Ryanair bag drop at Stansted
Dec 8, 2013, 9:17 am
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Ryanair bag drop at Stansted
How early (or rather how late 
) before flight time should I plan at being at the airport if flying from STN with luggage with Ryanair?
I know the bag drop closes 40 mins before schedule departure time but what I wondered is what the queues typically are like (departure time is 1.45pm on a Thursday).
Do they use common baggage drop positions for all flights or are the counters specific to individual flights?
) before flight time should I plan at being at the airport if flying from STN with luggage with Ryanair?I know the bag drop closes 40 mins before schedule departure time but what I wondered is what the queues typically are like (departure time is 1.45pm on a Thursday).
Do they use common baggage drop positions for all flights or are the counters specific to individual flights?
Dec 8, 2013, 10:26 am
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How early (or rather how late ) before flight time should I plan at being at the airport if flying from STN with luggage with Ryanair?
I know the bag drop closes 40 mins before schedule departure time but what I wondered is what the queues typically are like (departure time is 1.45pm on a Thursday).
Do they use common baggage drop positions for all flights or are the counters specific to individual flights?
) before flight time should I plan at being at the airport if flying from STN with luggage with Ryanair?I know the bag drop closes 40 mins before schedule departure time but what I wondered is what the queues typically are like (departure time is 1.45pm on a Thursday).
Do they use common baggage drop positions for all flights or are the counters specific to individual flights?
Be careful with this plan...you know very well that the Leprechaun King has no mercy on those who aren't standing with bags on the scale at T-42.
Dec 9, 2013, 2:05 pm
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Last time that I checked in luggage from Stansted, it was an "late" flight (around 18:00) and there was maybe 20 minute queue for lugage drop off.
The drop off positions were commun, and there were quite a few that were open. There was a "fast" one on the right, where they only called the next flights (and maybe people that paid for priority drop off).
The drop off positions were commun, and there were quite a few that were open. There was a "fast" one on the right, where they only called the next flights (and maybe people that paid for priority drop off).
Jan 2, 2014, 7:55 am
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A bit late to the party but note that Ruinair often (but not consistently) won't accept baggage any sooner than 2 hours before scheduled departure time.