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> Only for it to be collected at the gate and put in the hold anyway, meaning we had to wait for it after all. At least they forgot to charge me for the inconve
by freeone3000 1y ago
> Only for it to be collected at the gate and put in the hold anyway, meaning we had to wait for it after all. At least they forgot to charge me for the inconvenience, which given the rest of my experience could almost have been considered a mistake from their side.
Having to gate-check can happen with more reputable carriers too, from American Airlines to British Airways. Even if every single bag individually fits, on a full flight, not every bag for everyone can fit at the same time. It happens more often with smaller (and older) planes, which have less cabin space per passenger.
- eitland 1y agoIf it had just been the last ten passengers who were boarding, or if this was the only hiccup along the way, I probably wouldn’t have bothered writing any of this. But as I remember it, the misery was systematic—from the moment we started booking to the moment we left the final airport. At every step, Ryanair seemed to go out of their way to make things unpleasant—unless, of course, we paid an extra £15 here, £20 there, and so on—for each passenger, and for every inconvenience it seemed they’d quite clearly engineered.