If your checked bag exceeds the weight limit (usually 20kg) at the airport, Ryanair will charge an excess baggage fee of approximately £12 / €11 per kilogram. This fee is applied at the ticket desk or bag drop counter and must be paid before you are allowed to check the item. Note that for health and safety reasons, Ryanair—and most European airports—will not accept any single piece of luggage weighing more than 32kg, regardless of whether you are willing to pay the fee. If your bag is over this absolute limit, you will be forced to move items into another bag or discard them. For carry-on bags, if a "small personal bag" or "10kg overhead bag" is found to be oversized or overweight at the gate, you will be charged a gate-check fee (often between €45.00 and €70.00), and the bag will be placed in the aircraft hold. To avoid these steep penalties, it is always recommended to weigh your bags at home and pre-purchase any extra weight online at a discounted rate.