Quintin Jardine's blog

Checked in already for the flight home next Monday; my Ryanair boarding pass is on my desk. They are so keen on cost-cutting and speedy turnarounds that travellers are expected to partly tear off the slip that’s retained at the boarding gate. I guess that gives them more time to tell you that your cabin bag is a centimetre too wide and that they’re going to charge you thirty quid to put it in the hold. Either that or they tell you that it’s a little overweight, then stand by as you take clothes from it and put them on over those you’re already wearing and stuff smaller items in your pockets. Yes, I know, the same total weight goes into the cabin, but don’t laugh, because I’ve seen them do that. And have you ever noticed that however carefully you weigh your bag before you leave home it always manages to put on a kilo or so during the journey to the airport?