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Airline baggage has hit the headlines again this week. But this time it's for a positive reason. It has been revealed that baggage claim number 6 at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport will form the unusual backdrop for one couple’s wedding ceremony.

Chaos is mounting in the wake of WOW Air’s collapse, leaving tens of thousands of passengers stranded, agitated and anxiously searching for what do to next. Flights were already being delayed and cancelled at the beginning of the week because of the heavy debt that the airline was struggling with, but after failed attempts to save the airline, operations came to a halt today.

Most people associate being a student with being broke. But this doesn’t have to be the case. As more and more students are realizing, there are numerous ways of making some extra cash, with the internet opening up a whole wealth of possibilities that didn’t exist for students in the past. Students can now take as little or as much time out of their day as they like to spend increasing their cash flow from the comfort of their own bedroom. If you would like some extra cash to cover expenses, or to allow you to enjoy your time off a little more freely, then Send My Bag’s guide to how to make money as a student is for you.

Budget airlines Ryanair and Wizz Air have both been hit with fines following the introduction of their new hand luggage policies last year. Together they are being forced to pay €3 million.

One of the cheapest ways of shipping large amounts of clothing is to use Send My Bag. This way you can send parcels, boxes or suitcases full of clothing to your destination. This is a very handy option when moving house, when moving abroad, or when travelling away for extended periods of time, such as on a gap year or when studying abroad.

Ryanair has made changes to its luggage fees, once again!! This time, the changes have been introduced quietly and most passengers will only realise the changes once they are ready to pay for their flights.

The US Department of Transportation has released its Air Travel Consumer Report for 2018, which includes statistics on the number of bags mishandled in 2018 by US airlines on the domestic network. The findings are worrying, as they reveal thousands of bags are still being mishandled, whether lost, damaged, delayed or stolen, and that the rate of mishandled bags has increased this year.

Today marks the introduction of Ryanair’s latest baggage fee policy. This is just the latest in a string of baggage policy changes over the years.

International students studying abroad in the UK contribute £20bn to the British economy, and are a big revenue stream for UK universities. But these students are being discouraged from choosing the UK as their place of study due precisely to the extremely high costs they are forced to pay.

Wizz Air has announced changes to its hand luggage allowance that mirror those made by Ryanair at the end of August.