Originally Posted by
markle
Work has booked me on a Ryanair flight from STN (don't event start...), so a couple of quick follow-up questions:
- My carry-on is the right size for BA, but too big for Ryanair. Will paying for priority boarding mean I'm less likely to be scrutinized?
- If I did decide to just pay for checked luggage, is there a priority bag drop queue for those with priority boarding? (Trying to avoid ridiculous queues and spend more time in bed asleep...!)
Isn't this grounds for claiming constructive dismissal?
My experience is that these days they don't usually check and I've seen plenty of supersize bags carried on without any of the gate agents batting an eyelid. There seems to be a de facto 1+1 policy so you can even take a laptop bag, etc, with your usual carry on and it's no problem. This is in stark contrast to how things used to be. Other airlines like Wizz Air will throw the book at you for trying to sneak on anything over and above the specified sizes.
With Ryanair I've found that paying for Priority Boarding can often be cost effective. Now that they don't strictly enforce carry on requirements, lots of people are taking the mick and so with PB you know you're going to get space to stow your luggage. The other thing is that people still start forming queues ridiculously early for boarding, usually well before the incoming plane has even landed. With assigned seats this shouldn't make sense but I guess people are just desperate to find space to stow their bags.