nik04

we were told by BA we could take 40kg and got stung £300 for excess baggage in south africa

foxall22

Hi All,

Have been fighting Singapore and they're only giving me 30kg, not 40. Have got that in writing but think I'm gonna need 40! Strikes me as pretty tight.

I'm not doing a stopover, my visa is unvalidated, and it's a spouse visa giving me permission to stay until my PR application is decided (in 2 years+ time). GRR.

Any bright ideas!?

Thanks,

Gemma

Pollyana

Sen it by freight with excess baggage Co.

You are lucky to get 30, as technically thats not a PR visa

rangersman

I picked up a really nice couple from airport 2-3 weeks ago and they were told that they would get it but did not have it in writing, and in England it was fine but they did a two day stopover in Singapore and that is where they had the problems and had to pay 2-300 pounds extra thats was with singapore airlines, so BEWARE OF THE STOPOVER, Paul

biggy

we were asked if it was a one way ticket...thats what makes the difference, its harder to get the extra baggage if u have a return ticket...whether it is open or not ...hope this helps

nik04

we had a 1way ticket did not made a bit of difference to the b*!*!h on the desk

joanne morrish

Again i can only speak for what I have been told we fly next week so i will be happy to tell anyone. You have to be coming out as permanent residents visa it has to say staying in Australia indefantly.

Jo

Fionast

We booked through trailfinders and got the 40k on our tickets.

Fiona

biggy

did u get written confirmation from the airline ?

justgothere

Could be worth considering Air New Zealand. We came over and got 64kg each - regardless of visa or ticket type. I also found them a better airline in general than BA/Qantas - although not quite as good as Singapore.

You do have to fly via the states though.

Swerv-o

Your words will fall on hardened ground here. Many times I've suggested the baggage limit advantages of flying via the US, but very few take any notice.

S

Abhi

You will get the 40 kg allowance mostly if it is a one way ticket to Australia and you dont make a stopover (unless the airlines agrees to give it to you in writing that 40kgs is allowed when u you take a stop over)
We had our visa validation trip in march this year , as we were flying back we were given an allowance of only 20kgs, but now as we were flying to settle down permanently we were given 40kgs this time

andrew63

We came on a 457 and after a lot of nagging they eventually gave us a 35Kg allowance per person for all 5 of us

Andrew

pippin lara

I've been looking at flights from Glasgow to Melbourne with BA/Qantas...booking with Expedia.

I phoned Expedia and they said their e-tickets would only quote 20kgs each, but that their 'policy' was that passengers would be entitled to double that for immigration. When I asked about getting something in writing they suggested contacting Qantas direct. I phoned Qantas last night (Australia) and they said the additional baggage allowance was no longer permitted. They gave me a Qantas UK phone number to contact on Monday, but it sounds as if the extra allowance is a non-starter.

I would be interested in hearing if anyone has recently been given extra allowance with Qantas, either having recently flown or booked to fly some time soon.

Cheers David

Poppy

I have spoken to Singapore Airlines and they said because we validated a couple of years ago, we would only be allowed 30kgs and she said that if they gave more, they would check our visa when we got to check in! The fact that our visa said you must enter the country by january 2005 was proof that we must have already validated! She said the reason is, is that you could have bought 40kg each in on the validation trip and I said "Crikey, we are emigrating in three weeks and are no way near ready, how they think we would be organised enough two years upfront to take stuff out I don't know!" Anyway, basically she said that we will definitely get the 30kg, but not 40kg as they would end up charging excess once they see the dates on our PR visa for entering!

We have put our flights on hold until tomorrow, I just don't know if 30kg will be enough, but at around £32 a kilo excess, its not going to be cheap!

If you have validated and were given 40kg with Singapore and dont' have a stopover with a one way ticket, I'd love to know how you did it.

Cheers