Thomson/Crystal ski carriage

Yep, they said it was on H&S grounds in case luggage falls from a locker.

The only other time our hand luggage was weighed was in Budapest on a Ryanair flight. My sister had 11kgs in her case and I had 8.5kgs, they made use take a kilo from one case and transfer it to the other.

I was surprised at the size of case Ryanair allowed in the aircraft at Stanstead - normal sized suitcases.
I would not have been happy if my small bag had had to go in front of my feet so a ruddy great case could go over head.

Coming back from Graz the handlers were more strict on hand luggage size - making the big cases be checked in.

I recently read on another ski forum that somebody had put their hand luggage in the blue Ryanair measuring cage at the airport in Britain and was allowed to carry it on as it conformed. When it came to leaving Bulgaria they were asked to put it in the Ryanair cage again and although it was packed exactly the same it wouldn't even fit. This resulted in them having to check it in and pay 30 quid for the pleasure.

Oh Dear ..... the Irish lot playing up yet again. Don't use them :evil:

Hoolio wrote:I recently read on another ski forum that somebody had put their hand luggage in the blue Ryanair measuring cage at the airport in Britain and was allowed to carry it on as it conformed. When it came to leaving Bulgaria they were asked to put it in the Ryanair cage again and although it was packed exactly the same it wouldn't even fit. This resulted in them having to check it in and pay 30 quid for the pleasure.

One of the few Watchdog programmes I've ever watched covered this. The airlines are deliberately putting gauages in airports smaller than their published sizes.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/watchdog/2010/09/bmi_baggage_blunder.html

That they get away with it is pretty scandalous.

If I may be as bold as to say, can we leave Ryanair out of this thread please?
It was started because of a recent experience with Crystal relating to ski carriage, and I don't want to get off topic with this one. Any other charter airline and tour op for European ski flights in particular may attention!
I said before - Ryanair and Easyjet have their own bespoke policy which is clearly outlined for ski carriage. You may not like it, or them, or their other baggage policies, but they are not relevant on this thread.
Thanks.

Now, anyone from the industry on here care to comment?

I went with Flybe from Manchester to Milan last year and paid £48 for transporting ski equipment - this consisted of a ski bag and boot bag
No problem at Manchester but at Milan on the return the check in operator tried to charge extra because there were two bags not one.
Airlines always quote a price for carrying skis but are not specific about what this covers and so this leads to confusion.
Has anyone else had this problem?

Pack your boots in your hold luggage, it solves any issues.