Economy passengers blithely stowing their bags in the overhead lockers in business class, thus denying business class pax of the opportunity to load their own stuff, is a common problem.

Last Thursday (4/5) I flew DUS-LHR in British Airways' Club Europe (business) cabin. While the economy section was full to the gunwhales there were only three pax in CE. However, when I boarded, all the overhead lockers were crammed full of EY passengers' bags so I was unable to stow my roll-on.

The BA purser showed both resource and initiative: she asked the other two CE pax to identify their property and then had a GA remove all the rest for loading in the belly of the plane.

Simples.

Are you seriously trying to tell us, in all honesty, that this woman was less than three feet high?

Fiddlesticks.

Ryanair: "Each passenger may check in up to two checked bags upon payment of the applicable checked baggage fees by electing to purchase a checked baggage allowance of either 15 kilos or 20 kilos when make their initial booking. After the booking is made checked baggage can be added to a reservation via the Manage My Booking facility up to 4 hours before the scheduled flight departure time. The checked baggage fees are charged per person/per one way flight and are discounted when booked on-line. Higher baggage fees apply when checked bags are purchased via a Ryanair call centre or airport ticket desk, during peak periods and on selected routes. Fees may vary from time to time but it is the rates in force at the time you book and/or pay for your checked baggage allowance which apply.

For full details of our current Checked Baggage Fees, see our Table of Fees."

http://www.ryanair.com/en/terms-and-...ns-tableoffees

EasyJet: "To keep our fares low, be able to board the plane as quickly as possible and ensure your comfort onboard, if you bring more than one piece of hand baggage we’ll check the extra into the hold. We’ll need to charge you for this – at check-in this fee is £25 due to higher handling costs at the airport if you don't buy the bag online and at the boarding gate this increases to £40 to ensure that we can bring you to your destination on time."