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Thank you for this additional explanation! So you arrive at the gate (without having purchased Priority & 2 Cabin Bags together with your ticket), with your normal sized backpack, and you either pay £50 and take your backpack into the cabin OR you hand over your backpack to the staff to be put into the hold and pay nothing, right? Somehow the latter option seems to be too good to be true ...I think it's worth expanding on exactly what a checked bag means in this situation:
This post explains to me why I am too inept to travel on Ryan Air. All of these details are way too much for my brain. Kudos to those of you who have figured it outHi Givesome
I think it's worth expanding on exactly what a checked bag means in this situation:
If you go non-priority and don't pay the extra for a checked bag, then you are allowed to take into the cabin one bag measuring 35x20x20cm. You are also allowed a 55x40x20 bag, but this will be taken from you at the boarding gate and will then be stowed in the hold.
It strikes me that the key point here is that you don't have to arrive at the airport extra early and queue to check in your bag, but you have the minor incovenience of waiting a few minutes at the other end for your bag to appear on the carousel. For UK folks flying to a little airport like Biarritz this usually less than 5 minutes.
If you have a camino backpack of around 35-40 litres you just need to check that the frame (and objects inside) compresses to 55cm. My Osprey 44L Talon compresses to exactly 55cm. If your items mean your backpack is deeper than 20cm, then take some out and use your drybag for the 35x20x20cm small bag allowance.
This seems to me to be a not very onerous change and might mean quicker take-offs with less time spent in the frenzy of so many folks trying to cram too many oversized bags into the overhead lockers. Si?
Cheers, tom
This post explains to me why I am too inept to travel on Ryan Air. All of these details are way too much for my brain. Kudos to those of you who have figured it out
Thank You Kanga,I think this thread, and in particular the video in the first post, explains it clearly: https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/low-cost-airlines-explained.52625/
To clarify, you can't take 'normal' sized luggage to the gate. You must pay and check in Ryanair luggage that is over 10kilos and/or over the size of 55,40,20. Don't bring anything obviously larger to the gate, otherwise ground crew can fine you for not following your booking conditions but most importantly, it delays the flights. Read the airline rules for each airline you use. For example easyJet have different rules to Ryanair. easyJet do not allow 2 carry-on bags so any small handbag has to go inside their 56x45x25 one bag only policy, but no weight restrictions . No walking poles was specifically added to the dangerous items rules last year too, in small print. It's a safety policy rather than airlines, due to poles sharp points. Just check your airline rules and all will be fine.Thank you for this additional explanation! So you arrive at the gate (without having purchased Priority & 2 Cabin Bags together with your ticket), with your normal sized backpack, and you either pay £50 and take your backpack into the cabin OR you hand over your backpack to the staff to be put into the hold and pay nothing, right? Somehow the latter option seems to be too good to be true ...
thank you @GivesomeThe Ryanair flights from Santiago de Compostela to Madrid are a popular low cost option for pilgrims heading home after the Camino.
On Jan 15th 2018 Ryanair changed its on board bag policy. If you buy the standard ticket you are only allowed one bag with a size of 35x20x20cm. This is the size of a handbag or laptop bag.
If you want to take your carry-on size (55x40x20cm) backpack on boar without checking it you need to buy the additional option: "Priority & 2 Cabin Bags". Ryanair will check your backpack if you don't have this option or it will cost you extra on the airport to buy it. It seems that the Ryanair carry-on size is also smaller than other airlines. Raynair - 55 x 40 x 20cm, Iberia and most other airlines - 56 x 45 x 25 cm.
Please see the new bag policy here: https://www.ryanair.com/gb/en/plan-trip/flying-with-us/baggage-policy
Yup. Cheers for that.Hi Givesome
I think it's worth expanding on exactly what a checked bag means in this situation:
If you go non-priority and don't pay the extra for a checked bag, then you are allowed to take into the cabin one bag measuring 35x20x20cm. You are also allowed a 55x40x20 bag, but this will be taken from you at the boarding gate and will then be stowed in the hold.
