Originally Posted by
Aviatrix
I have been asked to put my carry-on on the scales on several occasions with Ryanair, both at the check-in desk and at security (bathroom scales at LBC!). I have also seen it happen to others - one one occasion, at STN, I saw a passenger being called back to check-in, after she had started to walk away, when the agent became aware of the backpack she was carrying.
Ditto here. The one and only time I flew on Ryanair (it was via their "Frankfurt" aiport, BTW) I was asked to weigh my handluggage and then discard items in it. Meanwhile my fellow passengers took their bags though and then stocked up on several kiligrams worth of duty free bottles, when they carried on the
same plane. Go figure...
In any case, I was disgusted by the whole Ryanair experience and that was my last time ever flying with them. I have no idea what people are thinking flying them time after time. They dont even have respect for their customers. No amount of fake savings is worth that. And it is fake savings, because they simply load on YOU the cost of:
- stress
- travel cost to and from to distant airports
- time asted doing the above
- weasely hidden fees, even a "fee" for checking in at the airport. (yep)
It is just NOT worth it. Simple as that. I have had far more pleasant experiences taking the bus than I have had on Ryanair. Let's put it that way. Hell, if you are travelling that far in advance, just take a train even. Anything but Ryanair, which IMO makes EasyJet and Monarch feel like luxury carriers!