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We are flying with Ryanair in Jan when we first booked there was only 2 of us and they had an offer off 1p for ski/board carriage so we booked it, now there are 5 going and the ski carriage is as much as the flight Shocked

So we are puuting 3 pairs of ski's in 1 bag and 2 boards in an other. wink

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Having just paid Ryanair for carriage of my skis next week, I wish you luck. Hope you get one over on the robbing &*@!&^%&s

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jase2472, I think a lot of people take more than one board/pair of skis anyway, try but not to pack out the bags with too much heavy stuff (snow board bindings etc.), it may give the game away. I have never had my board bag checked for extra boards Very Happy

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jase2472, never tried it with ryanair, but you can get away with it on Jet2. Trick is to check in at a time when it's busy and they want to rush you through and they never seem to charge you. Just make sure that the bag is under 32Kg or you'll fall foul of the H&S rules which they do seem to bother about

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I've no direct experience of what you're planning, but ryanair have ZERO sense of humour and play strictly by THEIR rules, so it's worth balancing what you are saving against the risks. I would say the big thing to consider is that if you do get rumbled what will happen? if it's only that you have to pay the extra, and you have bags to put the other stuff into, OK, but might they not let you take the extra kit at all?? or worse, cancel your entire booking?? (which thay can then re-sell at big money of course)....

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Have got away with it oncharter flights before, not tried it with Ryanair. However my experience with them on luggage at other times is carp (sic), mainly due to not reading the small print. Paid for 4 bags for a party of 5, but due to weight distribution ended up having to pay excess because 2 of the bags were over 15KG (but overall under the 60KG.

However it seems that it makes a differnce who you get on the check in - on the way out no problems at all (a friendly & chatty Ryanair employee!) just waved it through - on the wy back from Salzburg, a totally different story - the only time she smiled was when she gave me a docket with the excess weight on it. This combined with the perennial scrum to get on has really put me off flying with them, even if it is a really good deal. Still - the people ahead of us had to pay over £200 Shocked

- the look on his face said it all.

The thought has crossed my mind as to whether they are targetted on additional income at check in? Anyone know?

Anyway, good luck, but have the credit card ready!

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jase2472, Check you will find there is a maximum weight ot the bag or a condition of only 1 x pair in a bag. Ryanair are pretty good are wrapping down their T&C's.

After all it is free

I've never had a problems with Ryanair, provided you've paid excess.. whilst there's a nominal 32kg limit, when we checked in at standsted they just chucked a board bag into over-size, never weighed it, never asked what was in it..

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Ahh! Looking to get round this by buying a double Sportube for mine and the wifes skis, hoping they wouldn't notice. Would they cotton on? Confused

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I have put 2 sets of skis in one bag with Ryanair many times (perhaps 10+ times) and always got away with it. They are pretty relaxed at the remote airports flying back. The only one to look out for is the flight from Stansted (or other UK airport). Here it's Ryanair's own staff, and they sometimes act as though they are bonused on how much more money they can sting you for. 3 skis might be pushing the weight a bit that the airport baggage handlers will take.

Just be sensible (e.g. don't ask if it's ok) and make it easy for them to process you. At Stansted, the routine is that you check in, they just put a sticker on your ski-bag and a luggage tag, and then you head off to the oversize baggage checkin with it.

I've always been able to max out my baggage allowance (all 15KG of it), and take a full ski bag for my ski carriage.

One thing to watch, is never ask Ryanair people if you can take ski-boots on as hand luggage. They'll say no, even though the airport security people will let you on with them (providing they fit inside the normal size restrictions).

You know it makes sense.

This is what it says in T&C's

''Sporting or musical equipment including but not limited to large fishing rods, golf clubs, bicycles, scooters, fencing equipment, surfboards, bodyboards, snowboards and skis and large musical instruments including but not limited to harps, double bass and drums are inherently unsuitable for carriage by airlines operating fast turnarounds such as Ryanair. However these items may be carried in the hold of the aircraft in addition to your personal checked baggage allowance upon payment of an additional charge of £15.50/€22.50 per item, per one way flight via www.ryanair.com or £20.50/€30 per item, per one way flight at the airport or through a Ryanair call centre. Smaller musical items such as a guitar, cello, violin or viola which exceed our cabin baggage dimensions may be carried in the cabin if a seat for it has been reserved and the appropriate fare paid. There is no checked baggage allowance associated with the purchase of an extra seat.

For health and safety reasons Ryanair does not accept for carriage any individual item exceeding 32 kilos or with combined dimensions of more than 81cms (height), 119cms (width) and 119cms (depth). This weight limit does not apply to mobility equipment.''