It strikes me that the key point here is that you don't have to arrive at the airport extra early and queue to check in your bag, but you have the minor incovenience of waiting a few minutes at the other end for your bag to appear on the carousel. For UK folks flying to a little airport like Biarritz this usually less than 5 minutes.
If you have a camino backpack of around 35-40 litres you just need to check that the frame (and objects inside) compresses to 55cm. My Osprey 44L Talon compresses to exactly 55cm. If your items mean your backpack is deeper than 20cm, then take some out and use your drybag for the 35x20x20cm small bag allowance.
This seems to me to be a not very onerous change and might mean quicker take-offs with less time spent in the frenzy of so many folks trying to cram too many oversized bags into the overhead lockers. Si?
Cheers, tom
I mean seriously....the Iberia flight costs 49 Euros (Including taxes)...is this really an issue?The Ryanair flights from Santiago de Compostela to Madrid are a popular low cost option for pilgrims heading home after the Camino.
On Jan 15th 2018 Ryanair changed its on board bag policy. If you buy the standard ticket you are only allowed one bag with a size of 35x20x20cm. This is the size of a handbag or laptop bag.
If you want to take your carry-on size (55x40x20cm) backpack on boar without checking it you need to buy the additional option: "Priority & 2 Cabin Bags". Ryanair will check your backpack if you don't have this option or it will cost you extra on the airport to buy it. It seems that the Ryanair carry-on size is also smaller than other airlines. Raynair - 55 x 40 x 20cm, Iberia and most other airlines - 56 x 45 x 25 cm.
Please see the new bag policy here: https://www.ryanair.com/gb/en/plan-trip/flying-with-us/baggage-policy
I mean seriously....the Iberia flight costs 49 Euros (Including taxes)...is this really an issue?
True. Perhaps still good to share information for those flying out of airports which Iberia doesn't serve.
What airports in Spain does Iberia not serve? They serve 26 airports in Spain!True. Perhaps still good to share information for those flying out of airports which Iberia doesn't serve.
What airports in Spain does Iberia not serve? They serve 26 airports in Spain!
Thanks Tom, very helpful.Hi Givesome
I think it's worth expanding on exactly what a checked bag means in this situation:
If you go non-priority and don't pay the extra for a checked bag, then you are allowed to take into the cabin one bag measuring 35x20x20cm. You are also allowed a 55x40x20 bag, but this will be taken from you at the boarding gate and will then be stowed in the hold.
It strikes me that the key point here is that you don't have to arrive at the airport extra early and queue to check in your bag, but you have the minor incovenience of waiting a few minutes at the other end for your bag to appear on the carousel. For UK folks flying to a little airport like Biarritz this usually less than 5 minutes.
If you have a camino backpack of around 35-40 litres you just need to check that the frame (and objects inside) compresses to 55cm. My Osprey 44L Talon compresses to exactly 55cm. If your items mean your backpack is deeper than 20cm, then take some out and use your drybag for the 35x20x20cm small bag allowance.
This seems to me to be a not very onerous change and might mean quicker take-offs with less time spent in the frenzy of so many folks trying to cram too many oversized bags into the overhead lockers. Si?
Cheers, tom
If I’m reading the Ryanair guidance correctly I don’t think I’ll be able to pack my poles into my backpack (unfortunately) as they say the pack will be ‘taken at the gate’, which still means having to pass through Security with it.i like that they take the bag and I don't have to drag it onto the plane.
Aerlingus also offer to put your cabin bag into the hold free of charge and will take it at the bag drop desk. This means that I can get around the 100ml liquid limit (I want to bring a 125ml cream) and won't need to worry about security stopping me with my foldable pole. Still need to keep within the weight limit.
