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billymacker Feb 10th 2012 9:06 am

Re: Baggage allowance..
 

Originally Posted by kmthor (Post 9895376)
EK offered the best times for me going in June

km

I am another for EK,
skywards silver member fly business class allowed 54kg each plus two hand luggage.

sassie Feb 10th 2012 10:04 am

Re: Baggage allowance..
 
[QUOTE=DC10;9894701]Skytrax is a probably the most respected airline and airport review site. BA has quite a reasonable flat fee for extra baggage if you pre-pay (about £40), but be careful if code sharing on a Qantas plane (as many do) as it's not 100% clear whether the £40 rate applies then. The Qantas excess rates are pretty punitive.



Soon, all the BA flights to Australia will be code shared with Qantas when BA stop flying into Sydney. Think they stop at the end of March.

bcworld Feb 10th 2012 10:05 am

Re: Baggage allowance..
 

Originally Posted by sassie (Post 9895496)
Soon, all the BA flights to Australia will be code shared with Qantas when BA stop flying into Sydney. Think they stop at the end of March.

BA are still flying LHR-SIN-SYD after March.

sassie Feb 10th 2012 11:22 am

Re: Baggage allowance..
 

Originally Posted by bcworld (Post 9895497)
BA are still flying LHR-SIN-SYD after March.

ok it must be just the bangkok route they're stopping

Bermudashorts Feb 10th 2012 12:03 pm

Re: Baggage allowance..
 

Originally Posted by bcworld (Post 9895497)
BA are still flying LHR-SIN-SYD after March.

Yes, I am doing that route in September with BA.

kmthor Feb 10th 2012 1:09 pm

Re: Baggage allowance..
 

Originally Posted by billymacker (Post 9895405)
I am another for EK,
skywards silver member fly business class allowed 54kg each plus two hand luggage.

im ok for luggage.. but i did want access to the lounge at Brisbane but silver only gives access to the one in Dubai

km

bcworld Feb 10th 2012 1:27 pm

Re: Baggage allowance..
 

Originally Posted by kmthor (Post 9895702)
im ok for luggage.. but i did want access to the lounge at Brisbane but silver only gives access to the one in Dubai

km

Didn't something change with that?

I think there is still lounge access for Silver members at DXB but not at the main business lounge or even in the terminal EK uses?

kmthor Feb 10th 2012 2:06 pm

Re: Baggage allowance..
 

Access to EK Lounges:

- First Class/Business Class and Skywards Gold. Skywards Gold may take 1-guest.

- First/Business Class passengers may not take a guest into the lounge (unless they are Gold Skywards members)

There are currently 26 EK run lounges.
Thats off FT but on EKs web site it states silver can get access to DXB lounge.
Im only in DXB for 1.5hr so thats not a big deal id like to get lounge access at BNE tho we have a 02:30 departure, silver wont get you in at BNE tho

sr71 Feb 10th 2012 2:18 pm

Re: Baggage allowance..
 

Originally Posted by bcworld (Post 9895270)
Hasn't been the case for some time. NZ normalised it's allowance across its long haul network, no more separate rules for the Americans...everyone gets 1 bag max 23kg.

Extra bag charges are reasonable though.

http://www.airnewzealand.co.nz/excess-baggage-uk

Interesting, I always thought is was some regulation as all airlines do, or used to, allow 2 pieces of checked baggage with flights to the US.

sassie Feb 10th 2012 2:21 pm

Re: Baggage allowance..
 

Originally Posted by kmthor (Post 9895744)
Thats off FT but on EKs web site it states silver can get access to DXB lounge.
Im only in DXB for 1.5hr so thats not a big deal id like to get lounge access at BNE tho we have a 02:30 departure, silver wont get you in at BNE tho

We've got an Emirates Citibank Platinum credit card and when we purchase our tickets with this card, it entitles us to a chaufferur service to and from Brisbane airport (within 60k's) and also access to the lounge in Brisbane, and considering our flight is around 2.30 am, that might come in handy.

kmthor Feb 10th 2012 2:21 pm

Re: Baggage allowance..
 

Originally Posted by bcworld (Post 9895718)
Didn't something change with that?

I think there is still lounge access for Silver members at DXB but not at the main business lounge or even in the terminal EK uses?

looking into it further seems they reopened a lounge last June seems this is were the different lounges come in.

kmthor Feb 10th 2012 2:24 pm

Re: Baggage allowance..
 

Originally Posted by sassie (Post 9895758)
We've got an Emirates Citibank Platinum credit card and when we purchase our tickets with this card, it entitles us to a chaufferur service to and from Brisbane airport (within 60k's) and also access to the lounge in Brisbane, and considering our flight is around 2.30 am, that might come in handy.

does that get you into all EK lounges? i have the same flight 02:30

sassie Feb 10th 2012 2:54 pm

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Originally Posted by kmthor (Post 9895761)
does that get you into all EK lounges? i have the same flight 02:30

my partner used this service last year and he said its the Emirates First/Business class lounge, which also allows access to the aircraft direct, without going through the normal channel downstairs.

When you say "all lounges", this service is only available in Australia as its an Australian credit card. You can't use it in Dubai or London, etc. We are only going as far as singapore anyway, and then getting a BA flight to Heathrow.


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