Originally Posted by
giorginho
Could it just be that the person who told you this isn't an Aegean employee, but rather handles all kinds of airlines at Budapest and is used to passing on this info due to the majority of flights being Ryan and Wizz? :P
PS. Ryan's "argument" for pricing carry-ons actually stands, since a A320 does only have space for ~90 cabin bags, if one makes use of the size allowance to the maximum, I think we've all had the situation on an Aegean flight where we just couldn't find space for our bag upon reaching our row...
Most likely she wasn't working for Aegean but rather for a handler. This makes no sense either way though. If the agent thought that OP had a non-HB fare, then she would have charged him/her no matter the potential storage space availability onboard. Ryanair and the likes are pretty good at leeching ancillary revenue from pax in such cases. Otherwise, since OP's carry-on was within the applicable size and weight restrictions, the airline would have no right to charge OP even if they forced him/her to check that bag. LCC or nor, it's simply against the law to charge somebody for a service they didn't purchase (directly, or indirectly by insisting to travel with an overweight bag).