Ryanair Cancels Third Party Flight Bookings

ise wrote:

bandit wrote:

You paid Excess Baggage charges... :shock: I believed you when you said that you travelled "fast and light"

Hmmmm :lol:

different trip. it does highlight what a good deal ski carriage is though, for the weight much cheaper than an excess baggage charge, it's pretty disgraceful that bikes or golf or ski kit will be carried at a good price and mountaineering gear won't be though, a complete scam :evil:

I'm not sure that I can agree with you on the good deal point. It's unfair that mountaineering kit is not classed as sporting equipment though. Some carriers are now charging more for ski carriage than their owner pays for a trip in the cabin. For example ryanair charges £50 return for a pair of skis. On top of that, weight restrictions can be put on ski kit. In past winters, I have seen, " ski bag at no more than 6 kilos" in the small print for one carrier (I can't remember which one), so that would rule out some of my skis and bindings as too heavy, heaven knows what you are meant to do with your poles :?:

ise wrote:

AJ wrote:
How come you had to pay extra ise ? Is it classed as bulk.

I'm not sure what you mean by bulk? If you try and check in much more than 20kg they charge you per kg, at least EasyJet at Geneva do.

I meant size as opposed to weight ise sorry.


AJ Adele

ise, Geneva check in for Easyjet have a reputation for raking the money in on excess baggage, as do B.A there as well. There has to be some sort of bonus or profit sharing scheme running, keen as a description does not really do them justice.

50 quid return for ski`s :shock: Last time i took my skinny`s out it cost me £15 and that was with swiss air.



AJ Adele

bandit wrote:
I'm not sure that I can agree with you on the good deal point. It's unfair that mountaineering kit is not classed as sporting equipment though. Some carriers are now charging more for ski carriage than their owner pays for a trip in the cabin. For example ryanair charges £50 return for a pair of skis.

50 quid is still reasonable, much cheaper than 10kg of excess baggage at 12 quid a kg for each leg of the journey.

Every kg of payload costs fuel, all that you can conclude from the old practise of not charging on scheduled flights a few years back is that the margins were huge. It seems reasonably fair the people carrying the most luggage and costing the most to get into the air pay more. It wasn't the principle I objected to just the level of the charge compared to skis etc, more than that I'm not as heavy as some of my fellow passengers )

bandit wrote:ise, Geneva check in for Easyjet have a reputation for raking the money in on excess baggage, as do B.A there as well. There has to be some sort of bonus or profit sharing scheme running, keen as a description does not really do them justice.

I think it's managed by servisair or someone like that so they'll get commission and have been presented with an incentive to not exercise any discretion. I wouldn't be surprised if it's the same people who operate those disgraceful shops in the departure lounge, they're the most expensive places in Switzerland to buy anything and a national embarrassment, they should be shut down or their monopoly broken. They're certainly the same people who operate one of the business lounges and that's the worst lounge I've ever been in.

ise wrote:

bandit wrote:
Some carriers are now charging more for ski carriage than their owner pays for a trip in the cabin. For example ryanair charges £50 return for a pair of skis.

50 quid is still reasonable

£50 is £35 more than taking your skis with First Choice, Monarch, Thomas Cook, etc, and they include 20kg (some 15kg) of luggage per person, and their basic flight package is of a better standard than the likes of Ryanair, because you get allocated seats so there are no fights breaking out onboard. Their seats are also more comfortable (with the exception of some of the T Cook planes) in the main, and they dont tend to get cancelled at short notice or turn round in 20 minutes so you are left sitting in the previous persons sick.

Therefore, in comparison to those airlines most UK based skiers are able to use to Europe, £50 is most certainly not reasonable.

ise wrote:

bandit wrote:
I'm not sure that I can agree with you on the good deal point. It's unfair that mountaineering kit is not classed as sporting equipment though. Some carriers are now charging more for ski carriage than their owner pays for a trip in the cabin. For example ryanair charges £50 return for a pair of skis.

50 quid is still reasonable, much cheaper than 10kg of excess baggage at 12 quid a kg for each leg of the journey.

I just knew you should have gone by train )

ise wrote:
It wasn't the principle I objected to just the level of the charge compared to skis etc, more than that I'm not as heavy as some of my fellow passengers )

If you lose too much weight you'll have buy more ski clothes :D

Is Geneva airport still like a building site? Last time I was there the worst areas seemed to be upstairs where the lounges are. Oh, and they had closed my favourite cafe :roll:

Tony_H wrote:

ise wrote:

bandit wrote:
Some carriers are now charging more for ski carriage than their owner pays for a trip in the cabin. For example ryanair charges £50 return for a pair of skis.

50 quid is still reasonable

£50 is £35 more than taking your skis with First Choice, Monarch, Thomas Cook, etc, and they include 20kg (some 15kg) of luggage per person, and their basic flight package is of a better standard than the likes of Ryanair, because you get allocated seats so there are no fights breaking out onboard. Their seats are also more comfortable (with the exception of some of the T Cook planes) in the main, and they dont tend to get cancelled at short notice or turn round in 20 minutes so you are left sitting in the previous persons sick.

Therefore, in comparison to those airlines most UK based skiers are able to use to Europe, £50 is most certainly not reasonable.

You're quoting me out of context. I said it's reasonable compared to their excess baggage charge which it is.