Iceni Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 At Rodez this morning cabin baggage was being weighed and measured. Did not see any bags being transported to the crusher so I guess people either complied or sold an organ to pay the extra fees.John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 Euh, which organ were they selling, Iceni? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russethouse Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 My guess is that this will happen more and more as charges for checked baggage come into play.When I was in Dallas in October many other meeting attendees had flown American Airways and their policy is to charge for checked baggage on internal flights, this has lead to overhead locker wars with people trying to cram in more and more, to the extent that it was front page news on the hotel freebie paper 'USA Today' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceni Posted December 4, 2009 Author Share Posted December 4, 2009 Until today I had never seen the cabin bags being checked for size though on my last visit to Limoges they were being weighed. Perhaps, at last, M O'L has woken up to this wasted opportunity and now pays commission to the measurers.BTW Ryanair have not yet introduced the "leave it here in a big heap" method of dealing with hold baggage at Rodez, it is still handed in,as before, when you check in.John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardengirl Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 Easyjet were measuring at Montpellier in September; several people had to have luggage put in the hold as it was oversize. It really caused a tailback in the queue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rowland Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 Easyjet were measuring in Nice last month and also checking that people only had one piece of handluggage. There were notices up at Liverpool airport that they were going to be checking on the way out but that didn't happen. It caught a lot of people out - they had a handbag as well as a cabin bag. I think they then had to pay for the cabin bag to be put in the hold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Théière Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 Where MOL goes, others will follow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceni Posted December 6, 2009 Author Share Posted December 6, 2009 But not the same at Stansted yesterday. Cabin bags were weighed at Checkpoint #1 but not measured until checkpoint #2. Chaos.John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnOther Posted December 6, 2009 Share Posted December 6, 2009 More opportunity to catch people out and fleece them [:D]Remember, BIG coat with BIG pockets, works every time, even MOL hasn't taken to patting down - yet [8-|] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceni Posted December 6, 2009 Author Share Posted December 6, 2009 Or don't take as much.John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnOther Posted December 6, 2009 Share Posted December 6, 2009 That is of course one option [:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sprogster Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 On a couple of Easyjet flights recently, it was noticeable that everyone had their hand luggage checked for size, apart from the 'Speedy Boarders', who even had a priority lane at the gate. Would not be surprised if Easyjet follow Flybe and allow a second item of hand luggage to passengers willing to pay more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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