One-bag, carry-on, light travel tips, techniques, and gear

“Ryanair is determined to incentivise passengers to travel light this summer by increasing our checked-in baggage fees for the months of July and August only. These baggage fees, which are avoidable by passengers, will apply to bookings made after midnight (24:00hrs) Wednesday for travel in July and August. From 1^st September the checked-in bag fee will return to its current level of €15. Over 70% of all Ryanair passengers will be unaffected by these changes because they travel with no checked-in bags.” - Ryanair’s Steve McNamara

All well and good, compared to Spirit. But…

In an interview on BBC television this morning, Mr (Michael) O’Leary said that the low-cost airline was looking at the possibility of installing a coin slot on the lavatory door so that “people might actually have to spend a pound to spend a penny.” - telegraph.co.uk

But, consider the source, says O’Leary’s flack:

Later, Ryanair spokesman Stephen McNamara said: “Michael makes a lot of this stuff up as he goes along and, while this has been discussed internally, there are no immediate plans to introduce it.

I won’t believe it when I don’t see it. There’s more than one way to skin an airline customer.