Ryanair: "Revolution". Charge for baggage
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I should have guessed. A week after I book my first flight on Ryanair, having been previously scared of not getting to my destination. Of round europe for a month later this year and will probably be carrying loads of stuff with me. I chose them reluctantly because they went where I wanted to go but now I will probably find that they will want to charge me £200 for my luggage. Wonderful.
Unless its online check-in in which case thats great as I will avoid the tail-backs at Dublin.
I knew there was a reason why I stuck to BA, Bmi and Easyjet.
Unless its online check-in in which case thats great as I will avoid the tail-backs at Dublin.
I knew there was a reason why I stuck to BA, Bmi and Easyjet.
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I think it will be web check-in for hand baggage pax only. I guess web check-in for people with hold baggage may follow but Ryanair would then need to man a separate bag drop desk wouldn't they? otherwise there would be no point in doing it if you had to join the standard check-in queue.
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The only thing that Ryanair are good at (in a big bang kind of a way if you like) is self publicity and marketing. They are masters at this - in fact genius.
Most other things they are below average or worst from a (humble) passenger perspective of course Mr O'Leary m'lud.
Most other things they are below average or worst from a (humble) passenger perspective of course Mr O'Leary m'lud.
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Taken from what I assume is the supporting press release:
* FARES REDUCED BY 9% (£2.50 OR €3.50) FROM 16TH MARCH '06
* WEB CHECK-IN TO ELIMINATE CHECK-IN AND AIRPORT QUEUES
* LUGGAGE ALLOWANCES INCREASED FROM 25KGS TO 30KGS
* PASSENGERS ONLY PAY FOR THE BAGGAGE SERVICE THEY USE
"all passengers travelling with checked in luggage who book after 16th March will now pay a fee of £2.50 (€3.50) per bag, per flight if booked in advance on the website, or £5.00 (€7.00) per bag, per flight if presented unbooked at the airport."
More here - http://www.ryanair.com/site/EN/news....=gen-en-250106
* FARES REDUCED BY 9% (£2.50 OR €3.50) FROM 16TH MARCH '06
* WEB CHECK-IN TO ELIMINATE CHECK-IN AND AIRPORT QUEUES
* LUGGAGE ALLOWANCES INCREASED FROM 25KGS TO 30KGS
* PASSENGERS ONLY PAY FOR THE BAGGAGE SERVICE THEY USE
"all passengers travelling with checked in luggage who book after 16th March will now pay a fee of £2.50 (€3.50) per bag, per flight if booked in advance on the website, or £5.00 (€7.00) per bag, per flight if presented unbooked at the airport."
More here - http://www.ryanair.com/site/EN/news....=gen-en-250106
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This is total Bo
ox....
The allowance has always been 15kg per bag not 25kg 
and ok maybe its the compromise of 15kg checked in luggage and 10kg hand baggage, well it''s still wrong. They allow what, 7 or 8kg hand luggage, I know because they have taken my flight case from me before because it weighed 10 bloody kg
How do you know how many bags you will take on a flight you possibly book weeks in advance??? And what happens if you plan to take one checked in bag and one carry on, but turn up to the airport with 2 bags to check in 
What will they say...."that'll be another 7 Euro for that one, oh and your cabin bags weighs 11 kg, that'll have to be checked in too, that'll be another 7 euro, oh and with that your over-weight on your baggage allowance, how sad, that'll be another 3 to 5 euro per kilo over. Now if you'll just go over and pay at the ticket desk then come back and queue up again i'll get you your boarding card"
And then after all that your told, "Sorry but your flights been cancelled because the BAA have made a mistake with their scheduling and Boeing didn't deliver your plane on time..........Whats that you say, a refund, NO, we don't do that here, why don't you get a hotel room for the night and try again tomorrow, oh and we'll have to charge you for any excess baggage tomorrow because you'll be on a different flight"
And all that just to save 9% on your fare, and my favourite from the site...
Boarding gate queues 
So you won't have to line up in your individual "sequence number 1 to 65" queue any more is that what there trying to say, you won't feel like cattle being herded through the gate as your pushed by other idiots who just can't wait to get on to the aircraft and inspect the shiney new YELLOW interior and spend 5 euro on a coke, or maybe there just looking forward to "on-board gambling" and being able to sit back in the NON-Reclining seats, put there paper or magazine away in the Imaginary seat pockets
ox....
LUGGAGE ALLOWANCES INCREASED FROM 25KGS TO 30KGS
and ok maybe its the compromise of 15kg checked in luggage and 10kg hand baggage, well it''s still wrong. They allow what, 7 or 8kg hand luggage, I know because they have taken my flight case from me before because it weighed 10 bloody kg
all passengers travelling with checked in luggage who book after 16th March will now pay a fee of £2.50 (€3.50) per bag, per flight if booked in advance on the website, or £5.00 (€7.00) per bag, per flight if presented unbooked at the airport.
