Flying Ryan Air.
This was our first time
flying Ryan Air and our first time in Berlin. I was a little bit nervous given all the negative publicity
earlier in the year with flight cancellations etc. I did a bit of a Trip
Advisor haul and went as prepared as I felt I could be. For 3 days we decided
we could manage with hand baggage and we didn’t take the hard “trolley” cases
but rucksacks – for 2 reasons.
1. Easier to carry round getting to and from
airport / hotel (there are a lot of cobbles in Berlin so this proved the right
decision).
2. I’d read that, while Ryan Air will often make
people put hard luggage in the hold when the overhead lockers are full you are
usually ok with rucksacks. This proved to be case (pardon the pun). It’s also
not pleasant to see other passengers nearly coming to blows because they can’t
get their luggage in an overhead compartment and something we like to avoid. On the way back we chose to throw one of our
bags into the hold (for free) just so we didn’t have to bother with it. There
was so little luggage on the flight that it was there waiting for us when we
got through passport control in Manchester.
We also bought an
additional small hand luggage bag each (standard Ryan Air size)– these proved perfect for carrying the
essentials, they fitted perfectly between our feet in the legroom space and I’m
planning on using them on other flights in the future. The Ryan Air website gives full information about luggage sizes and limits and there were plenty of bags available on Amazon which fitted these limits.
All in all
The flight was absolutely
fine. We didn’t buy anything on board – it was only a very short flight. Crew
were friendly and helpful and we were on time. With a bit of pre-planning a hassle free journey and one we'd happily repeat.
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