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Ryanair may increase commission to staff identifying oversized cabin bags

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created: July 21, 2025, 12:20 p.m. | updated: July 21, 2025, 1:31 p.m.

Ryanair has said that in a bid to "eliminate the scourge" of passengers bringing oversized baggage to the boarding gate, the airline is considering increasing the commission it pays staff for identifying them. Currently Ryanair employees are paid around €1.50 for every oversized cabin bag that they identify, and passengers are charged additional fees if their bag is deemed to be too large to bring on-board the plane. CEO Michael O'Leary said if a cabin bag does not fit in the Ryanair baggage sizer, then "it's not getting on. On suggestions the airline's baggage rules can be applied arbitrarily, the Ryanair boss said: "You might have gotten away with it outbound ... 99.9% of our passengers don't break the rules, they don't get penalised.

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