window seat and relaxing. I generally wouldn't move until disembarkation time on short haul flights. I'd like if the likes of Ryanair introduced some kind of priority plus that allowed for early boarding if people wished. Their current priority might as well be called paid for a bag in the cabin.

Yup, I'm the same. Get a seat close to the front too then for a quick exit. I also hate queuing so it was just more preferable. Changes like this just make priority boarding worse.

Nigel Fairservice

kevinandrew wrote: »

True. It’s now common to see the priority queues at Ryanair and Wizz stretch longer than the standard queues. Anyone standing towards the back of the priority queue is essentially boarding with the last of the passengers. The rush to board aircraft is probably worse that ever because of it.

I always paid for old priority because I didn't like all the fussing at boarding time. I liked getting on the plane, throwing my bag into the overhead, getting into my window seat and relaxing. I generally wouldn't move until disembarkation time on short haul flights. I'd like if the likes of Ryanair introduced some kind of priority plus that allowed for early boarding if people wished. Their current priority might as well be called paid for a bag in the cabin.

Shamrockj

Tenger wrote: »

That was my thought too.
Over the last 10 years I’ve heard from my cabin crew mates that boarding was a nightmare due to trying to find space for bags and then having to offload some which causes a verbal row. (They say that transisting yanks aren’t fond of the fact that the bin above their head isn’t ‘theirs’)

Obviously EI have internal stats of how many flights are/were delayed due to baggage issues and want to eliminate this.

Personally I think the E5.99 charge is aimed as a deterrent rather than a revenue generator. Having quicker boarding and disembarkation allows them to maintain their 40 min turnarounds throughout the day.
This of course means nothing to the average punter who will be annoyed at being asked for cash to bring a bag with them. Something which. They have been doing for years now. (I’m a wheelie and small rucksack traveller myself. So the target of this policy)

Absolutely agree. The amount of flights that were delayed before due to cabin baggage issues was enormous and made the turn around longer and longer. I don’t like the sound of there being a charge for cabin bags but they really had to do something it was seriously affecting on time performance. At least the 10KG bag is still ‘ free’ as long as you check it in. This is probably a good time to try it too when there is less flights and the affect will be easier to see.

Tenger

Shamrockj wrote: »

?.........
“ Aer Lingus said the changes had been introduced “to ensure faster boarding and de-planing, therefore improving overall customer experience.”
........

That was my thought too.
Over the last 10 years I’ve heard from my cabin crew mates that boarding was a nightmare due to trying to find space for bags and then having to offload some which causes a verbal row. (They say that transisting yanks aren’t fond of the fact that the bin above their head isn’t ‘theirs’)

Obviously EI have internal stats of how many flights are/were delayed due to baggage issues and want to eliminate this.

Personally I think the E5.99 charge is aimed as a deterrent rather than a revenue generator. Having quicker boarding and disembarkation allows them to maintain their 40 min turnarounds throughout the day.
This of course means nothing to the average punter who will be annoyed at being asked for cash to bring a bag with them. Something which. They have been doing for years now. (I’m a wheelie and small rucksack traveller myself. So the target of this policy)

Shamrockj

Strumms wrote: »

The pricing structure is designed to deter you from bringing bags.

To defer you from bringing it on board. You can still bring the same 10Kg bag just that it will be placed in the hold
“ Aer Lingus said the changes had been introduced “to ensure faster boarding and de-planing, therefore improving overall customer experience.”

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.breakingnews.ie/amp/ireland/new-fee-to-bring-carry-on-bag-on-board-aer-lingus-flights-1143725.html

Strumms

Shamrockj wrote: »

The same 10KG bag will be carried just in the hold instead of the cabin. How does that make a difference to the aircraft weight ??

The pricing structure is designed to deter you from bringing bags.

Shamrockj

Strumms wrote: »

They are trying to deter weight on board....to save money, more weight = more fuel required and that fuel in itself weighs, it costs two fold to purchase and to tanker said fuel to destination.

Nothing to do with space, all to do with weight. It’s money and weight...

The same 10KG bag will be carried just in the hold instead of the cabin. How does that make a difference to the aircraft weight ??

Strumms

Shamrockj wrote: »

It is about time though. The under seat bag is stowed under your seat where as the cabin bag would sometimes need to be stowed at the opposite end of the plane and then blocking the aisle and the same when you are getting off. If it was about weight they would be doing away with the 10KG altogether. They aren’t though you still have the exact same allowance just that it will need to go in the hold instead of the cabin if you don’t pay for it. It’s still the same weight being carried whether it’s in the hold or the cabin, for that reason I don’t think they are doing it because of weight.

They are trying to deter weight on board....to save money, more weight = more fuel required and that fuel in itself weighs, it costs two fold to purchase and to tanker said fuel to destination.

Nothing to do with space, all to do with weight. It’s money and weight...

Noxegon

Aer Lingus has historically insisted that bags that fit under the seat be placed there. For those of us with long legs that amounts to a strong disincentive against travel with a smaller bag.

After a miserable flight back in 2019 I started travelling with a larger bag so that this wouldn't happen any longer.

I wonder if the requirement to pay for priority will eliminate this policy. I'm not holding my breath...

Shamrockj

Strumms wrote: »

It’s a sprint to the bottom....It doesn’t reduce delays, the small carry on case has to be safely stowed, the same as a backpack...

It’s about encouraging or hassling people into bringing as little weight on the aircraft...

If today there are 160 people on an Aer Lingus A320 to Milan...

The average weight of the passengers and crew

13.0 tonnes

Baggage / luggage

3.2 tonnes

They are trying to target that 3.2 tonnes, the approximately 3200 kgs... get it off the aircraft through deterrence or if it’s on there have you paying top dollar.

The less weight the less fuel burned... the fuel weighs... you need fuel just to carry fuel... Dublin - Milan could require 14-16 tonnes of fuel on board with a full aircraft... deterring weight, removing weight means less fuel required means more profitable flights....

It is about time though. The under seat bag is stowed under your seat where as the cabin bag would sometimes need to be stowed at the opposite end of the plane and then blocking the aisle and the same when you are getting off. If it was about weight they would be doing away with the 10KG altogether. They aren’t though you still have the exact same allowance just that it will need to go in the hold instead of the cabin if you don’t pay for it. It’s still the same weight being carried whether it’s in the hold or the cabin, for that reason I don’t think they are doing it because of weight.

Cork Lass

We have booked and paid for flights in September and November. Does anyone know if this will be added on or is it for new bookings only.