Ryanair overhauls check-in bag fees
Ryanair has cut its fees for checked-in bags as part of its ‘Always Getting Better’ programme.
It has also simplified its bag fees structure, reducing the number of options from 108 to six.
From today, customers on domestic flights under two hours will see fees for 15kg bags cut by half from £30 to £15 and 20kg bags reduced from £40 to £25.
Fees on all other flights under three hours will drop from £30 to £25 for 15kg bags and £40 to £35 for 20kg bags.
Checked bag fees will not change for flights over three hours, staying at £40 for 15kg bags and £50 for 20kg bags.
Chief marketing officer Kenny Jacobs said the changes would cut bag fees for 92% of Ryanair’s 116 million customers.
By using the Ryanair app, passengers can add a check-in bag up to three hours before departure at the same price as the initial booking.
Passengers who add bags at the airport pay an extra £10 or €10 handling fee.
Even with the changes, Ryanair’s bag fees are still generally higher than easyJet’s, which range from £13 to £24 for check-in bags weighing up to 20kg.
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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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