An airline flagged my oversized carryon bag but young, hot passengers with the same luggage were let on
She felt like they benefited from pretty privilege.A senior UK passenger claims she was discriminated against by Ryanair after having to pay a $100 bag-checking fee while younger, “attractive” passengers boarded without penalty.“I’m absolutely disgusted with Ryanair! I’ve just been held up for 20 minutes because they said my cabin bag was too big and I must pay an EXTRA £75 for it to go in the hold,” Maxine Haughian, 63, fumed in a Sept.10 Facebook post.
“Alternatively I can leave it and forfeit the bag and its contents!”She added, “It’s funny (not funny) how other bags that are exactly the same were allowed through without comment.It’s a good job I took the photo of this (gorgeous) girl pushing her case into the box and being allowed through.
“I’m obviously not young or good-looking enough!!!!!”Included in her post was a photo of said passenger, who was younger and sported pink hair, short shorts and flip-flops.The mother-of-two and grandma-of-11’s saga occurred last month while she was boarding a Ryanair flight from Leeds, UK, to Alicante, Spain, Kennedy News and Media reported.She had reportedly been stopped in line so they could measure her bag.The York resident found the measure peculiar as she’d previously flown issue-free on the airline with the same suitcase, which she owned for 10 years.She claimed that the bag fit in the guidance rack, only sticking out “very slightly” by 2 centimeters on the side, which was apparently too much for the supervising official.“He said the measurements are on the site and it clearly states they’ve got to sit within the lines of the rack,” lamented the traveler, who had paid $32 for priority boarding.
“It seemed so unfair.The bag did fit in.”As a result, authorities tried to slap the sexagenarian with a $98 bag-checking fee.Things seemed to get even more unfair for the bedraggled Brit after officials started seemingly randomly selecting people to charge regardless of their suit...