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Last week, Ryanair threatened to charge as much as £60 return per checked-in suitcase in its drive to make four out of five passengers fly with hand luggage only. Following the announcement last week that it would be closing airport check-in desks across its network - forcing all passengers to check in online - the carrier said that from the end of 2009, passengers wishing to check luggage into the hold would be directed to baggage-drop points.
The airline has already announced that passengers attempting to board flights carrying more than one piece of hand luggage would be charged £30 at the gate - but if you’re willing to play by Ryanair’s rules, you can keep costs down. First, pay for your flight using a Visa Electron card, thus avoiding the £4.75pp fee. Then deselect priority boarding and insurance, saving about a tenner. Obviously you’ll carry no hold luggage, and if you have an infant - £38 return to sit on your lap - leave it at home. If you must use airport shops, buy only items that will fit into your hand luggage. And one last thing: don’t buy the scratch cards.
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Just beacuse Ryan air they say they're cheap doesn't mean they are Don't forget in many cases they can land miles from your chossen airpot. Eg: Barcelona is in fact Girona or Reus. Taking that into account it can work out cheaper to fly with another airline that actually land at your chosen airport
Yuri Getcheffsky, New Mills, High Peak Derbyshire