Ryanair tips..

[Fuerte1976]

Will post this in flight section also.

I lifted the following paragraph from somewhere else  so not my work !

It seems strange that Ryanair don't apply the same rules to ALL airports. I was boarding a flight from Dublin to Alicante last year and the woman in front of me had her normal hand luggage along with a duty free bag. I was chatting to her and told her that she was supposed to place it inside her hand luggage to which she said 'just watch me !'. When she was tackled by the Ryanair baggage gestapo, she told them that forcing her to hide her duty free purchases was in contravention of customs regulations, which state that purchases must be on display for customs staff to view. She quoted the legislation in detail and said that she refused to break the law and threatened Ryanair with legal action. She was obviously from a legal background and knew her stuff. Amazingly, they let her on ! Never say so many people in queue flaunting their duty free bags as they boarded  Would love to know what legislation she quoted from.

[nacnud]

Sorry to burst your bubble so to speak but as Dublin to Mainalnd Spain is not Duty free, so therefore you can not invoke Regulations pertaining to Customs in this case. Now Dublin to Fuerte is, but once you have Boarded, and that is defined as the point after which you have presented your Boarding pass you become subject to the Terms and Conditions of the Carrier on which you have pre accepted their T&C's.
Now if you wish to "Blag" in any way you wish, all the time being polite you may subject the Carriers Agent with "B*lls**t baffles brains keeping in mind the fact you have agreed at the time of booking to their T&C's. But there is no precident in International law or Domestic law to a Company openly having conditons of Agreement.
Now there are conditions in International Law and Conventions to which FR are in agreement that legally allow you to travel with 2 Cabin baggage, I do with FR's blessing albeit begrudgingly, and I do it all the time, and sometimes to the annoyance of other passengers, but I assure you it is a common practice.

[Two Persons]

Hi Nacnud,

Can you enlighten us any more please??? I have tried on several occassions  to carry on 2 pieces of hand luggage, one  of which is only a very small leather shoulder bag that only contains our passports and tickets and the other my holdall  but with no success. How do you do it?

Cheers

Two Persons 

[Fuerte1976]

Ok, Gonna have a look at the 'place where it was found'  and see if there is more to the story. Id suppose the term 'duty free' is used by people as a general one, where they've purchased in the duty paid/duty free outlet.
I, up to our last flight with FR have carried a 'man bag' as well as the carry on FR suitcase without hassle.
Having flown  to FUE from Dub & the country airports ie. SNN & Cork over the years feel the country ones are more lenient on the rules. Coming home from FUE, well that's another story !

[fifi]

Thats interesting Fuerte1976. I must have a "Google" myself.

[fifi]

According to Ryanair......
    " All passengers agree at the time of booking that their contract with Ryanair is governed by the Laws of Ireland".

Now to find the Irish law on the subject....

[Globetrotter]

I havnt read it but could it be in here.
http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/2009/en/act/pub/0016/print.html

or this one
http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/2006/en/act/pub/0007/print.html

[fifi]

Thanks Globetrotter. Will have a look at it tomorrow and see if there is anything in there.

[dagwood]

I fully agree with the one bag rule. When a plane is full there is not enough space for all the hand luggage if people take more than one allowed bag.I have read in yesterdays Indo that Aerlingus are now getting strict on this one. No more one bag and a laptop. Of course I have seen a lot of people in both Dublin and Fuerteventura who believe that the rules dont apply to them. Dont you really love to see them getting caught if your honest.     

[Voldermort]

I think Fuerte 1976 may be quite right. Different rules seem to apply at say Liverpool, where the `Duty Free` shop has large signs up saying that Ryanair permit one of their carrier bags to be carried on, in addition to your cabin bag.

     So maybe different rules from different places......divide and conquer....how Ryanair

[el caballo hambriento]

I fully agree with the one bag rule. When a plane is full there is not enough space for all the hand luggage if people take more than one allowed bag.I have read in yesterdays Indo that Aerlingus are now getting strict on this one. No more one bag and a laptop. Of course I have seen a lot of people in both Dublin and Fuerteventura who believe that the rules dont apply to them. Dont you really love to see them getting caught if your honest.     

No because they hold up the queue unless the Ryanair Gestapo allow others to pass them.