Ryanair's new bag rules from today 1st November 2018

[Spitfire58]

That is my one & only gripe with Ryanair !! 
I detest being shoehorned into their “options”. Who is going to travel to Fuerte (or anywhere else that is a holiday destination & not a quick business meeting) with just a handbag/laptop bag !! 
This now means (for the average couple) extra cost of either 2 x priority boarding OR 2 x 10kg cases in the hold PLUS 2 x seats if they want to sit together. This puts a minimum of £45 onto what (at minimum flight costs) could be £110 return for two flights. Starting to get out of proportion me thinks, that is approx 40% on “extras” that aren’t really extras. Why not just give a realistic flight price with seats & bags included !!

[bedouin]

Ryanair seem to struggle with communication - both with passengers and crew!  Constantly changing the baggage policy is confusing and will alienate some passengers.  The crazy thing is that buying Priority Boarding is so cheap, and guarantees the ability to take a 10kg bag on board, but the number of Priority Boarding passengers is limited, so it's "first come, first served".

I'd be much happier if they just sorted out a sensible policy and then stuck to it.  But, at the end of the day, even after adding on all the miscellaneous optional charges, it's still a very economical way to travel.

[Spitfire58]

That is very true bedouin. I just booked 10 days in mid Jan last week with priority boarding & seats for two people for roughly £160 couldn’t be better really. Mind you, from Scotland we don’t have a lot of choice. It’s either Ryanair of Jet2. I think Thomas Cook did fly from Glasgow but haven’t looked for a while 

[Spitfire58]

I actually think that O’Leary thinks he is so far above us plebs that we couldn’t possibly see through his scheming ????

[Decho]

I just wonder how much chaos it will cause at bag drop in the airports.when we flew out from Edinburgh this time before this new rule there was a considerable queue at bag drop, but now there will be many more people checking bags in so the queues will become longer.
We have family travelling home today and they have to check in their hand luggage so it will be interesting to see how Fuerteventrua airport copes with this extra load.

[Decho]

Quite handy though that you can now bring liquids out in a bag for £8. Just a pity you don't seem to be able to check-in a 10kg bag when you book priority boarding!

[zedzedeleven]

This bag drop of which you speak. Is it a separate desk or the normal check in desk? only if you have to queue up to "drop" a bag off it kind of makes it a bit pointless. I can`t remember the last time I took hold luggage, always manage with a carry on cabin bag. But there again, I usually travel EasyJet. I did fall foul of the one cabin bag only rule though, through a bit of misinterpretation on my part and had to rearrange things hastily in the boarding tunnel. Bit of a daft rule really, it would have been ok if the second bag had been a clearly marked duty free shop bag.

[Spitfire58]

Quite handy though that you can now bring liquids out in a bag for £8. Just a pity you don't seem to be able to check-in a 10kg bag when you book priority boarding!

Ha ha Decho, don’t give them any ideas. They will change it again. Mind you, that is probably his next move anyway. Book in your priority boarding 10kg bag for maybe £10 or £12 & you don’t have the hassle of carrying it on & makes them a few pound more !!!

[Decho]

This bag drop of which you speak. Is it a separate desk or the normal check in desk? only if you have to queue up to "drop" a bag off it kind of makes it a bit pointless. I can`t remember the last time I took hold luggage, always manage with a carry on cabin bag. But there again, I usually travel Easyjet. I did fall foul of the one cabin bag only rule though, through a bit of misinterpretation on my part and had to rearrange things hastily in the boarding tunnel. Bit of a daft rule really, it would have been ok if the second bag had been a clearly marked duty free shop bag.

I can only speak for Edinburgh, but you queue up to the self service check-in desk which prints your luggage label! then you queue up again to get it on the conveyor belt...And hopefully on the plane
However, having seen the way they manhandle luggage I won't be using my nice lightweight IT case for doing this, it'll probably come out the other end in shreds!

[Spitfire58]

It would appear from reading the new regs that Decho is correct. If you “book in” a 10kg bag to go in the hold for £8 when you make your initial booking then you take it to the standard check in desk (same as a 20kg bag) & check it in as normal. Main advantage is it does give you the possibility of larger liquids but to be fair we have done that previously with larger bags & with the prices on the island, it’s generally not worth it (unless you have a specific product that isn’t available island side)