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81. Author: parsmad68 Date: Tue 6th Jan 2026. 08:46 Flight to Germany delayed and missed my connection to Asia. By the time I had got off the plane I had rebooked onto a different carrier and overnight hotel organised with a dinner pack. Economy class ticket. Not all airlines are the same. Edit: Lufthansa Post Edited (Tue 06 Jan 08:46) Reply
82. Author: P Date: Tue 6th Jan 2026. 11:11 veteraneastender, Sun 4 Jan 19:49 "As an aside, minor tip if you’re worried about the hand luggage trap at boarding with budget airlines, go to duty free and buy a bag for 10p and stick a couple of your bulky items in the bag and seal it. You’re allowed duty free aside from bag allowance. Doesn’t work if you’re actually buying duty free mind you." Would these be the general use shopping bag available at any airport controlled retail outlet - rather than the special Security Tamper Evident Bag (STEB) required for duty free liquid purchases when sealing is mandatory ? If you can (which I did at Edinburgh last week) you are best with the bags that seal as it’s less likely to be challenged. It used to be that Ryanair included these as hand luggage but the airports recognised the loss of revenue from duty free that they faced and forced them not to count it. If you’re carrying a generic carrying bag they could argue it’s hand luggage. Reply
83. Author: veteraneastender Date: Tue 6th Jan 2026. 15:15 I`m very suprised that Duty Free at EDI would supply an open unsealed STEB. That compromises their intended use. Reply
84. Author: GG Riva Date: Tue 6th Jan 2026. 16:13 pars4life1, Mon 5 Jan 20:39 I don`t particularly like Ryanair, but we all know t you just need to be willing to take that on. Do they deliberately separate travel partners? Maybe, but who gives a **, being 10 meters away from them for 2 hours never killed anyone. Play the game , put up with some ** and you can get a cheap fair in return, don`t play the game, it will cost you. It`s not like Ryanair`s tactics are new and unexpected Good post, P4L1. I`m quite pleased that I resisted their underhand tactics to coerce me into buying seats. On both flights, there were empty seats adjacent to both of us, so once all the passengers were aboard and seated, I moved to sit next to my wife. In so doing, I saved £40 with which I was pleased to buy a couple of bottle in the duty free shop before our return flight. 😁 I did contact Ryanair to ask an "expert," whether it was the airline`s deliberate policy to sit passengers on the same booking apart. She asked whether I`d raised this with the cabin crew. I didn`t. Obviously, it`s my fault then.🤔 I`m thinking of writing to the CAA, as parsmad68 suggested, to see what they make of it. I`m not looking for compensation. I just want to know if this tactic is legal. One thing is certain : I`ll only use Ryanair when there is no convenient, viable alternative in the future. Not your average Sunday League player. Reply
85. Author: P Date: Tue 6th Jan 2026. 18:18 veteraneastender, Tue 6 Jan 15:15 I`m very suprised that Duty Free at EDI would supply an open unsealed STEB. That compromises their intended use. I had already bought whisky which was bagged and asked for an extra bag to put my hat & gloves etc in and she just handed me one. Then gave us another to double bag my wife’s 2 bottles of wine - 2nd bag was not sealed. They could not have cared less. This then summoned the algorithm with other people doing this ‘hack’ on TikTok Reply

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