grubelice

Just a quickie - anyone out there know what excess baggage charges are. I am going with Cathay P. Is there a limit. I am only allowed 20 kgs as I had to use up my immigrant's allowance on validation.

Cheers

Elaine

Adelaide bound 1 August

terryg

Hi Elaine

I don't know what Cathay charge but Malaysian Airlines charge £30 per Kilo.

You may want to send the rest wither with your container company as air frieght or with The Excess Baggage Company ( http://www.excessbaggage.co.uk/ ).

Cathay will answer this if you call them on 020 8834-8888 or 020 8745-7731 ( http://www.cathaypacific.com/uk/cont...al/0,,,00.html )

Cheers

Terry

grubelice

Thank you Terry. Phew - that is expensive. I will explore the other options. I thought I might sneak on a bit extra into by suitcase.

Cheers

terryg

Hi Elaine

You may well be able to get away with 25-26Kg if you are lucky. It just depends on a) How early you check in (the earlier the better) and b) how amenable the check-in assistant is.

Best of luck

Terry

grubelice

Cheers Terry

Just rang up Cathay (thanks for then number) and yes it's 31 quid a kilo but the genetleman said you can probably get away with 5 or 6 extra and then pay excess on anything over say 26 kilos.

Elaine

scuttle

Hi there just curious what the immigrants allowance is? We are Adelaide bound for the 28th of Jan next year!!!!

Cheers Joe

Pollyana

Most (but not all) airlines will do an extra baggage allowance for a migrant visa. Can be as much as 40 kilos instead of 20. They all have different rules though - like Qantas, who apparently only do the extra now if you book direct (which was an extra £200!) I opted for Cathay, £200 cheaper, and gave me 40 kilos.
Check with the travel agent, and with the airline. Usually has to be a one-way ticket, and you have to send a copy of the visa for each person claiming the allowance.

Ben.M

Or just fly via the US and get the standard 2 x 32kg per person...

Ben