RyanAir excess baggage charge takes the cake

[Inver]

BUDGET airline Ryan Air have made their name charging for everything from using a plane's toilet to the privilege of sitting down first. But this new charge really takes the cake.

The airline is charging passengers an $11 excess baggage fee for taking pastries out of Mallorca.
The Spanish island is famous for ensaimadas - sweet treats that are usually packaged in octagonal coloured boxes.
Ryan Air has decided it can no longer let tourists carry these cakes on board. They must be stowed away in luggage or eaten before boarding.


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Trust Ryan Air to find a new way of extracting money.

 

[harvyk]

Why do people fly RyanAir and not expect the airline to squeeze every last cent out of their wallets... Isn't it well known by now that RyanAir's advertised Airfare is about the only cheap thing on this airline?

 

[OATEK]

Sounds like punishment enough for using Ryan Air.

 

[anat0l]

This isn't anything different to Ryanair's strict policy of one hand carry item only (i.e. whilst other airlines allow one free laptop, free tablet or free lady's handbag, on Ryanair it's strictly one item).

How people have managed to carry their bag and the box of pastries without being pinged at the gate is beyond me. Unless the article means you will be charged even if you pack them in your hand carry, which would be rather farcical.

Overall, pretty slow news day. Maybe it'll be the Spanish government to the rescue again (just like they did on the boarding pass fiasco).

 

[dajop]

This isn't anything different to Ryanair's strict policy of one hand carry item only (i.e. whilst other airlines allow one free laptop, free tablet or free lady's handbag, on Ryanair it's strictly one item).

Easyjet have similar 1 hand carry item only too. Experienced this when person we were travelling with was told to put her handbag into her backpack Which she did, and then removed once past the boarding pass scan area. However, DF shopping done at the airport seemed to be exempt from the rule.

 

[harvyk]

However, DF shopping done at the airport seemed to be exempt from the rule.

It would not surprise me if RyanAir is paid a few quid to look the other way by the DF stores. I could imagine the DF stores would kick up quite a stink with the airport who would no doubt then have a go at RA if DF was banned (or charged for) by RA on boarding, at least from the port which the DF was sold.

 

[Ausbt]

Makes you wonder what other fees and charges carriers could come up with. Here's a few suggestions:

Jetstar: "singlet-traveller" supplement, $5 per Bintang singlet.
Air New Zealand: "renewal of vowel" fee - $3 per mispronounced 'i'. Any and all "requists for six cokes" to result in immediate removal from an airplane.
Aeroflot: "remote location body return fee" $80 (if over land only, otherwise N/A)
Air India: not a fee but a discount here, being "all standard ticketing to be reduced by 50% for pax willing to sit on top of the fuselage".

 

[docjames]

It would not surprise me if RyanAir is paid a few quid to look the other way by the DF stores. I could imagine the DF stores would kick up quite a stink with the airport who would no doubt then have a go at RA if DF was banned (or charged for) by RA on boarding, at least from the port which the DF was sold.

ISTR one of the Spanish (? Mallorca or one of the Spanish island??) airports making an agreement that as part of decreased landing fees for (? Easyjet or Ryanair) that Duty Free purchases were to be exempt from carryon fees (thus obviously allowing them "compensation" for the reduced per pax charge applied to the airline).

 

[whatmeworry]

A bit off topic, but does anybody remember when Krispy Kreme first opened in Sydney and people would take on board boxes of donuts to friends/families in other capitals.

 

[opusman]

They still do if the "other capital" is Adelaide

 

[The Rok]

They still do if the "other capital" is Adelaide

Or Perth. I used to grab them at Melbourne airport before flying back to Perth. Arriving without them would of been a sin!

 

[macrop]

A bit off topic, but does anybody remember when Krispy Kreme first opened in Sydney and people would take on board boxes of donuts to friends/families in other capitals.

Haha - This is still very common today for Perth bound flights. I was watching a bloke the other week on the same flight to Perth as me, with a standard Krispy box plus a massive punnet (maybe 1-2kgs) of strawberries nicely wrapped in glad wrap. Both items were placed in the overhead bins. All I could think off was that you are going to be extremely disappointed when you land with those expensive strawberries.