Flybe Luggage Charges

[Jennykenny]

Maybe I have been lucky with the airlines that I have flown with before, but I have never had to pay to bring small hold-all onto the plane. Flybe wants £40.00 for a return flight from Southampton to Bergerac on top of the £99.00 flight cost.
I know the answer already, which is find another airline, but am I wrong in being miffed!!

[Mosaic]

Why not play them at their own game, and stuff everything either into hold luggage or carry-on but not both?
Plus, coats with lots of big pockets.

[chrissa1]

Do you mean as hand luggage?

[sunny-dave]

http://www.flybe.com/baggage/hand-baggage.htm

[fiction-factory]

Would the overall cost of £139 be higher than flying with another airline?

[Mosaic]

Plus it still works out cheaper than Brittany Ferries and SNCF

[Buenchico]

FlyBe allow you to take a single bag on board, free of charge, as long as it doesn't weigh more than 10kg or have dimensions exceeding 55 x 35 x 20cm.

You can also have a smaller additional bag (for under-seat storage), such as a handbag, as long as the combined weight of the two bags doesn't exceed 10kg.
http://www.flybe.com/baggage/hand-baggage.htm

That's basically the same as many other airlines, Ryanair, for example, has basically the same rule except that the larger bag can be 55 x 40 x 20cm (and they impose specific dimension limits on the smaller bag):
https://www.ryanair.com/gb/en/useful-info/help-centre/faq-overview#1-1

BA's size restriction for the larger bag is slightly more generous (at 56 x 45 x 25cm) but not that much. Jet2 also has the same size limit.

FlyBe is the only operator to Bergerac from Southampton. The only other airlines flying from the UK to Bergerac are BA (from London City, starting next May), Jet2 (from Leeds/Bradford, seasonally) and Ryanair (from Stansted, with additional seasonal services from Bristol, East Midlands and Liverpool).

[Jennykenny]

Buenchico I knew you would be up there with the answer.
But the options I have, that I can see, is that I have to pay with any size of bag, even a tiny roller bag. The 'pictures' offered don't show anything else, unless there is something I am missing?

[sunny-dave]

The link that I gave (and Buenchico repeated) is quite clear.

You get a free carry-on allowance, as described, then have to pay the appropriate cost for anything else (which is then checked into the hold).

[theshedman]

I have booked with Flybe for next year and the baggage allowance is as others have said, you only pay for hold baggage that's £40 for a bag weighing up to 20kg. Hand baggage is up to 10kg and that is free but it has to be within the size limits. Certain ticket prices also include the price of 1 or 2 bags.

[Prudie]

You can also select a 15kg hold bag for less money but they don't charge for carry-on within the permitted size. I book Flybe all the time.

[Buenchico]

Since we can't see your 'pictures' (or the page that they're on) it's hard for us to be sure exactly what you're referring to, JK. But as Theshedman has mentioned that £40 is the charge for hold baggage (rather than for cabin baggage), I strongly suspect that you must be looking at something that refers to 'checked' baggage.

[Jennykenny]

Thanks to all and sorry that I took so long to get back to you all.
Got distracted with a holiday in Genoa, one in Tarragona and one in Sorrento.
This sounds a bit like showing off, but for years I couldn't have holidays because of personal circumstances so going a bit wild now.
Will investigate the question again, properly.
Again thanks.

[Psybbo]

Enjoy, you deserve it

[jno]

go for it!

[Jennykenny]

Thanks folks. G