Cabin baggage can be a major bone of contention when aboard any flight – from those who bring a small rucksack – right up to those who bring the kitchen sink with them.
Easyjet is trying to attempt to change this, by changing the size of the cabin bags allowed. The new size that will be guarenteed overhead bin space is 50cm x 40cm x 20cm.
Bags up to 56cm x 45cm x 25cm will still be allowed onboard still – however, these are subject to be gate-checked in the hold if the flight is busy.
Cabin bags remain uncharaged (unlike Wizz Air), and remain at 23kg maximum weight (which is a lot more than some of EasyJets rivals – Aer Lingus allows 10kg, Ryanair 10kg with BA only allowing 23kg as cabin luggage).
To avoid this, buying Speedy Boarding or trying to get on as fast as you can after Speedy Boarding could help to secure your overhead bin space (as well as having the right sized luggage).
It’s a way of controlling overhead bin usage – and whilst some people will still have to gate check their items if they’re outside the first set of limits – it’ll mean at least there are less delays during loading.
However, for those boarding near the end of the process, be prepared to gate-check your precious things…
So even if I am one of the last on the plane and my baggage is within the new lower limit, I will still have to gate check if people before me had a bigger bag?
Interesting is that the lower limit now makes their cabin baggage size smaller than Ryanair, who allow for 55cm x 40cm x 20cm.
Further, finding a bag that is smaller than 20cm in depth is actually quite a struggle. Luckily I did manage to when I used to fly Ryanair.