So I´d like to use this chance to tell you a story which happened last Sunday, coming from Prague going to Madrid.
It started about 30min before Check-in that employees of that airline informed every passenger about the limits of their hand luggage which is - as usual - restricted. There was surely something going on in their minds as they were going through the lines and advising every 3rd passenger that he or she should weigh and measure their bags.
After standing up to be in line, ready for boading, one of their friendly employees asked me to do such thing with my bag even though they intensely looked at my bags before.
I did as I had been told to do and everything was fine, the bags were accepted by a male employee (the only one working there by the way) while the whole work and stress had been executed by a blonde and relatively small woman of about 30-35 years of age. Said woman came back to stand in between the two lines for boarding. While intensively searching for oversized bags for the 4th time, she first tried to get to my girlfriend´s one which was fairly small and even she noticed it was a dumb idea to discuss about it. Next second, she was looking at mine, her face changed into one that expresses "I finally got it" while I immediately told her that it had been checked before, her male colleague confirmed again. She was looking at me, really searching for something to make money out of and was stuck with my backpack which basically every passenger had (already on board!) and with the right size. Her colleague revised his opinion immediately, leaving me hanging there without standing up for what he told me before. A large dispute rose for about 10-15min with the WORST TREATMENT I HAVE EVER EXPERIENCED! Looking intensively for money the way those guys did, WITHOUT ANY REASON, ANY ARGUMENT, ANY PROOF, WITHOUT OBJECTIVITY is a disgrace and they should be disgusted by this behaviour.
Arguing with "new policy" in that manner, should never be allowed in a public space.
They damn well knew why they only did it for the return flight. Stressing out THEIR OWN CLIENTS like they were the ultimate dirt, so they have to be "fighting" and planning together so nobody had to be charged for this ridiculous "new" norm, and eventually bursting out with applause when we managed to change bags in order not to pay... that is what they want?
The service ON PLANE has been exactly the same, they totally miscalculated the amount of bags on board and that is why they wanted people to pay for it. Stewardesses were not friendly at all, did not even look for a spot to put our NORMAL SIZED BAGS into.
I have been on many flights and they always try to make some space, advise passengers about their luggage and so on.... Not even tried here!!
Sorry but this is incredible unprofessional that I will never fly with them - ever - again. A shame that they have a pretty good route to Prague from within Europe. But everybody who will be crossing my path and is telling me that he wants to go there, I will tell not to go with those guys.