Beware of Kiwi.com?
- Thread starter arnietac1
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Yes. Ryanair cabin bags are 40 x 20 x 25.
I had to buy a new one about 3 years ago as they reduced the allowance just after I had bought 3 'Ryanair approved' cabin bags that they no longer allowed. Had to pay extra (about £40 each way) to get one of them on a Ryanair flight. Freaked me out as they couldn't get the card machine to connect at the gate.
deBoersHeader
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How strict are they?
I'm taking just a rucksack that may be ever so slightly larger than those dimensions.
Thor
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Yeah it isn’t ideal tbh! I watched the video on getting into the stadium and can just imagine the issues with Bluetooth etc.
They have a cage that they sometimes make passengers put bags into to test but I have only seen them do that about twice out of the last 20 flights.
My sons have respectively a cylindrical Adidas bag and a computer backpack which are probably too big as well , albeit they can be squeezed down , and that have had no issue so far.
deBoersHeader
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I have seen those but I can honestly say I've never seen anyone use them.
It should be ok as it's not a massive bag.
You can screenshot the boarding pass and send it to your mates.
GodStruth
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Cheers - hoped that would be the case
deBoersHeader
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Even if I clicked for kiwi to check me in should I just do it myself on the Ryanair app?
Says check in is open but they haven't checked me in yet.
Says check in is open but they haven't checked me in yet.
That’s me received my boarding pass for Thursday’s flight out of Seville, I can relax now.
SuperGers07
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Can be up to two hours before flight they can check you in. I wasn’t taking that risk so got them to send the credentials
I had a slight issue this morning, where they had uploaded duplicate boarding passes for myself, instead of one for me and one for my dad.
Phoned them and got through immediately, and had both boarding passes emailed to me there and then, so luckily Kiwi have been fine so far, was a bit worried after reading of some of the issues on here!
Phoned them and got through immediately, and had both boarding passes emailed to me there and then, so luckily Kiwi have been fine so far, was a bit worried after reading of some of the issues on here!
its them holding all the information
who posted that when booking with them we can see our actual bookings with the airline
that will come in handy in future
kilbirnie bear
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I haven't received boarding passes for our return journey from Almeria to Manchester on Thursday
if its kiwi be tomorrow at some point or wednesday
55 hours to Belgrade
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DC23 - I only booked 1 flight with them back from Seville on Thur and have booked in with Ryanair ok now
a_weir
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If you can squash it down in to their metal crate that checks bag sizes, that's all they care about
bailliestontrueblues
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I’m in the same boat, none of the info works. Going to need to call them back
temperance
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As previously mentioned, I got my tickets through a name change,Ryanair charge £115, Kiwi charged £245
bailliestontrueblues
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Called them back and the girl was really helpful. Emailed me a new email address for each booking and everything is now sorted
Middlehamloyal
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I phone kiwi this morning asked for the credentials of flights, the person was very helpful he said he would email me them, which he did, I received the email with 5 minutes of putting phone down, I've now put them on my Ryanair app, just waiting for them to Check me in but they can't do that until 24hrs of the flights, but at least I've got the tickets on Ryanair app and won't need a print out
GodStruth
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This happened to me as well. Need to call them back
Offshore blue
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Phoned Kiwi and requested the email address that it was booked under, which they sent promptly. Flight didnt check in until this afternoon which they, boarding cards through and added to my wallet. So far so good! Just hope the flights in the rest of the chain are as easy.
Mabearette
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This blog gives an encouraging review explaining a bit how they work...
www.heartmybackpack.com
Things You Should Know Before Booking Cheap Flights on Kiwi.com
Step aside, Skyscanner, there's a new kid on the block and she works harder than you do: Kiwi.com. Have you used it yet? If you don't know about it, Kiwi.com is the newly popular flight
www.heartmybackpack.com
A wee update on my booking with Kiwi.
When this thread appeared I was a bit worried as I had booked all our 5 flights through them.
But I must say, everything went really smoothly with them. For our two Easyjet flights, Air Europa and Vueling flights, I was able to go on the airlines website and get the boarding passes myself with the booking reference, for the Ryanair flight, Kiwi checked me in the day before and sent the boarding passes over in plenty of time.
Everything went as planned and I will defo use them again if I ever need to.
When this thread appeared I was a bit worried as I had booked all our 5 flights through them.
But I must say, everything went really smoothly with them. For our two Easyjet flights, Air Europa and Vueling flights, I was able to go on the airlines website and get the boarding passes myself with the booking reference, for the Ryanair flight, Kiwi checked me in the day before and sent the boarding passes over in plenty of time.
Everything went as planned and I will defo use them again if I ever need to.
Offshore blue
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Similar experience to post above. I was a bit wary of the boarding passes not coming through in time but we’re all sent through the app, with no issues. Was kept fully up to date with my itinerary throughout the trip and any changes. Ryanair cancelled one of my flights on the way home and but was offered a list of alternative flights to get back home at no extra cost. The app is really helpful and would definitely use them again in future. Just make sure your phone is charged at all times!