So if I have read it correct as long as it is below 32 kgs each bag we are ok

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Good luck to Ryanair.

They initially suckered everyone in with cheap headline-prices.

Now many are hooked, they are nudging total-prices back up.

An obvious but shrewd strategy.

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Yes but we got our ski carriage for 1p it was an offer NehNeh

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Whitegold, I don't even look at their site when I'm looking for flights. Only used them once, and that was only because they were the only ones doing the route I wanted at the time I wanted. Largely due to the **** that runs/owns them...

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From experience of travelling with ski's & boots this year from Stanstead with Ryanair , I had booked 2 ski carriage, I put 2 pair of ski's in one bag, they counted that as one, my ski boots counted as another and I had to pay extra for my wife's boots, you have to go to another desk to pay and took ages, due to everyone else making the same mistakes. The people behind us at check-in had two ski bags one set in each, they counted as two ski carriage, then they made them pay extra for each of the two ski boots bags they took. No amount of pleading made any difference. Sad

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skisimon, and the fact they're Irish has what relevance?

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I have flown with them a couple of times, the country of origin was irrelevant, and the experience was nothing to complain about, flights were on time and we had no problem with our baggage allowances. Kids flew back to Uk with them yesterday, no compliants.

After all it is free

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skisimon, Would be the Irish guy who owns Ryanair and who has created a major employer in Ireland and elsewhere, who broke the monopoly in Dublin Airport of Aer Lingus and who and so on and so.... rolling eyes

I would love you to sit beside this Irish *** and show your business credentials Laughing

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skisimon, You specifically referred to him as being an Irish **** if he was black would you have called him a black ****

Since when do you speak for 80% of the Irish population Puzzled

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skisimon, You are so full of contradictions you are funny. You never travel on them and yet you know no on speaks English or is Irish who works for them. You claim 80% of Irish and English people hate him yet you say you don't speak for them. Yawn. Laughing

Yes he is Irish, he is an incredibly successful Irish man, you on the other hand.......................... Laughing

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I've removed the specific part of my comment as it is being interpreted in the wrong way; and this is my final post on this as it's taking over the whole thread.

I said that I had travelled on them once, and also said that of the cabin crew I had seen - which is by no means all of them. I also drew on what many people have told me, and upon previous comments on these boards.

No-one can ever say something along the lines of "there must be 70% of people who don't like Eastenders", but it is done, and is just a generalisation of the feeling someone thinks there is, it is never claimed to be scientific of statistically accurate... My point was that if I can't speak for the Irish population, then equally I can't speak for any population (other than one which I know all of).

Nice to see that you've managed to stoop to personal insults. I however, merely used a commonly portrayed view of (an extremely successful) businessman's personality.

PS. I have a large number of close friends who are Irish, have never personally had a problem with an Irish person and love visiting Ireland for these reasons and many more.

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skisimon, So you made a statement wihtout thinking and try to back it up with rubbish facts. You are half way to being Irish...... wink

I know many like to knock Ryanair but the fact is that they are an incredibly successful company. The Irish **** who runs them took them from the absolute brink of bankrupcy to a very profitable business. Yes they have their faults and yes their customer services do leave a lot to be desired at times Shocked

but many, many people travel daily at far cheaper rates than any train company offer. The Irish **** who rusn them feels at ease wiht peole who don't like them he suggest they use anyone else who can offer cheaper........

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(I didn't back it up with any facts, merely wide sweeping generealisations based on little evidence wink

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Anyway... if you're just looking for a to getaway, as cheaply as possible, without any luggage, and you're not really bothered about how you get there because you're going to have a great few days in between, then Ryanair air one of the airlines to consider (hence I used them when I had a fantastic weekend in Dublin Toofy Grin

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Personally I don't like they way they operate and abandon passengers at any given opportunity, or they way they advertise or the way they try to catch passengers with extra charges. I don't fly with them and that's my choice, many do and that's their choice.

For info Ryanair have approx 4,000 workers, carry 43 million passengers a year and fly about 140 Boeing 737-800 aircraft. Their net income last year was 435 million euros. source

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Wow, BA is pretty small compared to them, they only carried 36 million passengers in 05/06 Laughing

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Sage, Lets not forget that BA have employed another Irish **** at the top to sort out their business model (i.e. break the unions and make loads redundant and try and end the final salary pension scheme). You see the other Irish **** in Ryanair has taught the airline industry a thing or 2 about cost control.

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looks like i have started something here Confused

Flown with them on a number of times and never paid over £50 return and never had problems with them so can't really call them

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