€150 to check in bag on flights to Lyon

Some Ryanair customers, travelling on the specially scheduled flights to and from Lyon for today's match, have been charged €150 for a single item of check-in luggage.

However, an airline statement on their website said these are hand baggage only flights. Despite this, customers booking seats on the extra flights were given the option to pay to check in a bag, at the cost of €150.

A Ryanair spokesperson told the Irish Examiner last night that the cost was to deter people from checking in a bag: “These flights are hand baggage only and this charge was to deter people from booking checked-in bags.”