12 months ago Ryanair introduced an extra hand luggage charge, now easyJet has followed suit. Apparently the budget airline has taken a leaf out of Ryanair's book and quietly added the new fee which is likely to catch out many of its customers and although Ryanair received a fair amount of attention (and criticism) when it introduced its new charge, easyJet seems to have introduced the fee without raising a murmur!
Details of the fee itself are sketchy to say the least and there appears to be no mention of it on the easyJet website! In fact you may not come across it until you reach the departure gate. If you arrive at the departure gate with two bags, including any duty-free shopping you may have purchased at the airport, you will be forced to pay a fine.The actual amount of the charge remains unknown and there is no warning before you check in. Even the airline's staff appear to be in the dark. When asked, an on-board steward said it was the same as for extra checked luggage - 11€ online, 22€ on the day. But there is no facility to pay for the extra hand luggage when booking.
The policy was clarified somewhat on the easyJet Twitter site:
"the policy should only be enforced to prevent people taking two bags of their own, and that a memo will be sent out to clarify this point with airline ground staff."It would seem that a bag of duty-free is still allowed, as long as it has been sealed by the shop.
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