Originally Posted by
travellingtechie
asking on behalf of my sister, who has arranged a package holiday through thomas cook which unfortunately involves ryanair flights. She was offered 10kg of hold baggage for about 10 quid per person each way, which she accepted. And then bought a lightweight IT brand suitcase as she realised that 10k isn't much!
I looked into this for her and according to the ryanair websites there is also size restriction on this "special offer" - it's basically the cabin bag limits of 55cm x 40cm x 20cm . (source :
https://www.ryanair.com/gb/en/useful...nsar_696869348 section 8.3.1 third para)
Another page (
https://www.ryanair.com/gb/en/useful...g-check-in-bag ) doesn't help because it doesn't specify a size limit in the text but the photo does. The photo shows the bigger size for priority boarding yet the text mentions the smaller size for under seat!
My sister contacted thomas cook to query this, and they came back with this reply :
Now, the size they quote above is for the larger bag with priority boarding, the under seat limits are actually 40cm x 20cm x 25cm , so it seems that even ryanair support personal don't understand the rules!
So my question is, has anyone here done the 10kg checked bag with a bag larger than a cabin bag of 55x40x20, and if so was it accepted without question or charged as if a full size 20k drop?
Cheers
TT
Possibly unofficial, but the 10kg bag you are checking in can be larger than the specified size as long as the weight is 10kg (or 10.9kg max, whatever the bag drop machines accept depending on your overall baggage allowance).
The odd person at MAN brings say 26"-30" cases of 9.9kg and they if they weigh fine on the machines (the machines can't tell how big the bag is anyway so only go by weight), a tag is printed without an issue.
Desk agents should accept these as well.
Bringing an oversized bag to the gate as Priority or non-priority would get you a £50 charge, although a little discretion might apply depending on who is boarding and how big the bag is compared to the gauge
Pretty much, if it's the correct size and has wheels (or is say a solidly packed holdall), it's a CABIN bag that only Priority can bring to the plane. A lot of the really small hard cases with wheels fit in the top sizer but the wheels add 2-3" to the bag, putting it outside of the dimensions of the gauge, therefore making it a CABIN bag which is chargeable)
If it's squashable, most of the time it will be fine as a SMALL bag. i.e handbag, backpack, gym bag sort of thing.