'Ryanair fined us more than the cost of our entire flight in complete madness bag size row'

Kirsty and Marc McVeigh, some 38, were flying to Milan with their household erstwhile they were stopped arsenic they were boarding their level and told their Nike container was excessively large

A family has been near “fuming” aft they were fined £60 for breaking Ryanair’s baggage rules, arsenic they importune their container was the close size.

Kirsty and Marc McVeigh, some 38, were flying to Milan with their 3 children, bringing with them a bluish Nike gym bag. The household went done cheque successful and information checks without incident.

But arsenic Marc was boarding the level helium was stopped arsenic aerial unit wanted to cheque the size of his container - which was recovered to person breached the rules. As a result, the household was fined £60 - much than their £47 instrumentality flight.

Kirsty told Manchester Evening News: "I'm fuming, honestly. Marc has had the container for 10 oregon 11 years and helium has taken it connected each trip, nary issues, nary problems, with immoderate airline.

"He's utilized it connected Ryanair earlier without a problem. Me and the kids were already connected the level and I deliberation Marc was the past to board. They asked him to trial it and helium enactment it successful the sizer. It acceptable successful but they said they don't judge the 'style' of container immoderate more. The signs accidental if it fits you tin bring it connected board.

"It's conscionable ridiculous it outgo much than the instrumentality flight. I don't cognize however they tin warrant it. It's implicit madness.”

The household assertion they person flown with the container respective times earlier without having immoderate problems. They are present appealing against the charge.

A Ryanair spokesperson said: "This rider booked a basal fare for this formation from Manchester to Milan, which allowed him to transportation 1 tiny idiosyncratic container onboard. As this passenger's container exceeded the permitted size of a tiny idiosyncratic container (as intelligibly shown successful the photos you've provided), helium was correctly required to wage a modular gross baggage interest of £60 by the gross cause astatine Manchester Airport to transportation his compartment container onboard the aircraft."

This week different Ryanair rider was fined erstwhile his suitcase was said to beryllium excessively big. Austin Price was flying from Bristol Airport to Krakow, Poland, erstwhile helium was stopped successful the queue arsenic unit asked him to enactment his suitcase successful the measuring stand. The 28-year-old, from Plymouth, Devon, claims his luggage did acceptable successful the spread but the wheels did not arsenic they are 'wonky' and 'a spot stiff'.

However, the Ryanair worker told him helium would person to wage due to the fact that it was excessively big. The interest was connected apical of the precedence boarding outgo he'd made to instrumentality the 10kg container connected successful the archetypal place.