I should've also said......BA will take one bag at 23kg.....however you'll probably never see it again!

Thanks for all the replies. I'm a bit of a numb skull though. I didn't realise that as skyward silver members we are entitled to 32kg anyway. The only other thing is i would like to take my road bike with me for exploring the local area when i first arrive and don't really want to wait for weeks to ship it emirates said it's something like £32 per kg on excess baggage. Any idea's.

Thanks again

Air freight the bike, not as excess baggage.

Thanks i'll check it out

Actually BA are giving you 32 kilo's each...Until November 08....although as you say whether you see it again

NO NO NO.

I validated and got 20kg's.

When we emigrated on a way one ticket with Singapore airlines, we phoned them told them what we were doing and it was uplifted to 40kg...

thats your lot then, unless your a frequent flyer.

Just flew Emirates from Manchester to Sydney on Saturday with a claimed 55 kg between 2 of us and well overweight hand luggage - guy at MAN check-in never even raised an eyebrow at it. I think it was more liek 65 kg.

It was all our family stuff like baby books, family photos, china etc after the death of my father last week, so I had the death cert with with to try to claim some compassion if they moaned - but no problem at all.

And with Singapore Airlines last September when we came on 457, I managed to get 80 kg over 4 bags between the two of us, by giving a bit of a smile and chat to the check-in guy.

But then you can always get the odd cow who wants to weigh everything...

Your correct Justsarah. What people forget is that all flights carry cargo and for every extra kilo of baggage that is one less kilo of cargo which is very profitable for an airline.

I do know that on occassions passengers have been off loaded for extra very lucrative cargo instead - so please don't push your luck!

Happy travels.