Thanks Glenshiro, I think it’s the luck of the draw. I had a pair confiscated by Security at Stansted Airport, so that’s why I’m wary of carrying them through Security now.This topic (poles) has come up many times. I have had no problem taking mine into the cabin at a number of European airports if they are unscrewed into their component parts (3 in my case) and strapped together.
Many thanks Tom...very concise, and clear. Peter Ellis.Hi Givesome
I think it's worth expanding on exactly what a checked bag means in this situation:
If you go non-priority and don't pay the extra for a checked bag, then you are allowed to take into the cabin one bag measuring 35x20x20cm. You are also allowed a 55x40x20 bag, but this will be taken from you at the boarding gate and will then be stowed in the hold.
It strikes me that the key point here is that you don't have to arrive at the airport extra early and queue to check in your bag, but you have the minor incovenience of waiting a few minutes at the other end for your bag to appear on the carousel. For UK folks flying to a little airport like Biarritz this usually less than 5 minutes.
If you have a camino backpack of around 35-40 litres you just need to check that the frame (and objects inside) compresses to 55cm. My Osprey 44L Talon compresses to exactly 55cm. If your items mean your backpack is deeper than 20cm, then take some out and use your drybag for the 35x20x20cm small bag allowance.
This seems to me to be a not very onerous change and might mean quicker take-offs with less time spent in the frenzy of so many folks trying to cram too many oversized bags into the overhead lockers. Si?
Cheers, tom
Hello friends. Thank you all for this input.
I came across this new information earlier this week as I plan my flight from Dublin to Manchester (UK) as I'm walking Wainwright's Way this summer. It was confusing via Ryan Air, yet as I did a trial booking (I go through all the motions and then back out before purchase to get better idea of cost), I found the same that Phil71 does. There is a 10euro option to bring on bag. I think I'll be good just paying the minimum with my 32L bag even if have to put in hold since it is free.
Besides this, might anyone have any suggestions on getting from Dublin to the start of Wainwright's Way (also known as The Coast to Coast)? It looks like only only Ryan Air and Aer Lingus are options to fly to Manchester, and then I'll bus(?) to St. Bees.
Keep a smile,
Simeon
Hello friends. Thank you all for this input.
I came across this new information earlier this week as I plan my flight from Dublin to Manchester (UK) as I'm walking Wainwright's Way this summer. It was confusing via Ryan Air, yet as I did a trial booking (I go through all the motions and then back out before purchase to get better idea of cost), I found the same that Phil71 does. There is a 10euro option to bring on bag. I think I'll be good just paying the minimum with my 32L bag even if have to put in hold since it is free.
Besides this, might anyone have any suggestions on getting from Dublin to the start of Wainwright's Way (also known as The Coast to Coast)? It looks like only only Ryan Air and Aer Lingus are options to fly to Manchester, and then I'll bus(?) to St. Bees.
Keep a smile,
Simeon
Hi - You can take a ferry from Dublin to Liverpool and then a train or bus to St. Bees from there.
- Julie
Hi Tom,Hi Givesome
I think it's worth expanding on exactly what a checked bag means in this situation:
If you go non-priority and don't pay the extra for a checked bag, then you are allowed to take into the cabin one bag measuring 35x20x20cm. You are also allowed a 55x40x20 bag, but this will be taken from you at the boarding gate and will then be stowed in the hold.
It strikes me that the key point here is that you don't have to arrive at the airport extra early and queue to check in your bag, but you have the minor incovenience of waiting a few minutes at the other end for your bag to appear on the carousel. For UK folks flying to a little airport like Biarritz this usually less than 5 minutes.
If you have a camino backpack of around 35-40 litres you just need to check that the frame (and objects inside) compresses to 55cm. My Osprey 44L Talon compresses to exactly 55cm. If your items mean your backpack is deeper than 20cm, then take some out and use your drybag for the 35x20x20cm small bag allowance.
This seems to me to be a not very onerous change and might mean quicker take-offs with less time spent in the frenzy of so many folks trying to cram too many oversized bags into the overhead lockers. Si?
Cheers, tom
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