Ryanair and carry on?

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Oct 3, 2016, 6:28 am

#16

irishguy28

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Originally Posted by Internaut

Only thing I'd advise with Ryan Air.... Buy an assigned seat in advance. It gives you priority boarding

No, it doesn't.

Only the "priority seats" [First 5 rows and the 2 emergency exit rows] come with advance boarding included. "Standard" seats do not include priority boarding.

Priority Boarding can be added to any Ryanair reservation, whether or not you pay for a seat selection.

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Oct 3, 2016, 10:26 am

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Originally Posted by Internaut

Only thing I'd advise with Ryan Air.... Buy an assigned seat in advance. It gives you priority boarding and pretty much guarantees a space for your bag in the overhead bins.

I did just that, seat 7D on both flights, which allows priority boarding. For me it was cheaper to fly FR with advance seat booking than flying Aer Lingus.. The flight also kept to schedule and there were no annoying advertisements playing during the flight.

EDIT: Maybe I paid for Priority boarding, I don't remember. Regardless my total came out to $86 when the other flights were $106 and +

Dec 24, 2017, 4:27 pm

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Anyone with recent experience on Ryanair (after all the recent more-strict-less-strict changes). What have you see wrt. carryon sizes?
I have several US-carrier sized carryons that are close but slightly oversized (perhaps by 1cm on thickness or 1-2cm on height if including wheels). Nothing egregious, but we have 3 people and buying 3 carryon bags (that will be discarded after the trip) isn't really appealing.