Ryanair now has a hand luggage measuring tool on its mobile app to help passengers understand its carry on baggage charges. The new function scans the bag you want to take and tells you if it is small enough to fit under the seat in front or if you’ll have to pay. Ryanair changed its bag policy in 2018, limiting the amount passengers could bring on board for free. According to the Ryanair website: “All passengers are entitled to bring one small personal bag on board [which] must fit under the seat in front of you (40cm x 20cm x 25cm). Examples include a handbag, laptop bag and small backpack.”
Ryanair launches new mobile app tool to check hand luggage size - but does it work?
The new Bag Sizer tool can be found on the home page of the Ryanair mobile app.
It explains that you’ll need to place the bag you want to measure on a flat surface and tap the grid to continue.
You’ll then need to scan the bag by moving the camera slowly around the front, side, top and back of your bag.
The function will then tell you whether you will have to pay to carry it on with you or not.
However, in the small print, Ryanair disclaims that the “technology is not 100 per cent accurate so it is your responsibility to size the bags at the airport.”
The disclaimers also add: “We can only scan the parts of the bag we can see. The final size measure may or may not be the actual size.”
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