Reply to: easyjet charge for overhead lockers

[Eirikur]

But it might encourage people to "dress light" for flights...

OK there should be some rules

[Paralytic]

Which would probably be the fairest way of charging. Why would I pay for the kerosine burnt by flying a 160kg guy with 30 kg luggage? Good incentive to lose wait.

But it might encourage people to "dress light" for flights...

[Eirikur]

Next they'll start weighing customers and charging per KG.

I really hoped airlines like Easyjet and Ryanair would go to the wall during the pandemic, ushering in a new breed of airlines that actually fight for your custom by offering more comforts and inclusive stuff.

Which would probably be the fairest way of charging. Why would I pay for the kerosine burnt by flying a 160kg guy with 30 kg luggage? Good incentive to lose wait.

[fullyautomatix]

Charge for them?! I wish they would seal the things or get rid of them.

They cause utter chaos, confusion and anger. I mean what the hell do you need them for? Baggage collection at most modern airports is fast, your laptop and stuff can go is a soft bag under your seat, no bother. Other than medication or a few electronic bits you don't need a gigantic carry on bag, stick it in the hold. Then everyone can take their seats and the plane can get going.

And.. it means no sod is jumping up and down every five minutes to find that all important coloured crayon!

If you're on short haul read a magazine, if you're on long haul you're going to be taken care of

This all started with airlines charging for checked in baggage and allowing one free hand luggage. Everyone resorted to buying as big a hand luggage as possible and stuffing their entire holiday ward robe in it. This has resulted in the irritable and inevitable jostling for over head luggage space, fighting to get space just above their head, annoyed that when you come to your seat the overhead lockers are already full!, some peeps smuggling multiple pieces, most people standing in the middle of the aisle spending an hour to stuff their gigantic luggage into a tiny space and creating a massive queue behind them

[ladymuck]

Charge for them?! I wish they would seal the things or get rid of them.

They cause utter chaos, confusion and anger. I mean what the hell do you need them for? Baggage collection at most modern airports is fast, your laptop and stuff can go is a soft bag under your seat, no bother. Other than medication or a few electronic bits you don't need a gigantic carry on bag, stick it in the hold. Then everyone can take their seats and the plane can get going.

And.. it means no sod is jumping up and down every five minutes to find that all important coloured crayon!

If you're on short haul read a magazine, if you're on long haul you're going to be taken care of

Other than for front row and emergency exit seats, which cannot stow bags under the seat in front, that's a decent suggestion. By only catering for those and a couple of edge cases (maybe a medical angle, for example, where additional kit needs to be brought on board), that would reduce the faff in the cabin.

I seem to recall that the move to hand luggage only travel started with the rise of the low cost carriers who were charging for hold baggage.

[CheeseSlice]

Next they'll start weighing customers and charging per KG.

I really hoped airlines like Easyjet and Ryanair would go to the wall during the pandemic, ushering in a new breed of airlines that actually fight for your custom by offering more comforts and inclusive stuff.

[Eirikur]

Question is: How long until "regular" airlines will follow? BA followed Easyjet with charging for luggage and food and reduce the amount of Avios you get. I suppose soon they will also have a under your seat bag category with zero avios.

[GregRickshaw]

I wish they would seal the things!

Charge for them?! I wish they would seal the things or get rid of them.

They cause utter chaos, confusion and anger. I mean what the hell do you need them for? Baggage collection at most modern airports is fast, your laptop and stuff can go is a soft bag under your seat, no bother. Other than medication or a few electronic bits you don't need a gigantic carry on bag, stick it in the hold. Then everyone can take their seats and the plane can get going.

And.. it means no sod is jumping up and down every five minutes to find that all important coloured crayon!

If you're on short haul read a magazine, if you're on long haul you're going to be taken care of

[Hobosapien]

Contactless payment reader on the toilet door. €1 to gain access.

Got to be next?

Nah, they're letting you take a carrier bag for under the seat for a reason and you've just guessed it. One tulip to Amsterdam.

[ladymuck]

I know. I have the misfortune of having known him for years (something something Click Air were a client). The damage he did to BA will never be undone.

Unless you spend more time in the Caribbean.

Virgin Upper was great when I went to Cuba about 4 or 5 years ago.

South America and the Caribbean are on the to-do list but I just find going east more interesting.

[clearedforlanding]

Cruz left in October. It may be safe to return...

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That said, I only do short haul with BA and long haul is with better quality carriers (Cathay Pacific, Eva, Singapore, SWISS, etc). I don't/won't go to the US so I'm unlikely to ever fly with Virgin or a US carrier.

I know. I have the misfortune of having known him for years (something something Click Air were a client). The damage he did to BA will never be undone.

Unless you spend more time in the Caribbean.

[ladymuck]

My rule of thumb is under 2.30 hours - cheapest possible. 2.30 - 5 hours Business. 5 hours plus First.

I have had no desire to fly BA since Alex Cruise joined & turned it into Click Air and only use it to US/Caribbean in preference to US carriers. Even before Alex rocked up from Vueling BA was leagues behind. Easyjet is a better Y proposition than BA short haul & long haul the Asian & ME carriers.

The hand baggage charge is perfectly acceptable (and it is actually Wizz' s model not Ryanair). It is still going to cost you more to travel to the airport 90% of the time.

The only reason to fly BA is if clientco is paying & you believe Avios have some worth. Even the Concorde lounge is shabby. Compared to the Thai Royal First lounge in BKK as a flagship lounge for a flag carrying airline it is a joke.

In fact the C product on any carrier within Europe.

Cruz left in October. It may be safe to return...

British Airways Boss Quits As New CEO Shakes Up IAG

That said, I only do short haul with BA and long haul is with better quality carriers (Cathay Pacific, Eva, Singapore, SWISS, etc). I don't/won't go to the US so I'm unlikely to ever fly with Virgin or a US carrier.

[clearedforlanding]

What do you do if it's exactly 5 hours?

Fizzness.

[clearedforlanding]

I actually think what easyjet need isn't to charge more - passengers should be made to pass a test during which they need to deposit and retrieve their overhead luggage without delaying other people boarding / leaving the plane.

Only if they pass the test should they be allowed to use an overhead locker.

Charging for cabin lockers is very similar to a McDonald's server asking you if you "would like fries with that"? Unlike carrying you, the profit margins are huge. Before COVID`Easyjet's profit margin was a little higher than 3.5%. Most of this is ancillary revenue, & baggage is over 90 profit - like that extra Coke & fries.

[clearedforlanding]

And what if the flight was due to take 4 hours 50 but ends up in a holding pattern over Heathrow for more than 10 minutes. I assume you self-upgrade to First?

When flying into LHR I will always factor the holding pattern in and tell my kids they will not see me for a while. :P