Ryanair checked-in baggage charges rise again
Ryanair is to put up the price of checked in luggage in peak periods to discourage its passengers from taking too much baggage.
In June, July, Aug, Sept and Christmas 2012, it will increase checked-in baggage fees from £20 to £25 per bag for all online bookings made from 15 Dec.
Ryanair will also increase its checked in bag fees paid at call centres and airports from £35 to £60 per bag.
In the low season, (October to May) online checked-in bag fees will remain unchanged at 15 per bag.
If that wasn’t enough, Ryanair will also increase its ‘boarding card reissue penalty’ from £40 to £60, from 15 Jan 2012.
It says the move is to “try to persuade the less than 10 passengers per day who refuse/fail to bring their boarding card (despite email reminders) to their departure airport as 99.9% of Ryanair passengers already do”.
Ryanair’s Stephen McNamara said: “Over 70% of Ryanair passengers will be unaffected by these changes as they already travel with no checked-in bags and instead use Ryanair’s free of charge 10kg carry on allowance.”
by Bev Fearis
Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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