Packing your Ski bag

Easyjet check in at Geneva fleeced us on the way back this easter(£280 excess baggage), double wheeled ski bag with 2 pairs of skis and clothes to protect them, Easyjet policy is 12kg for ski carriage, my experience of Ryanair check in at Geneva was somewhat different. We were only flying easyjet as the oh did her acl and thats who the ins co put us with, needless to say the ins paid out but not the point :!: :!: :!:

freezywater wrote:Easyjet check in at Geneva fleeced us on the way back this easter

To be fair, their policy is stated pretty clearly and they are flexible on the distribution of the weight you've paid for :-

Sports equipment – how does it work?
Buying weight allowance for sporting goods gives you a 12kg extra weight allowance. You must be travelling with sports equipment (as listed in the booking process), although the exact weight distribution between items doesn't matter.
For example:
One passenger travelling buys a bag and an additional sporting allowance. This gives an allowance of 2 items (which must include 1 sporting item), at a total weight of 32kg. However, if the sporting item is 18kg and the bag is 14kg then that's fine with us!
Two passengers are travelling with one hold bag and two pieces of sports equipment. This gives an allowance of 3 items (which must include 2 sporting items), at a total weight of 44kg. The exact distribution of weight between baggage items doesn't matter, subject to the maximum weights detailed above for health and safety reasons.

That's from http://www.easyjet.com/EN/Planning/baggage.html

From the above, Tony's policy of stuffing his ski bag is explicitly stated as just fine with Easyjet as long as the total weight comes in right. (I'd thought that might be pushing things, so glad I looked it up!)

The excess baggage charges are intended to be punitive, and they have to be - if the plane's overweight it won't (be allowed to) fly.

As bandit says, some of the TO limits and charges do seem excessive and only designed to generate revenue - always read the small print.

Take the train, that way you can take what you can carry AND make sure no-one throws your new skis around the run way.

Although they state an amount of luggage, I've never been told I can't take anything, as long as I can carry it, I can take it.

Not practical for everyone I know.

And its better for the planet :)

NellyPS wrote:Take the train, that way you can take what you can carry AND make sure no-one throws your new skis around the run way.

Better still, drive. Then you can take more than you can carry, plus you get to travel totally at your own pace and route :)

Unfortunately Mr Nelly has a company car which they won't let us take abroad :(

NellyPS wrote:Unfortunately Mr Nelly has a company car which they won't let us take abroad :(

Oh dear ...
I have met a few people with that issue.
The best solution has always been to change things
Swap Mr Nelly out for a more user friendly model?
:thumbup:

Does anybody know if it is ok to take Ski Boots as your hand luggage on easyjet?

Jo&Stu wrote:Does anybody know if it is ok to take Ski Boots as your hand luggage on easyjet?

the airline is fine, as long as the bag meets their size guide. It's the airports that can play up. Over the past 3 winters, Grenoble and Bristol stand out as the worst offenders, for jobsworth security staff.