German holiday family has to unexpectedly pay a lot more on their return flight - and can hardly believe it. There are also different guidelines to follow depending on the airline and tariff.

The different regulations at different airlines can quickly become confusing for holidaymakers, which is why an EU Commission is now calling for uniform rules for hand luggage chaos. For hand luggage that is too heavy: a family from Cologne suddenly has to pay 400 euros before boarding The excess luggage cost 80 euros per person, and the holidaymakers had to pay a whopping 400 euros more in total.