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Agreed. People only feel "screwed" by Ryanair because the are used to flexibility, and Ryanair are not flexible. "Oh I'm 2kg over, but that's not a lot, so they
by rmc 14y ago
Agreed. People only feel "screwed" by Ryanair because the are used to flexibility, and Ryanair are not flexible. "Oh I'm 2kg over, but that's not a lot, so they'll let me away with it.... What do you mean I have to pay €40?" "Oh they'd have to let me take my handbag, so I'll bring a massive one... what do you mean only one cabin bag?"
- mgkimsal 14y agodouble agreed. however, it does bug me charging on weight for baggage when fat people pay the same price as extremely lightweight people. Someone who's 105 pounds with a 52 pound bag gets charged extra, while someone who's 290 pounds but has a 49 pound bag pays no extra charge. Dunno quite how they'd ever get around it, but it does bug me. And I say this as someone who's got a few extra pounds of his own :)
- theorique 14y agoWeigh each passenger and charge proportionally.
- keithpeter 14y agoAnd then employ very small thin people for any work that requires foreign travel? Seriously the implications of that are boggling although I suppose modern technology makes it possible to do so.
- mseebach 14y ago"Proper" airlines generally aren't very picky about the weight of your luggage, so it probably wouldn't apply to them, only to airlines like Ryanair that are. I don't think it's a good solution, but I can relate to to bitterness of being charged for a 2 kg overweight and then getting stuck in half a seat because the person next to you is the size of a cow.
- shrikant 14y agohttp://www.airfarewatchdog.com/blog/3801241/should-obese-passengers-be-required-to-buy-an-extra-seat/ http://www.airfarewatchdog.com/blog/3801241/should-obese-pas... Some airlines do have policies in place for such situations.
- rmc 14y agoThe only reason I presume Ryanair haven't done it yet is because I presume there would be some law against it.