Baggage limit ?
Apr 9th 2005, 7:07 am
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Re: Baggage limit ?
Originally Posted by Perthforme
Yeah just do it 
Apr 9th 2005, 8:00 am
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Re: Baggage limit ?
Originally Posted by Perthforme
I flew back from sydney 2 years ago and bag was 32.5kgs but only alowed 20kgs , but lucky me got a guy at the desk who had just come on shift and was in a good mood and didnt charge any extra 
It also pays to be over nice to the people at checkin me thinks.
That was with thai air not a bad air line.
It also pays to be over nice to the people at checkin me thinks.That was with thai air not a bad air line.
Apr 9th 2005, 8:05 am
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Re: Baggage limit ?
Originally Posted by Pollyana
It varies from airline to airlime, and whatever you do, don't assume you have the extra unless it is stated on your ticket or you have it in writing from the airline themselves.
Search carefully and there are horror stories on here of people who assumed they had the extra, but didn't check, and then had to unpack at the airport.
Search carefully and there are horror stories on here of people who assumed they had the extra, but didn't check, and then had to unpack at the airport.
If you want to fly west but avoid the US, look at flying Air Canada to Vancouver and then direct to Sydney.
Surplus clothes, bedding etc can always be included in your shipment. And you can always but additional bits and pieces in Australia while waiting for the shipment to arrive.
Jeremy
Apr 9th 2005, 11:27 am
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Re: Baggage limit ?
We flew over from Belfast to heathrow with BMI, and checked out with them that they allowed the 50kg as well as Singapore airline. I was told because it was a connecting flight (we had booked right through from Belfast to Brisbane) that it was ok. But I guess it always pays to check, like Pollyanna said the worse thing would be to have to start unpacking in the airport. :scared:
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Apr 9th 2005, 11:33 pm
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Re: Baggage limit ?
Originally Posted by Perthforme
Is the baggage limit still 40kgs per person when you fly out on a migrant visa ? Or have they stopped it 
We have just boooked our flights with Emirates, one-way, and we had to fax copies of visas to prove we were emigrating, got our tickets back with it stamped on it 40 kg baggage allowance
I spoke to the travel agent (who were clueless) so I rung emirates direct and they explained the procedure.
So if you have the PR visa in your passport your okay with 40 KG, only thing now we have to buy extra cases
Apr 9th 2005, 11:44 pm
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Re: Baggage limit ?
Originally Posted by poshrice
Hiya my hubby has just flown to sydney on a 6week visiting business visa flew with british airways and quantas birmingham int -frankfurt-sydney and he was allowed 25 kilos so who knows when we come to fly fro good what the allowance might be just hope it's lots 16mth old son has as many clothes as i have lol
Hiya Poshrice,
I did the thrip you are planning and wouldn't do it again.
The flight from Frankfurt on was ok, but the flight from BHX to FRA was in a city express!
Cramped to say the least!Next time go via Dudai with Emirates from BHX. Big plane all the way! & it's quicker! ( unless you like waiting at FRA for about a 12 hours )
Bye
Mark
Last edited by markeh; Apr 9th 2005 at 11:46 pm.
Apr 10th 2005, 1:56 am
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Re: Baggage limit ?
Originally Posted by JAJ
Also don't assume you automatically have it on domestic connecting flights, again unless it's on the ticket or you have confirmation from the airline (and the confirmation should come from the same airline as the flight number).
Jeremy
Jeremy
We are using Virgin Blue to get from Melbourne to Hobart and they don't offer any extra baggage allowance- they will charge us $50 each for the extra 20kgs we each have.
so the baggage will cost more than the flight but we don't really have a choice do we !!!
( we also checked out Jetstar and they were even more expensive)
Nat
Apr 10th 2005, 2:23 am
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Re: Baggage limit ?
Originally Posted by markeh
Hiya Poshrice,
I did the thrip you are planning and wouldn't do it again.
The flight from Frankfurt on was ok, but the flight from BHX to FRA was in a city express! Cramped to say the least!
Next time go via Dudai with Emirates from BHX. Big plane all the way! & it's quicker! ( unless you like waiting at FRA for about a 12 hours )
Bye
Mark
I did the thrip you are planning and wouldn't do it again.
The flight from Frankfurt on was ok, but the flight from BHX to FRA was in a city express!
Cramped to say the least!Next time go via Dudai with Emirates from BHX. Big plane all the way! & it's quicker! ( unless you like waiting at FRA for about a 12 hours )
Bye
Mark
poshrice
Apr 10th 2005, 3:32 am
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Re: Baggage limit ?
Originally Posted by natty
We are using Virgin Blue to get from Melbourne to Hobart and they don't offer any extra baggage allowance- they will charge us $50 each for the extra 20kgs we each have.
so the baggage will cost more than the flight but we don't really have a choice do we !!!
( we also checked out Jetstar and they were even more expensive)
Nat
so the baggage will cost more than the flight but we don't really have a choice do we !!!
( we also checked out Jetstar and they were even more expensive)
Nat
Jeremy
