Travelling on Ryanair with a suit carrier?

[NewbieP99]

Can I just bring/sneak it on the plane as well as a piece of hand luggage? Thoughts? Rather not have to check just a suit in and have it cost me 30 quid or whatever!

[davepoth]

Wear the suit onto the plane.

[Silver993tt]

You will have the suit/carrier or other baggage item taken from you at the gate. You will also be charged an extortionate amount of money at the gate at the same time. This is how this airline makes its money.

[g3org3y]

I tried to bring on a suit bag as well as my regular hang luggage bag. Stopped at the gate and told pay extra or put the suit bag in the hand luggage bag.

One creased suit later, I didn't have to pay. Took it out immediately on entering the plane.

[chris7676]

davepoth said:

Wear the suit onto the plane.

Most obvious and simple, but it looks extremely 'out of the box' here.
Btw, if it helps you can take your jacket off as with a normal jacket / coat which is not part of the luggage as such.

[sneijder]

Have a look on YouTube.

There are various methods of getting a suit into hand luggage.

I fold one shoulder inside out, tuck it into the other shoulder, and roll everything up.

The key is rolling and not folding.

[supertouring]

I once wore a coat I had bought for my daughter on a flight back from Dublin.

No one batted an eye-lid.

However, someone with two bags got stopped at the gate.

[Disastrous]

Ryanair are ludicrous and won't allow it, due to them having no idea what a suit it. Unless it fits into a single TX Maxx 'designer' carry-on, it's getting stopped.

[NewbieP99]

Cheers for the suggestions folks!

[popinoz]

Got ripped off by Ryanair I would never fly with them again period !! Total and utter contempt for customers !!

[supertouring]

popinoz said:

Total and utter contempt for customers !!

It's a business model that appears to work for them.

[Silver993tt]

supertouring said:

It's a business model that appears to work for them.

yes, supported by the un-informed and naive traveler who hasn't travelled very much at all.

[davepoth]

Silver993tt said:

supertouring said:

It's a business model that appears to work for them.

yes, supported by the un-informed and naive traveler who hasn't travelled very much at all.

No, the informed and worldly traveller knows how to not get ripped off by Ryanair. do it right and there probably isn't a cheaper way of flying.

[Silver993tt]

davepoth said:

No, the informed and worldly traveller knows how to not get ripped off by Ryanair. do it right and there probably isn't a cheaper way of flying.

sorry but 'doing it right' with this airline means not flying when you need to and even when you manage this it is never even close to as cheap as advertised. People assume the airline is the cheapest du to the weight of marketing and they rarely if ever check prices for other airlines who often are much cheaper, fly to airports much nearer their final destination and actually get treated like a customer rather than fodder.

[andy43]

Used Ryanair for the first time and it was good overall. On time, clean planes, cheaper than anyone else on this occasion (it's usually Monarch). Downside - had to buy smaller hand luggage cases as their max carry on size is smaller than any other airline. They will stop you at the gate with a suit carrier - they checked a good few peoples cases if they suspected cases were a few mm too big. They don't pool luggage weights, so if you have two cases, one at 21kg and one at 18 kg, you'll pay extra for the first one.

[Disastrous]

Also, these are good, inside your luggage...

http://www.lat56.com/default/bags/suit-packing-sys...

[BigBen]

davepoth said:

Silver993tt said:

supertouring said:

It's a business model that appears to work for them.

yes, supported by the un-informed and naive traveler who hasn't travelled very much at all.

No, the informed and worldly traveller knows how to not get ripped off by Ryanair. do it right and there probably isn't a cheaper way of flying.

Exactly this. If I have occasion to use them I go in eyes open knowing it won't be nice but it is cheap. The kind of people who complain about being 'ripped off' are probably the people I see with multiple items of hand baggage getting charged extra due to not reading the rules which are clearly explained at every stage of the booking, check in and boarding process......

[audidoody]

My suit carrier complains a lot but eventually she agrees to take it.

[Silver993tt]

swerni said:

Do you work there? you always get very defensive when someone slates them.

I fly on a weekly basis and wouldn't touch them with a barge pole, but I can see they serve a purpose.

I'm agreeing with you, I never fly with them, Tried them once and never again.

[ColinM50]

I'm up to 500 or so flights with Ryanair and in that time I've had one cancellation due to air traffic control problem and one four hour delay due to the First Officer walking in to the u/c doors on his pre flight check and getting carted off to hospital. Incredibly reliable, always within 15 mins of stated arrival time and as LONG AS YOU FOLLOW THEIR RULES never had a problem. READ their t's and c's and don't think it doesn't apply to you or you can get away with something. You can't. It's the check in staff's job to empty your wallet 'cos they get commision on anythng extra they charge you. Just don't give them grounds for charging you. Follow their rules and you'll be fine

So re the OP, put the suit trousers in your carry on bag, wear the jacket and as soon as you get on board put the suit jacket in the o/h locker. Job's a good 'un.

Ryanair are an amazing business, cheap and reliable and a bus trip in the sky, but as I said earlier and as others have said, follow their rules and you'll be OK.