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Embajador3 wrote:Now, my question is: how many passengers will be allowed to purchase 'priority boarding'? This could end up being a move to force most people to pay an extra fee.
Embajador3 wrote:Now, my question is: how many passengers will be allowed to purchase 'priority boarding'? This could end up being a move to force most people to pay an extra fee.
Embajador3 wrote:Now, my question is: how many passengers will be allowed to purchase 'priority boarding'? This could end up being a move to force most people to pay an extra fee.
LTenEleven wrote:Ryanair's small is really really small. Non-priority passengers with a medium sized backpack (that easily fits under the seat) will be forced to check it even if it is their only piece of hand luggage.
jmmadrid wrote:[list=][/list]Embajador3 wrote:Now, my question is: how many passengers will be allowed to purchase 'priority boarding'? This could end up being a move to force most people to pay an extra fee.
Ryanair's official version is that there is only room for 90 cabin bags in the overhead bins. I personally think there is room for a few more, but let's accept Ryanair's figures of 90.
This means only 45 passengers could carry two bags on board, assuming that all bags from Priority Boarding passengers go in the overhead bins and all other "smaller" cabin bags go under the seat.
In my personal experience, I have never seen 45 people in the Priority queue, the numbers are usually between 8 and 15. If the figures remain at these levels, a number of 30 bags is very very manageable and will make boarding much easier.
SCQ83 wrote:LTenEleven wrote:Ryanair's small is really really small. Non-priority passengers with a medium sized backpack (that easily fits under the seat) will be forced to check it even if it is their only piece of hand luggage.
I fly often with FR for weekends and I usually travel with a small backpack (kind of school-size backpack) and no one has ever questioned it.
A lot of customers clearly abuse the new system. Many of those "medium sized backpacks" I see often in FR flights are almost (or directly) hiking backpacks or those new backpacks that are specifically designed for travelling as hand luggage in planes and are pretty huge once they are filled.
angelopga wrote:And what happens if everybody buys the priority boarding
downtown273 wrote:Ryanair said they're doing this 'To reduce the number of flight delays caused by too many customers arriving at the gate with 2 carry-on bags'. How is gate-checking 50-100 suitcases going to make the process faster? In any case, I'd expect delays to increase!
TheLion wrote:The way I read this is that a second full size carry-on will have to go in the hold, yet if you only have one carry-on, space permitting you'll be able to take that on board together with the small backpack, handbag or laptop case-size piece of luggage which you're allowed, provided this fits under your seat.
LTenEleven wrote:TheLion wrote:The way I read this is that a second full size carry-on will have to go in the hold, yet if you only have one carry-on, space permitting you'll be able to take that on board together with the small backpack, handbag or laptop case-size piece of luggage which you're allowed, provided this fits under your seat.
You're reading it wrong.
SomebodyInTLS wrote:Ah thank you - so the other source had got it wrong about £5 and check-in desk.
But it does beg the question, how is this going to help? According to my source, it's already chaos and angry exchanges trying to get people to check their bags at the gate, now Ryanair wants everyone to do it!?!
DUSZRH wrote:Probably labelling all bags (as bags in the hold should also be labelled), but different colour between priority and other Q.
jamsco99 wrote:When Ryanair ask you to gate check a bag they usually put a yellow tag on it then ask you to leave it at the bottom of the stairs to the plane. I've seen quite a few people remove this tag and just carry on as normal
SCQ83 wrote:jmmadrid wrote:[list=][/list]Embajador3 wrote:Now, my question is: how many passengers will be allowed to purchase 'priority boarding'? This could end up being a move to force most people to pay an extra fee.
Ryanair's official version is that there is only room for 90 cabin bags in the overhead bins. I personally think there is room for a few more, but let's accept Ryanair's figures of 90.
This means only 45 passengers could carry two bags on board, assuming that all bags from Priority Boarding passengers go in the overhead bins and all other "smaller" cabin bags go under the seat.
In my personal experience, I have never seen 45 people in the Priority queue, the numbers are usually between 8 and 15. If the figures remain at these levels, a number of 30 bags is very very manageable and will make boarding much easier.
90 people. Those 90 people are allowed 1 hand luggage bag for the overhead bin + 1 smaller piece under their seat.
Vasu wrote:The way I read into this, I still don't understand what happens to the "shoulder bags"... bigger than the Ryanair definition of "small bag" but definitely small enough to fit under the seat in front.
Like one of the earlier posters, I also usually fly Ryanair on weekend one-night visits so take this type of small bag. If it fits easily under the seat in front, can I take it onboard?
How is gate-checking 50-100 suitcases going to make the process faster? In any case, I'd expect delays to increase!