 Poster: A snowHead
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Sorry for the dim question incoming, but does anyone have any experience with how particular easyJet are re skis as luggage? Specifically, if I book “skis” but put them in a snowboard bag with clothing, are they going to get funny about it. I’d have thought it wouldn’t be an issues, but skis and snowboards are separate options on the sports equipment add-ons, which is throwing me off.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@PebbleSea, You should be fine to book skis and pack in a coffin bag with clothes, just keep it within the weight allowance. I have done it several times.
This has been discussed a few times before so if you need to read more detailed comments on this topic they are in the forum if you use the search.
Hope this helps! 
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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I did that very thing last year and it was no problem. I'd just say I think 'skis' includes a boot bag, whereas 'snowboard' does n't...but does n't matter to you.
Shippo
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Just make sure your ski bag with clothes, etc in it is still under 20kg.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Exactly as everyone has said @PebbleSea
We brought a snowboard bag, containing 2 pairs of skis, dirty laundry and other kit, back from Geneva in the past couple of weeks. It weighed 18kg and easyjet (as on numerous previous trips to and from the Alps) didn't bat an eyelid. Seems they're happy as long as it's under 20kg and you've paid the fee.
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Cheers all!
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I got stung for an extra couple of kilos in my huge ski bag last winter on return trip with easy jet so just watch the weight, its all they care about!
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Important to also note (as I found out to my cost) that you CANNOT share weight across your hold bags and your Ski/snowboard bag.
I.e if you paid for a 23kg hold bag, and it only weighs 21kg. You cannot then expect to take 22kg on your snowboard bag.
(This is different to the general policy across hold bags where weight is shared and if you are over on one bag but under on another, it doesn’t matter)
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| Richie_S wrote: |
Important to also note (as I found out to my cost) that you CANNOT share weight across your hold bags and your Ski/snowboard bag.
I.e if you paid for a 23kg hold bag, and it only weighs 21kg. You cannot then expect to take 22kg on your snowboard bag.
(This is different to the general policy across hold bags where weight is shared and if you are over on one bag but under on another, it doesn’t matter) |
That wasn’t my experience with easyJet, though it has been a couple of years since I took skis in easyJet.
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| Timmycb5 wrote: |
| Richie_S wrote: |
Important to also note (as I found out to my cost) that you CANNOT share weight across your hold bags and your Ski/snowboard bag.
I.e if you paid for a 23kg hold bag, and it only weighs 21kg. You cannot then expect to take 22kg on your snowboard bag.
(This is different to the general policy across hold bags where weight is shared and if you are over on one bag but under on another, it doesn’t matter) |
That wasn’t my experience with easyJet, though it has been a couple of years since I took skis in easyJet. |
I think the challenge is more down to who serves you. Some people are pragmatic and flexible; others are jobsworths. It’s a lottery that I’m sure we’ve all experienced.
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In my experience Easyjets self check in machines don't allow sharing of weight across hold and ski bags.
More of those at major airports now.
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| adithorp wrote: |
In my experience Easyjets self check in machines don't allow sharing of weight across hold and ski bags.
More of those at major airports now. |
I wonder what you do in this situation? I didn't realise your ski baggage weight could be split over multiple bags (i.e. 10 and 10) until today, which they confirmed was correct.
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@damanpunk, I have one item of sports equipment (skis and/or boots) booked with Easyjet on Saturday and they show that as two bags (I'll only have one - up to 20kg). But as they insist skis can't be carried as hold luggage and must be booked as sports equipment it is perhaps not surprising they don't allow weight to be split between the those two categories.
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You know it makes sense.
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It's worse than that - on a multi-person booking, the machines will happily accept bags at 20.5 and 22 KG, and then reject the last one at 18Kg because the total booked was 60Kg and the last one would make it 60.5 in total. If you are having problems, and bear in mind I wouldn't advise this  , I have seen people hold the bag upright to stop it falling off the scale, and "accidentally" ...um... "support" it for the 5 seconds or so it takes to report a stable weight of under 20Kg. Since they aren't weighing the passengers, the odd 0.5Kg here and there is not going to cause the flight to be overweight.
Or take out a few things which you transfer to your hand luggage, weigh the bag, get a label on it, and then on the way to the outsize drop-off which is needed in most airports, you can put that stuff back in.
Or call the staff and hope they see sense and override it rather than getting a bonus for charging you £30 extra.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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@security_hamster, Never had a problem with EasyJet and bag weights. I just stick to the allowance I have purchased, which seems to avoid the problem.
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Poster: A snowHead
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@security_hamster,
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Or take out a few things which you transfer to your hand luggage, weigh the bag, get a label on it, and then on the way to the outsize drop-off which is needed in most airports, you can put that stuff back in.
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I've done this a few times!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@zikomo, clearly you've never had to pack cages, hamster wheels, water bottles and enough skiing kit for 8 kids into a single ski bag 
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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@security_hamster, Can't you just put a lot of that stuff in your cheek pouches?
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@fuzzydunlop, no, they're already full of hard toffees to keep the kids quiet on the flight 
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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| security_hamster wrote: |
| @zikomo, clearly you've never had to pack cages, hamster wheels, water bottles and enough skiing kit for 8 kids into a single ski bag |
Only had to wrangle 4 kids, and that was hard enough work!
It used to be that you could indeed spread your overall weight limit across all baggage booked including skis. Given the rationale EasyJet give for charging for luggage that made a lot more sense for me. I think it a bit mean to not allow you to use any weight saved on skis for your other bags. That said it just means a bit more faff to ensure ski carriers are packed with other stuff to maximise the weight used. But to be honest I actually look forward to packing all then kit, it is part of the excitement build up that starts with servicing the skis.
