 Poster: A snowHead
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hope everyone has had a great christmas.
I am just getting packed up to go to Belle Plagne on saturday. What are we allowed to take as hand luggage? I normally take the back pack I ski with as hand luggage with my helmet and goggles in amongst other stuff. Would this be ok still?
Cheers
JP
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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justapurrin, depends on the size of your backpack. Mine was fine and had helmet inside. The size allowed is 1 bag 56x45x25cm, which is actually quite large. You should be fine but measure it just in case 
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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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Easyjet and Ryanair have a smaller limit of 55 x 40 x 20cm but there are conditions of weight, too, which differ on different airlines and Ryanair don't allow boots. (This last was not on their website when I booked but it seems it is now being enforced, so I am going back to look again). Look on your airline's website for details. Also, of course, all the new limits on liquids etc apply to all airlines. I am sure your airline will have told you about those.
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Thanks for the replies. It is just good to hear that people have taken helmets and the likes through as handluggage recently. Its always a worry when all your luggage is at the limits of weight and they decide not to let your hand luggage through 
Thanks
JP
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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snowball, my understanding is that boots can't go as hand luggage in a standard boot bag because it doesn't meet the size restrictions. Put them in a different bag and they're OK.
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That is what I have done in the past but a new post on SCGB website tells of putting boots in a bag which fitted size limits and being stopped at security after hand-luggage x ray and told that it was OK by them, but they had had a memo from Easyjet that skiboots were not allowed and must go in the hold and be payed for as extra baggage item (ie £15 each way). They had to go back to check-in but a "nice" man there let them off paying extra.
I have e-mailed Easyjet for clarification.
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laundryman, true but would you want to stand there and argue the finer points with someone who ultimately says yes or no to you getting on the plane?
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Last year to keep within the hold luggage limit (its so difficult to leave the dinner jacket behind what would one wear for the evening, otherwise) I packed one of my boots in my backpack would that still be acceptable to Easyjet?
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FenlandSkier, my heart would be saying "let rip with a verbal broadside", my head would be saying "empathise very strongly and ask just this once to be let through".
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