Ryanair charges for luggage and check in have been raised .

For all new bookings it is now £6 per case and £3 check in each way .

Soon it will be more expensive for luggage than passengers !

You can check in on-line to avoid the charges which, of course, is their aim to reduce staffing levels.

I think that's only if you don't have hold luggage.

Oh yes of course. I only ever carry hand luggage so wasnt thinking about that.

You also get automatic priority boarding with internet check-in.. You get 10 kilos hand luggage allowance but only 15 with checked in. so just travel light!!!!

It already is !!

Certainly is more expensive for luggage than passengers even now. Next time we book to go over it will be hand luggage only and internet check in, we were talking to a woman last time we went over, her total cost for her ticket was €12, that included priority booking, this was for Spain to Uk only, taxes from the Uk would have been higher, her ticket cost was 1 cent.

I bet they took the cent too. lol

Ryannair should be called "Fly Dick Turpin"!!

Yes and no. I'm a bit hacked off with the rises, but at the end, it doesn't affect the light travellers with only hand luggage. We have been taking advantage of the luggage allowance to move a surprising amount of stuff out to Spain, and it is still cost effective. Where else could you ship 15 kilos out to Spain for the cost that Ryan charges?

Personally I treat it as just the price of the ticket anyway. Once I'm travelling more frequently I shall just use the hand luggage, as I can still shift 10 kilos that way!

This is our outlook as well.

However we looked at flights for July (3 adults) only two weeks ago, logged into Ryanair yesterday to place the booking and the 3 fares have risen by £160!! So booked with Jet2 out of Leeds for £327 instead, just hand luggage but still get 10 kilos. So thats 30 kilos of essential stuff we can take over, we have plenty of clothing already out there.

Ouchie! It certainly pays to book well ahead, doesn't it?

Squeezy jet do 20 kilos for free and no restrictions on hand luggage weight.

Trouble is, they don't do Stansted to Jerez.

Have you used easy jet recently? I'm finding them a lot more expensive than Ryan Air and from east mids they are charging extra for hold luggage.