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Could be worth knowing you are also allowed a separate boot bag for skis with Easyjet.... which is not the same for snowboard boots... which I found out last year on the return leg from Geneva. That's probably why they are listed separately.
They were fine with a separate bag from Manchester. I got a full on jobsworth in Switzerland (fortunately my boots fit in suit case, so ended up not costing us the £75 he wanted to charge me).
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It is often cheaper and easier to go with BA, Swiss or Lufthansa as they have more generous baggage allowances. In particular the extra 3 kgs for the ski bag and large cabin bag which you can put your boots and bindings in. Hopefully, one day, East Jet will realise they are losing money and customers because of their stingy baggage policy.
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@BertieG, A very South East biased perspective. The problem is that EasyJet have a better route network for many who do not live in the South East. There are very few other direct flight options from the airports of Scotland for example. I doubt very much that the cost actually would be less for us, and I would not double my journey time to save a small amount anyway.
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You can also book a windsurf or paraglider in as luggage which gives you more weight, can't remember but it's quite a lot. Means I can go with just the ski roller bag and my boots fit in the free, carry-on size pack - much to my and the EJ staffs amazement. Bumping it up to larger sports equipment for the extra weight is cheaper than another hold bag. No idea what happens if it goes missing and it's actually skis rather than a canoe... but it's an option if you're struggling with the 20KG limit.
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@BertieG, alas BA fly to a grand total of two destinations from my local airport, MAN. That’s LHR, of course, and errrrr Billund in Denmark, most weekdays. Great if you’re into LEGO, I guess
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@B., Interesting. Large sports equipment is 32kg rather than 20kg. I suppose the downside is moving a 32 kg bag around is hard work and I suspect the baggage handlers will delight in subjecting it to a whole new level of mistreatment and abuse.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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That’s not a windsurf, that’s a ski. (The new knife, fork, spooney)
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| B. wrote: |
| You can also book a windsurf or paraglider in as luggage which gives you more weight, can't remember but it's quite a lot. Means I can go with just the ski roller bag and my boots fit in the free, carry-on size pack - much to my and the EJ staffs amazement. Bumping it up to larger sports equipment for the extra weight is cheaper than another hold bag. No idea what happens if it goes missing and it's actually skis rather than a canoe... but it's an option if you're struggling with the 20KG limit. |
I am tempted by this rather than booking skis and a hold bag. As my double dakine roller I am sure I could fit my skis, poles helmet and clothes all in.....
Trying to find terms on that bag? Otherwise looking at a 15kg hold bag plus skis.
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You know it makes sense.
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| NickyJ wrote: |
| B. wrote: |
| You can also book a windsurf or paraglider in as luggage which gives you more weight, can't remember but it's quite a lot. Means I can go with just the ski roller bag and my boots fit in the free, carry-on size pack - much to my and the EJ staffs amazement. Bumping it up to larger sports equipment for the extra weight is cheaper than another hold bag. No idea what happens if it goes missing and it's actually skis rather than a canoe... but it's an option if you're struggling with the 20KG limit. |
I am tempted by this rather than booking skis and a hold bag. As my double dakine roller I am sure I could fit my skis, poles helmet and clothes all in.....
Trying to find terms on that bag? Otherwise looking at a 15kg hold bag plus skis. |
Did this in December, skis and all my kit in a large roller, 27kg overall, shouldn't get lost with no connection and often flying from smaller airports with EJ too. saved quite a bit of money
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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| downinja wrote: |
Could be worth knowing you are also allowed a separate boot bag for skis with Easyjet.... which is not the same for snowboard boots... which I found out last year on the return leg from Geneva. That's probably why they are listed separately.
They were fine with a separate bag from Manchester. I got a full on jobsworth in Switzerland (fortunately my boots fit in suit case, so ended up not costing us the £75 he wanted to charge me). |
Ironically I had completely the opposite experience at Geneva with Easyjet last year, where the young lady on check-in did allow me to check my snowboard bag and snowboard boots bag in separately against one "snowboard" allowance. And I'm pretty sure they weighed a combined amount in excess of 20kg.
However, there were other peculiarities with that booking, and it isn't something I'd look or advise to repeat trying.
However, I did speak to a young chap at Brum last week who flew out and back with a sizeable double snowboard bag who confidently stated that he didn't believe there was any weight restriction on sports equipment and never paid any attention to the weight of his bag, which was clearly well over 20kg. He made it back fine without incident either. So, maybe sometimes ignorance is bliss. Or maybe (and more likely) much of the bag is not actually getting weighed each time due to it over-hanging the scales. Again, not something I'm going to be testing myself any time soon.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Does anyone know if the automated check in machines at manchester and Geneva total up the weight of a boot bag and a ski bag?
My ski bag was 21kg at GVA which prompted me to pay an excess, so I removed a few things and reweighed it under 21kg and all was well, but didn't have a seperate boot bag at that stage!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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It's a 20kg limit and they're pretty hot on it in my recent experience, had plenty of weight allowance between my bags combined but still had to shuffle stuff about at the desk to comply with the rules.
The automated check in machines are pretty useless for anything nuanced so if you have a ski and boot bag I suspect you'd need to seek human assistance just to get two tags printed if nothing else.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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@bobalexander1983, automated booths handle boot bags and skis without any issue, press button for boots, tag comes out, press button for skis, tag comes out! I've just never been near the 20kg limit with both bags previously and maybe on my next trip.
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Good to know, I've got a big DB ski bag so space never really an issue and normally just fire boots in the bag rather than clipping the DB boot bag to the outside, one less degree of faff!
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