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

Yep we saw some poor sod get nabbed by the Ryanair gougers on our flight to Lisbon. We were just relieved it wasn't my girlfriend again. Wait until they nab their first victim then board straight after the unlucky one.

But this is what you get when you fly with Ryanair. I travel regularly and would never fly with them unless there is no other option or my girlfriend books it. People think they are cheaper but not cheaper for all their victims!

Also my mother's friend got charged something like €64 for her handbag. Most have been a big handbag but I'd rather fly with an airline you can relax on. Thank God they don't do long haul.

A lot of the small case now have 4 wheels sticking out. This increases the size. Also stops some cases fitting bottom first into the overheads. that person then puts their case in sideways and takes up the space of 2 carry-ons.

Then if you board after them, your bag can end up at the opposite end of the plane.

They were a little too lax last year and it was being abused and then it was causing the above issues on planes, so simple solution is to implement the very public measurements fully.

The VAST VAST VAST majority get it right. The few that can't understand basic measurements run to the daily muck to whine.

Ryanair love this as it publicises the rule and measurements they got you to agree to at booking.

But is you are unable to understand that the measurement is the TOTAL measurement including wheels and handles, maybe you should book a check-in bag

I would leave the bag in a bin before I would pay them an extra 60 euro, I wouldn't let them get one over on me.

Dump it in the bin.

it would be mostly boxers, socks and t shirts. could easily replace them with the 60 euro extra they would charge me.

I genuinely can’t be accepting of all this inflexibility nonsense and trying to nickel and dime people.. looking now on their website and Aer Lingus and British Airways are a far more user friendly straightforward experience…Ryanair are just going to make the experience you have with them so unreasonable and user unfriendly that people will happily just pay a little extra not to use them..not everything is about money. Yes I enjoy a bargain and an inexpensive fare but I also want a comfortable and reasonable experience, from booking to landing, that is something that can be worth paying a bit extra for….

People need to bring stuff when they go away. If I’m going to Copenhagen tomorrow for 3 nights… it’s going to be mildish in the day but down to 0° at night. So I’m easily going to require jumpers, coat / jacket and my heavy Parka. I think Ryanair is overthinking this and they are going to make it worthwhile paying more to their competitors. Website layout is a confusing over detailed clusterfûck now too… I just can’t be arsed.