Airline?

And I will never board a Ryanair plane, even if the flight were free.

Well, that shows how biased you are 😉

I'd rather pay €200 more for exactly the same service just because it says LH instead of Ryanair.

And it's not about opinion, but facts. And the fact is, Lufthansa is now abysmally bad. It's not for nothing that they lost their fifth Skytrax*, for example.

But let LH continue to rip you off.

As a former LH frequent flyer writes:

"I've unfortunately had to use the word "bad" far too often in this post, and Lufthansa's current status is truly underwhelming. There are many, many things that unfortunately have to be described as simply "bad." https://frankfurtflyer.de/wie-schlecht-ist-lufthansa-aus-sichtweise-eines-lufthansa-vielfliegers/

It doesn't really matter what you see. But most real frequent flyers see it that way. With Lufthansa, you get worse service than with low-cost airlines these days, but at significantly higher prices.

https://georgentravels.com/2023/10/13/my-worst-travel-experience-long-haul-with-lufthansa/

https://medium.com/@michaelgorkow/lufthansas-embarrassing-attempt-to-automate-its-customer-service-b3838e4d0cef

https://frankfurtflyer.de/wie-bad-ist-lufthansa-aus-sichtweise-eines-lufthansa-vielfliegers/

https://www.handelsblatt.com/unternehmen/handel-verbrauchgueter/airline-wie-die-lufthansa-ihre-kunden-im- Growthrausch-vergisst-/29116808.html

To name just a few.

Yes, if the plane doesn't have enough space, that can happen too. I had that happen once on a 20-minute flight. But it still counts as hand luggage, even if it's loaded onto the plane.

Ah, you're right; an article said they were closing their base there. But they're still flying out. Reading takes practice.

The point still stands. The fact is that you can't take checked baggage through security. It's not even permitted according to IATA. I think the person is simply unfamiliar with the fares and booked carry-on baggage instead of checked baggage.

No, if the flight is full, people will be asked to check in their actual hand luggage (at the gate/plane). This is the case with every airline, including Lufthansa, Swiss, British Airways, KLM, etc.

The hand luggage trolley weighs 8 kg. You're also confusing something here. You probably only booked the hand luggage fare.

Checked baggage starts at 10kg, and the Ryanair website also clearly states;

"If you would like to check in a piece of baggage, you can add a 10 kg piece of checked baggage to your booking. These bags must be dropped off at the airport check-in counter before the security check and will be stored in the aircraft's cargo hold."

No, not at all. You misunderstood something. Again, this is completely illegal! The scanners at security aren't large enough to scan checked baggage.

By the way, Ryanair doesn’t fly from Hamburg at all.

So you're making up some stories here.

Where was that supposed to be? There's no such thing. You must have misunderstood something. You probably only had hand luggage, and because you arrived late, you had to check it in at the plane. Checked baggage cannot and may not be taken onto the plane (simply because it wouldn't fit through the security scanners).