Ryanair have really ramped up charging people for bags that "don't fit"

Wouldn't be surprised if staff are incentivised to catch people out.

Similar to the car clamping in Dublin city centre.

Where the simple argument falls down is when you take into account that different airlines have different allowed dimensions. Some airlines, for example Aer Lingus, even have different allowances depending on the category of flight. "Regional" flights have smaller allowances

Edit: I see another poster pointed this out above.

Hi Michael! /Waves

I wonder if you acted like you know the law would they back down? let on you are in the legal profession by throwing out some legal language, take pictures as well. I bet most of them would back down.

something like this video below.

They are incentivised - they get a bonus per bag but, it only kicks in after x number of bags.This is why I believe Ryanair have either changed the bonus amount or, the number of bags required to start the bonus - they are certainly more motivated.

Targets for catching people with oversized bags or anything close to the size have been increased significantly according to a neighbour in the airport - staff get 2 Euro for every bag out of the 60 Euro - the other 58 goes to the shareholders/ senior management , it’s your donation to Senior management/ shareholders upgrading their Jeeps every year or pays for senior managements horses running in Cheltenham.

https://ground.news/article/swissport-staff-receive-1-for-every-oversized-cabin-bag-they-take-from-passengers-at-gates-for-easyjet-flights

i agree with some above, ive seen ppl getting on with oversized tent bags and 3 / 4 pcs of hand luggage, nuts.

however, i think with a back pack, there should be a "gimme" , as long as its not busting out. if the bag goes under the seat without issue i dont see the problem.

looking at flights for the year they aint cheap either, seem to be ramping up flight fares too.

I don't fly priority and I find that they check my bag much more often as a result. In fairness, despite having some difficulty shoving it in the stupid box, I have never been fined. I was almost denied boarding once in Bucharest because the imbecile they had working there decided he was a UK Border Force officer.

It just looks like textbook enshittification to me. They have nothing new to offer and they don't have to innovate because the market is owned by incumbents. An airline that was once known as the textbook disruptor is now an ossified monolith.

I fly Ryanair because they're usually the cheapest. That's it. It's a brand I actively hate but it is what it is. The customer service is appalling and when something goes wrong, getting it looked at is a nightmare. In the Bucharest example I gave above, I motioned it to a lad at Border Force who laughed at the whole thing.

Absolutely. Second only to Ticketbas*ard in the "how can we possibly gouge more money for less service" school of business.

I've done it the other way, my suitcase was overweight so I chuck the heaviest stuff into my carry on. :)

as someone said above,it just seems to be enshitification by ryanair…had a family emergency back in october and had to fly to italy at very short notice,usually tick priority but mistakinly didnt this time,anyway was travelling light,small enough(i thought)rucksack with just half dozen pairs of socks&jocks,2 pair of trousers,few shirts and that was it…see one of the staff walking along the line,stops at a couple of lads ahead, "we check bag size" comes up to me "check bag size" yeah cool lets go for it…"bag too big" eh? "bag too big,not fully in,straps not fully in,over top and handle on top,too big" ffs no moving her opinion at all "€60,you pay now" left with zero choice except to cough up…next time priority will be ticked,carry on will be feckin rammed full! lesson learned…

And if you did say something back you’d be arrested as a potential terrorist or whatever - they get away with blue murder so do they do - I don’t support rude or aggressive passengers but I’ve never found Ryanair staff in anyways helpful