
Ryanair’s website confirms: “If you bring your check-in bags to the boarding gate, you will have to pay a fee, per bag, to place them in the aircraft hold.” The website continues on to warn passengers: “If you do not pay the gate bag fee you will not be able to board your flight.”
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