What will they say...."that'll be another 7 Euro for that one, oh and your cabin bags weighs 11 kg, that'll have to be checked in too, that'll be another 7 euro, oh and with that your over-weight on your baggage allowance, how sad, that'll be another 3 to 5 euro per kilo over. Now if you'll just go over and pay at the ticket desk then come back and queue up again i'll get you your boarding card"And then after all that your told, "Sorry but your flights been cancelled because the BAA have made a mistake with their scheduling and Boeing didn't deliver your plane on time..........Whats that you say, a refund, NO, we don't do that here, why don't you get a hotel room for the night and try again tomorrow, oh and we'll have to charge you for any excess baggage tomorrow because you'll be on a different flight"
And all that just to save 9% on your fare, and my favourite from the site...
passengers who presently travel with just hand luggage will avail of lower fares, will avoid the inconvenience of check-in or boarding gate queues
So you won't have to line up in your individual "sequence number 1 to 65" queue any more is that what there trying to say, you won't feel like cattle being herded through the gate as your pushed by other idiots who just can't wait to get on to the aircraft and inspect the shiney new YELLOW interior and spend 5 euro on a coke, or maybe there just looking forward to "on-board gambling" and being able to sit back in the NON-Reclining seats, put there paper or magazine away in the Imaginary seat pockets
“Priority boarding for passenger’s travelling without hold luggage who have checked in online” So all those struggling to board with “10kg” hand luggage will slow up the people travelling much lighter!
Why not make on line check in available to everyone and have a luggage drop off point at the airport?
Why not make on line check in available to everyone and have a luggage drop off point at the airport?
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=10 DME ARC
Why not make on line check in available to everyone and have a luggage drop off point at the airport?
Why not make on line check in available to everyone and have a luggage drop off point at the airport?
BTW - another short thread under SLF - http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthread.php?t=208042
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Makes more sense for FR to do it then Flybe! Still, sad to see luggage charges come in (although I generally know how much luggage I'm bringing it wouldn't really effect me), but OLCI is a welcome development.
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What happens when people turn up at the boarding gate with a rediculous sized bag that weighs more than me??
Boarding staff cant weigh the bag at the gate, Tagging bags at the gate is just going to take up more time, then getting the bag down to the hold.....etc etc.
Anyone know if this will apply to all ryanair stations?
Boarding staff cant weigh the bag at the gate, Tagging bags at the gate is just going to take up more time, then getting the bag down to the hold.....etc etc.
Anyone know if this will apply to all ryanair stations?
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Some revolution, indeed! The solution is simple though. If you don't like Ryanair don't fly with 'em! However, if passengers are able to fit in and not have checked bags the going through of the system before a FR flight may get a tiny bit more bearable. However, that may be an incidental by the way as generating more cash for the shareholders is the main event. You can be sure of that premise!
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Forgive me - but last time I looked Ryanair was a quoted company on the Stock Exchange. Not a Charity or some wasteful State owned airline which has gobbled billions over the years. The purpose of business is to make money.
Of course this a revolution in Europe. The first large scale deployment in Europe by an airline of online checkin. Anyone with half a brain, an internet connection and a journey of three nts or less will forget checked baggage. Within six months it will free up 100's of check in desks across Europe and allow Ryanair a massive platform for launching additional flights without all the hassle and costs of additional handling. It will reduce T/O times, increase pressure but reduce revenue for regional airports and give most passengers a really improved travelling experience.
Whine, carp and whinge all you want. Ryanair has done it again and broken the mould and rulebook. Sure within a few years it may be EURO 10 to EURO 20 per bag and some handling agents will be wiped out by this. But it will happen and it will work.
Of course this a revolution in Europe. The first large scale deployment in Europe by an airline of online checkin. Anyone with half a brain, an internet connection and a journey of three nts or less will forget checked baggage. Within six months it will free up 100's of check in desks across Europe and allow Ryanair a massive platform for launching additional flights without all the hassle and costs of additional handling. It will reduce T/O times, increase pressure but reduce revenue for regional airports and give most passengers a really improved travelling experience.
Whine, carp and whinge all you want. Ryanair has done it again and broken the mould and rulebook. Sure within a few years it may be EURO 10 to EURO 20 per bag and some handling agents will be wiped out by this. But it will happen and it will work.
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from Bloomberg...
O'Leary said at the news conference that Ryanair is preparing
to open new bases and is in "detailed talks'' with eight European
airports, "two of which are in Poland.'' He also said that this
year passengers will be able to use their mobile phones on Ryanair
planes, with the airline taking a portion of "roaming'' charges.
The company is researching technology that would permit the airline
to add gambling.
Mobile phones? that's finished them for me then. it was bad enough onboard already.to open new bases and is in "detailed talks'' with eight European
airports, "two of which are in Poland.'' He also said that this
year passengers will be able to use their mobile phones on Ryanair
planes, with the airline taking a portion of "roaming'' charges.
The company is researching technology that would permit the airline
to add gambling.