Travel Q&A: How to save money on your luggage when flying abroad via IrishTimesLife
If you’re a couple of kilos over, move the heaviest – non liquid – items into your carry-on bags. If you have a neck pillow, consider abandoning its comforts and stuffing it with some of the contents of your suitcase as well. Unless you overstuff it, you should get it past eagle-eyed flight attendants.Remember, at least with Ryanair, it is not all about the individual suitcases. Passengers can pool or share baggage allowances with other passengers on the same reservation if checking in together.
Know the other rules before you leave home. If you want to bring a 10kg bag on a short-haul Aer Lingus flight, you must book a “carry-on bag with priority boarding” at a cost of €5.99. But 10kg bags can be checked in for free. If you show up at the boarding gate with your bag without paying in advance, it will cost you €35. Priority boarding with Ryanair gets you your 10kg on board bag for “free”, while checking it in can cost €12-€25 per flight depending on the time and distance travelled.
Do some sums. A family of four travelling to Portugal paying for 10kg of carry-on luggage each and priority boarding and reserved seating pay an additional €300 for return flights. The same family who pay for the Family Plus deal pay €370.88, or 23 per cent, more but get an additional 20kg or 50 per cent extra luggage. They get reserved seating but not priority boarding – which is of marginal use anyway.
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