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13/05/2008, 15:26 Val_2 Joined on 23/08/2004 Posts 3,161 Re: Recent Ryanair Cabin Baggage Experiences Both my daughter and  I were a good five kilos each overweight at Luton last year and the check in lady never batted an eyelid even though we had the cash to pay for the excess clothing we had bought because it was cheaper than sending home here by parcel post at £5/half kilo weight.    Report

13/05/2008, 16:03 Cathy Joined on 07/03/2006 Mostly near Bordeaux; Sometimes near Bristol Posts 1,867 Re: Recent Ryanair Cabin Baggage Experiences I'm a frequent traveller on easyJet and bmiBaby (Bordeaux, Bristol, Birmingham and Luton airports), where you are allowed one piece of hand luggage. I always have carried two pieces of cabin luggage - my handbag for the journey and a soft bag for the overhead locker.  But I make sure that there is enough space in the locker bag for my handbag, just in case I am challenged.  So far, I haven't been (fingers crossed). What happens to all the nail scissors etc that they confiscate? Cathy ----- Your children won't remember you ironing their pyjamas but they will remember you reading them a bedside story.    Report

13/05/2008, 16:16 Stefan Joined on 23/08/2004 Posts 163 Re: Recent Ryanair Cabin Baggage Experiences  Cathy wrote: What happens to all the nail scissors etc that they confiscate?   Rumour has it the Security staff have them for lunch......or am I thinking of the food and drink they confiscate?    Report

13/05/2008, 16:31 Jacqui Too Joined on 23/08/2004 Shropshire / Dordogne 24 Posts 683 Re: Recent Ryanair Cabin Baggage Experiences  Stefan wrote:  Cathy wrote: What happens to all the nail scissors etc that they confiscate?   Rumour has it the Security staff have them for lunch......or am I thinking of the food and drink they confiscate? We thought that when they confiscated our foie gras Jackie    Report

13/05/2008, 16:55 Benjamin Joined on 21/08/2005 Vendée South Posts 1,724 Re: Recent Ryanair Cabin Baggage Experiences A friend works in Malaga airport and in her supervisory role she gets to keep all of the liquids (read alcohol) that the holidaymakers suddenly realise they can't take on the 'plane. This is the second year of this and still they don't learn! She's had to invest in a larger drinks cabinet at home.  Benjamin St Malo 1-New evidence suggests mis-trial    Report

13/05/2008, 17:19 Ron Avery Joined on 29/11/2004 Aveyron 12 Posts 3,297 Re: Recent Ryanair Cabin Baggage Experiences Recent experience is that you will not get through either Stansted or Manchester T2 security let alone past airline staff with more than one bag of any description.  While its quite quiet on the planes the cabin staff will turn a blind eye to a couple of bags but don't bank on getting away with it in the summer when the planes are full. Why not post a sensible answer, people will appreciate it more    Report

13/05/2008, 20:23 You can call me Betty Joined on 23/08/2004 Beaver-Free Zone Posts 993 Re: Recent Ryanair Cabin Baggage Experiences Last year, travelling out of Heathrow to Paris, I was carrying a tiny handbag and a waterproof jacket through security. The handbag contained a purse, my passport, keys and mobile. Nothing else would fit in it, just to give you an idea of how small it is. The waterproof jacket has a small pouch in the centre back, and the whole jacket folds backwards into the pouch, at which point two carrying straps appear from the pouch as it's inverted, and the jacket can then be carried like a small backpack. The jacket weighs about 100 grams. I was carrying the jacket in its pouch, slung over my shoulder with my handbag, and was turned back by security because I had two pieces of hand luggage. As soon as I explained, I was told that I should convert the jacket back to a jacket and would then be allowed to carry it through. Nine months on, and I'm still trying to work that one out.     In the year 2159 If man is still alive If woman can survive, they may find................    Report

14/05/2008, 10:47 Stefan Joined on 23/08/2004 Posts 163 Re: Recent Ryanair Cabin Baggage Experiences If you stop looking for logic it all becomes clear. Last Summer most UK airports had a "only one item of handbaggage through the scanner rule"..so Handbag = handbaggage. Coat turned into Pouch = handbaggage. Coat not turned into pouch =   not handbaggage.   I know this nonsense tests everybodies patience- you ought to try putting up with this every time you go to work  .     Report

14/05/2008, 10:58 You can call me Betty Joined on 23/08/2004 Beaver-Free Zone Posts 993 Re: Recent Ryanair Cabin Baggage Experiences That'd be like the "no scissors" rule, then. On one of my relatively frequent trips to Paris, again last year, I had my briefcase as my one item of handbaggage. I left Heathrow, arrived in Paris, came back to Roissy, and was stopped at the scanner by a very nice security man who said "madam, do you realise you've got a gigantic pair of scissors in your bag?" He was right. I had. They'd travelled with me from the UK, as they were in my briefcase and had slid down to the bottom of an inside pocket and hadn't come to light when I'd emptied and repacked it. Oh well.     In the year 2159 If man is still alive If woman can survive, they may find................    Report

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