Ryanair Hits Low-Tech Flyers With $60 Fee

No printed-up boarding card? Pony up. Oh, and it's $7.50 to check in
By Sam Biddle,  Newser Staff
Posted May 18, 2009 4:45 PM CDT
Ryanair Hits Low-Tech Flyers With $60 Fee
Discount carrier will impose a new set of check-in fees for all passengers.   (AP Photo)

Perhaps inspired by airlines banking hundreds of millions of dollars in bag fees last year, discount European carrier Ryanair is introducing new baggage check fees, BlackBook reports. Ryanair customers will have to pony up a $7.50 fee to check in online, and pay a further $60—termed a “boarding card re-issue fee”—if they forget to bring in a printed-up boarding pass.
(More Ryanair stories.)

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