Has anyone taken a Trunki suitcase on as hand luggage on Ryanair?

[tigwig]

Just bought one for my daughter and it exceeds their dimensions by 0.5cm! However when googling this question lots of people have said they used them no problem so I'm confused. I mean if there is ever an airline to dispute the dimensions I know its them!

[fliptheswitch]

Oh no! Which airline was it? I bought one today, after asking a question on here. I even read on the Trunki website that they do count as hand luggage? :-(

[jamesnan]

My daughter works at Stansted where there are many Ryanair flights and they are absolutely to the line regarding sizes of luggage - if a bag sticks out over the top of the size rack by the tiniest amount then there is an extra charge and it goes as hold baggage.

[fliptheswitch]

Haha! So sorry... just realised you put which airline in the title. Oops! :)

[Buenchico]

I'm hesitant to suggest that you should 'chance it' (because I don't want to get blamed if I get it wrong!) but I've flown on several Ryanair flights where youngsters have had Trunkis, and there never seems to have been a problem.

Further, people on this thread state that they've travelled with them, on Ryanair, without being challenged over the dimensions:
http://forums.moneysa...wthread.php?t=2618391

Fliptheswitch:
When the Europe-wide security rules (relating to such things as liquids in hand baggage) came into force, there was a universal limit of just one item of hand baggage, with maximum dimensions specified by the Department of Transport (and the relevant departments of other European governments). However individual airlines were still able to have stricter rules (based, for example, upon the capacity of the overhead lockers in their aircraft).

Trunki (and other manufacturers) based their claims that items could be carried as hand baggage upon the rules set by governments, and not on those set by individual airlines. The government rules have now been removed but Trunki (et al) still use the dimensions which were contained within those rules as the basis for their claims (since they can't be expected to know the individual rules of thousands of airlines throughout the world).

Chris

[fliptheswitch]

Thank-you Chris, that is wonderful. I am going to take your advice and "chance it". I will be back if the outcome was not a pleasant one! lol :)

[237SJ]

There`s never been a universal limit of one piece of hand luggage. It`s purely commercial. The smaller the cabin bag, the less you can get in it. The less you can get in it, the more likely you will be to have to use a suitcase. Then you can be charged for the suitcase.

[Buenchico]

"There`s never been a universal limit of one piece of hand luggage".

There was you know, 237SJ, between August 2006 and January 2008:
http://www.telegraph....ons-to-be-lifted.html

[237SJ]

Not on my aeroplanes there wasn`t buenchico!

[Buenchico]

The control point was the security check where liquids etc were (and still are) checked. Only one item of hand baggage could be taken past there. However additional items could be purchased 'post-security'.

[joannie10]

travelled a couple of times with Ryanair this year and both times there were children with Trunki's.