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Sophie Law & Sophie Collins

Ryanair customer shares baggage hack that can save you £50 on every flight

A Ryanair customer has shared a money-saving hack that can save you up to £50 every time you book a flight.

Booking extra baggage on your flight can often send costs soaring, especially if you need to take a lot of luggage on your trip.

Travel fans have now praised Cloda Scanlon (@orangeobviously) who took to Tik Tok to share her clever tip when booking flights to save some extra cash.

If you’re headed away on a weekend trip a 20kg bag is probably not necessary, but you don't have a complimentary 10kg carry when you book with Ryanair and you need to add it as an extra.

When booking online, the first option you’re given allows you to choose your seats along with your bag.

However, you can get a cheaper option if you select the 'value fare' and add a bag later.

“If you want a 10kg bag, it’s a further €21 per person per journey” - which is the regular fare option.

Booking extra baggage on your flight can often send costs soaring (Getty Images)

In the video, Cloda explained: “If you want to save between €40 (£33) and €60 (£50) on your next Ryanair flight plus that 10kg bag, then keep listening.

“So I almost paid €192 (£161) for my flights and instead for the exact same flight with the exact same amount of luggage I’m only going to pay €133 (£111).

“So go into the Ryanair app and do your usual - picking your flights, picking your dates.

“Instead, go back to the booking page and choose the value fare,” which does not include a 10kg bag.

Then when you click continue, you’re brought to another page where you can manually add the 10kg back for just €13.

Cloda said: “That’s instead of what was €22 (£18.50) per person per journey, so go with a small bag and the value fare, then go through to the end to the booking page” to click your 10kg option.

Do you have any airline hacks? Let us know in the comments!

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