What disadvantages in not queueing early to board Ryanair flight?
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- Aparna Patel
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- 9 Aug, 2023
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There is no risk (or negligible risk) of being offloaded.
There is a risk your bag will have to be stowed or put far away from you on the aircraft, which many people find irritating.
I think most people get impatient, nervous or anxious when they see the flight is close to boarding—and simply do not want to sit any more. Either they join a queue or make a queue, or they form into an unsightly mass as close as possible to the gate. If a small number of people do it, then everyone else begins to follow. It is some kind of instinct many people have.
Some people have rather unpleasant terms for this phenomenon (“gate lice” I have heard).
I have traveled with Ryan air so many times (non EU citizen) and this is what i would answer.
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If you are not EU citizen, you have to stand in queue to get your passport checked, if not you will be denied boarding at the gates.
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Most ryan air flights are crowded during weekends, so if you board at the end of the queue, either you will have no free seats (forced to pay 10 euro to take priority seats) or no space to put your hand luggage up above.
The only thing i like with ryan air is that you can sit anywhere (seats not alloted), unlike other commercial airlines, where you will need to spend time searching for seats. of course, I would be happy to wait in queue if i could fly for 40 euros or less. If you are flyer with ryan air for the first time, be sure to check your hand luggage within their prescribed dimension limits.
In principle, overbooking does not happen in Ryanair and most LCCs.
There might be other reasons but one of them is to assure that you take your hand luggage with you. Ryanair charges extra for checked-in luggage therefore almost everyone carries hand luggage. This used to be a problem because there is not enough space inside the cabin for everyone to put their luggage. Currently, hand-luggage that does not fit goes to the cargo hold. They usually start distributing the tags to put the luggage on the cargo hold among the last persons in the queue.
If you want to be sure your luggage flyes with you the only way is to queue early (or buy the priority boarding).
If your luggage goes into the cargo hold under these conditions you don’t need to pay extra. You deliver the luggage when you walk to the airplane.
NOTE: currently Ryanair charges to take hand-luggage (that doesn’t fit under the chair) inside the cabin. Only a limited amount of hand luggage is allowed. The process became predictable and you will allways take the luggage inside if you paid.
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