Guides
Picture this: You're at the gate, your carry-on backpack doesn't fit the sizing cage, and suddenly your cheap flight costs €60 more. This isn't some horror story. It happens over 2,000 times daily at European airports in 2026.
Lena Brandt
Guides
The answer changed on 4 September 2025. Ryanair grew the free bag from 40×25×20 cm to 40×30×20 cm (Ryanair Bag Policy); the Irish Times covered the change. Sounds like a footnote. It's 4 litres you used to have to pay for.
Tobias Weßling
Guides
You know that moment? You are standing at the gate, your bag looks perfectly normal, and suddenly Ryanair wants 80 EUR extra. Happened to me in Barcelona, 2024. And I thought: why is there no proper guide that explains which bag actually fits?
Tobias Weßling
Guides
You're standing at the gate in Frankfurt. The flight is packed. And suddenly, an employee pulls out a scale.
Miriam Kohl
Guides
A friend of mine lost his favorite power bank at Frankfurt Airport last week. Not because of security screening. Because he put it in the overhead bin. As of January 15, 2026, that's banned on Lufthansa and all its subsidiary airlines.
Miriam Kohl
Guides
You've probably seen the headlines. "End of the 100ml rule!" "New scanners allow bigger bottles!" And now you're packing for your Lufthansa flight from Frankfurt, wondering: Can I finally bring my regular shampoo bottle?
Lena Brandt
Guides
21.7 million Americans will take a cruise in 2026. That number comes from AAA Travel, released in October. Globally, the industry expects 38.9 million passengers. Record numbers.
Miriam Kohl
Guides
Most easyJet guides copy each other, and the same figure keeps falling out of the copy: the free small cabin bag has a weight limit. 15 kg. easyJet publishes that on its own baggage page. Plenty of guides still say "no limit".
Tobias Weßling
Guides
You're standing at the gate, the queue slowly moving towards the scale. Your suitcase shows 8.7 kg. The limit with Eurowings? 8 kg. The nice lady at the counter isn't smiling.
Miriam Kohl
Guides
This happens at Condor gates on a regular basis: a family frantically stuffing clothes from their suitcase into their jackets because it is 800 grams overweight. Gate fee: 75 euros. They could have solved the problem for 9.99 euros online. A week earlier.
Tobias Weßling
Guides
€69.99. That's what Ryanair charges at the gate if your suitcase is even one centimeter too big. Picture the scene: Dublin, six in the morning, a traveler arguing with ground staff at the gate. His suitcase? 55x40x23cm. Three centimeters too much. He has to pay.
Lena Brandt
News
Ten years of construction at Frankfurt Airport are coming to an end. Terminal 3 opens on April 22, 2026 – and if you're flying through Frankfurt in the coming months, one thing will immediately stand out: That annoying 100ml rule? Gone. Taking out your laptop? Not necessary. The new terminal has...
Tobias Weßling
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