Ryanair baggage rules

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anotherfool

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Can anyone please shed some light on Ryanair's baggage rules? I have not had much luck telephoning their customer service number. Ryanair allow 15kg checked baggage per passenger. I wish to travel with my wife & share a suitcase. Does anyone know what the weight limit is for this suitcase?
 
anotherfool said:
I wish to travel with my wife & share a suitcase.
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Mr and Mrs Houdini by any chance? Have you read what's on their website about baggage rules?

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Checked Baggage

 Checked Baggage is any item accepted for carriage in the aircraft hold, including bags, infant, musical, sports and mobility equipment.
Passengers travelling on a reservation with checked baggage are required to check-in at the airport and are subject to an airport check-in fee of £2/€3 (or local currency equivalent) per person/per one way flight.

Each passenger is permitted to check in up to a maximum of 3 bags combined weight of 15kgs subject to the payment of the applicable checked baggage fees. Checked baggage booked online is charged at a discounted rate of £5/€6 for the first bag and £10/€12 for each additional bag. If checked baggage fees are paid either at the airport or through a Ryanair call centre, the standard rate of £10/€12 per bag will apply.

No pooling or sharing of baggage allowances is permitted, even within a party travelling on the same reservation.

Any passenger exceeding their 15kg personal checked baggage allowance will be charged for the excess at the currently applicable rate of £5.50/€8 per kilo (or local currency equivalent.

There is no checked baggage allowance for infants. However, one fully collapsible pushchair per infant may be carried free of charge. Additional infant equipment is charged at £5/€6 per item.

Mobility Equipment is carried free of charge.

Sporting or musical equipment including but not limited to large fishing rods, golf clubs, bicycles, scooters, fencing equipment, surfboards, bodyboards, snowboards and skis and large musical instruments including but not limited to harps, double bass and drums are inherently unsuitable for carriage by airlines operating fast turnarounds such as Ryanair. However these items may be carried in the hold of the aircraft in addition to your personal checked baggage allowance upon payment of an additional charge of £15.50/€22.50 per item, per one way flight via [broken link removed] or £20.50/€30 per item, per one way flight at the airport or through a Ryanair call centre. Smaller musical items such as a guitar, cello, violin or viola which exceed our cabin baggage dimensions may be carried in the cabin if a seat for it has been reserved and the appropriate fare paid. There is no checked baggage allowance associated with the purchase of an extra seat.

For health and safety reasons Ryanair does not accept for carriage any individual item exceeding 32 kilos or with combined dimensions of more than 81cms (height), 119cms (width) and 119cms (depth). This weight limit does not apply to mobility equipment.

Ryanair does not accept responsibility for unsuitably packed, perishable, damaged, or fragile baggage or for minor damage to the exterior of baggage (e.g. scratches, stains, soiling, dents) resulting from normal wear and tear.

See paragraph below headed 'Prohibited Articles' for items not permitted in the cabin and/or aircraft hold.

Cabin Baggage

 One item of cabin baggage per person, weighing no more than 10kg and with maximum dimensions of 55cm x 40cm x 20cm, may be carried into the aircraft
cabin free of charge (due to security restrictions - certain items cannot be carried in cabin baggage - [broken link removed]).
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Make sure if you book your tickets online together that you put one bag under her name and one under yours.

Recent trip where 3 peoples tickets booked together and 3 bags paid for by one person . The 'servisair' check-in desk said that only the person who booked could check in 3 bags as they were all under her name. All 3 together had to be under 15kg. The other two passengers would have to pay for their bags ( AGAIN !) or pay overweight per kilo under the first passengers name.

A total scam.
 
when you are booking with ryanair if gives you the option person by person of saying yes or no to check in luggage.
 
SNB said:
Make sure if you book your tickets online together that you put one bag under her name and one under yours.

Recent trip where 3 peoples tickets booked together and 3 bags paid for by one person . The 'servisair' check-in desk said that only the person who booked could check in 3 bags as they were all under her name. All 3 together had to be under 15kg. The other two passengers would have to pay for their bags ( AGAIN !) or pay overweight per kilo under the first passengers name.

A total scam.
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Sorry, but you can't blame Ryanair on this one, you'll have to blame the person who booked the tickets!!
My bro-in-law had to rebook some tickets for us and put all the cases under one name. A quick trip to customer service (before checking in) got it sorted.
 
We're travelling with Ryanair in a couple of week with 2 children. I am just wondering will they be entitled to bring a carry on bag with them.
 
Presumably they are over 2 and allocated their own seat in which case I presume the normal baggage rules apply to them too?
 
Kids over 2 get the 10Kilo carry on baggage allowance - same as adults. Infants have no allowance but you can bring a buggy for free.
 
Bronte said:
Infants have no allowance but you can bring a buggy for free.
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Presumably you mean infants sitting on your lap with no seat allocated? But presumably you could still book a seat for them and thereby get a baggage allowance if you really wanted/needed? They will still need to sit on your lap at least for take off and landing.
 
HighFlier said:
Actually no. Ryanair specifically do not allow you to book a seat for an infant.
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........unless the child potentially looks 2. They don't ask for proof of age, my friend booked her 22 month old his own seat recently and no questions were asked at check-in/on board. (Obviously this is no use if the child is 6 months!)
 
Just travelled with ryanair back through Stansted, they are very serious when they say "one piece of hand luggage", a handbag + a plastic bag with a newspaper + your actual hand luggage bag is now classed as 3 bags!! People were sent back to check in luggage from the boarding card check at security, unless of course you could fit everything into your carry on bag and still managed to stay under the 10kgs, which they weighed at the check in desk and weighed again at security. And also persons who had purchased alcohol and were using stansted as transfer airport also had to put their booze on the weighing scale which of course topped the weight right over and again they were sent back to check in their bags! It took approx 40mins to get through security from when you presented your boarding card for inspection.
 
ngwrbc said:
Just travelled with ryanair back through Stansted, they are very serious when they say "one piece of hand luggage", a handbag + a plastic bag with a newspaper + your actual hand luggage bag is now classed as 3 bags!! People were sent back to check in luggage from the boarding card check at security, unless of course you could fit everything into your carry on bag and still managed to stay under the 10kgs, which they weighed at the check in desk and weighed again at security. And also persons who had purchased alcohol and were using stansted as transfer airport also had to put their booze on the weighing scale which of course topped the weight right over and again they were sent back to check in their bags! It took approx 40mins to get through security from when you presented your boarding card for inspection.
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The only thing related to Ryanair in this post is the 10kg limit. Everything else is dicatated by British Airport Authority (BAA). Same rules apply at all UK airports.
 
Ngwrc - that's good to know. I always carry an empty bag with me in case I have to put the handbag, coats, newspaper bag all into the one. Also now will buy the rashers/chocolate after I have gone through both check in and security so as not to go over the 10 Kilos.

Auntie re infant of 22 months - that's risky, if they had looked at the date of birth and noticed it was under 2 they might not have left you on as you had incorrectly booked. They are very strict about infants not having a seat and I think it's not just their rules but health and safety rules.
 
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