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We are 2 pilgrims walking from Puente la Reina to st Dominga del Calzada on Sept 24th. In our haste booking Ryanair flights from Dublin to Biarritz, we overlooked checking in hiking poles. I understand we cannot carry them on and if we check them in now there will be a charge of €40 each way. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Sorry to hear this and not sure I can offer any good advice at this stage. Can you not put them inside your backpacks if you are checking them in? I decided in advance to check in my backpack with poles and bought an airporter bag to put everything in as I was getting a Ryan Air flight from Santiago back to London 2 weeks ago at end of Camino. I was really pleased i did this. I thought there might be issues with Ryan Air and didn't want that hassle as well.We are 2 pilgrims walking from Puente la Reina to st Dominga del Calzada on Sept 24th. In our haste booking Ryanair flights from Dublin to Biarritz, we overlooked checking in hiking poles. I understand we cannot carry them on and if we check them in now there will be a charge of €40 each way☹. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Are you flying BACK from Santiago?We are 2 pilgrims walking from Puente la Reina to st Dominga del Calzada on Sept 24th. In our haste booking Ryanair flights from Dublin to Biarritz, we overlooked checking in hiking poles. I understand we cannot carry them on and if we check them in now there will be a charge of €40 each way☹. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
We are 2 pilgrims walking from Puente la Reina to st Dominga del Calzada on Sept 24th. In our haste booking Ryanair flights from Dublin to Biarritz, we overlooked checking in hiking poles. I understand we cannot carry them on and if we check them in now there will be a charge of €40 each way☹. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
An ancillary question: Does it help if dismantled poles fit inside a carry-on bag? Checkin staff wouldn’t see the poles, but they would need to go through the security x-ray check. Would that security check cause problems? In other words, does the problem arise with the airline or with airport security?
I have read this multiple times on the forum and elsewhere, but I'm wondering if there is an official statement to this effect somewhere on the Santiago airport website or??Are you flying BACK from Santiago?
If so, all airlines including Ryanair...allow poles to be put in the hold for free...just go to the desk of whatever airline you are flying with and they will check them in for you....this arrangement is only at Santiago airport though.
Best wishes
Annette
I've never seen any official statement re this but when we were returning from Santiago this July we just went to the Ryanair check in desk and our poles were put in the hold for free.I have read this multiple times on the forum and elsewhere, but I'm wondering if there is an official statement to this effect somewhere on the Santiago airport website or??
I've had disassembled hiking poles removed from my backpack and told I could check them below. It was too late to backtrack to do that and was "so angry I could spit" as my mom used to say. I told them to take and toss them! Grrr!An ancillary question: Does it help if dismantled poles fit inside a carry-on bag? Checkin staff wouldn’t see the poles, but they would need to go through the security x-ray check. Would that security check cause problems? In other words, does the problem arise with the airline or with airport security?
I have had my poles checked in the hold for free in Santiago, too, several times flying Ryanair back to Madrid.I've never seen any official statement re this but when we were returning from Santiago this July we just went to the Ryanair check in desk and our poles were put in the hold for free.
I also asked one of the security personnel after we'd gone through security and she confirmed that this was the case for all airlines
I wish I'd known about this years ago as our poles were taken off of us on our first Camino...then, for years afterwards we paid to have then put in the hold
It was only last year when it was mentioned on this forum that we first knew of this service
I have flown from Dublin to Biarritz on Ryanair with my poles disassembled and put inside my carry-on rucksack.We are 2 pilgrims walking from Puente la Reina to st Dominga del Calzada on Sept 24th. In our haste booking Ryanair flights from Dublin to Biarritz, we overlooked checking in hiking poles. I understand we cannot carry them on and if we check them in now there will be a charge of €40 each way☹. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
I don’t know what the policy is but I have brought them through Dublin Airport security three times without problem. I have had the rubber ends over the tips and the poles in pieces in my bag. I have also brought them through security in Madrid and Bilbao. I posted them home when I went from Santiago airport.That’s interesting - it’s really getting them through airport security that’s the problem as opposed to Ryanair itself. I suppose I could chance packing some old poles in my carry on pack and just keep my fingers crossed at security!!
Hi siúlóiri MCWe are 2 pilgrims walking from Puente la Reina to st Dominga del Calzada on Sept 24th. In our haste booking Ryanair flights from Dublin to Biarritz, we overlooked checking in hiking poles. I understand we cannot carry them on and if we check them in now there will be a charge of €40 each way☹. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
I’ve flown several times from Dublin with both aer lingus and Ryanair with walking poles in my hand luggage. Had no problems with security or the ground staff of either airline. Unless they are really expensive I would just carry themWe are 2 pilgrims walking from Puente la Reina to st Dominga del Calzada on Sept 24th. In our haste booking Ryanair flights from Dublin to Biarritz, we overlooked checking in hiking poles. I understand we cannot carry them on and if we check them in now there will be a charge of €40 each way☹. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
No, there is a third, which was mentioned by @tigermike above - send them by post if you still have the time, to the first accommodation you have booked or call or email the place you intend to stay and ask them nicely if you can ship them there. Send the two pairs together to save on postage. I have done this for years with no problems. Poles are specifically mentioned on the list of prohibited items on Ryanair flights and I have no idea why some people insist on trying it anyway. Also why buy and throw away cheap poles if you have a perfectly good pair? And can someone confirm the free pole check-in from Santiago? Buen camino!@siúlóirí MC you have 2 choice
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