Sunbound

Was wondering if anyone had used Excess Baggage to ship their stuff?
Had them round for a quote and they seem very professional,thorough and include a free air freight box and cleaning of the container in the price.
Can anyone recommend them??
Thanks Sunbound

The Bloke

My OH, Pollyana, used them and found them quite good and reliable. Would use them again.

steve_uk

Just to let you know that Singapore Airlines will double your baggage allowance if you fly with them on your visa validation flight (you just have to call them beforehand)

Every little helps ;-)

Sunbound

Hi Steve ,
Do you mean they will double it from 20 to 40Kg because you are migrating ? And do you do that once you've booked youre tickets?
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Sunbound

I was trying to remember where someone had mentioned it and come to think of it i remember it was Pollyana now!
They seem very professional ...but then i'm sure they all do during their quote visit!!!!
Thanks

steve`o

we used them and it was excellent service both sides

steve_uk

Yes if you are on your 'migrant' flight - i.e. have a visa that you havent validated yet - then once you have booked your tickets, ring them and they double your allowance to 40KG each.

At the airport we had 86KG between two of us and there was no issues.

We also found them the cheapest to fly with when we came in April 08.

steve`o

we got then to confirm this via email and took the email with us

as we had read posts where they had sorted via the phone and on the day the wouldnt allow it

just a thought

Sheilas Wheels

Malaysian Airlines wanted £2,500 for our excess baggage!! Excess Baggage at Heathrow charged £310 - bit of a difference - everything arrived a week later spot on - highly recommended!!

steve_uk

Thats crazy - esp if you had it in writing from them. When we got there they just rang their HQ who confirmed it on the spot, no issues whatsoever.

Did you take it further? I would have for sure.

Sunbound

Hi Steve,
When did you use them? The only reservation i have is that they aren't Excess Baggage in Australia even though they say its a door to door service.Their insurance is standard liability only so i wont be using that.

steve`o

oct 06 left uk
dec 06 aus
they use grace at this end and they were really good

Gems

Yes, we used them to ship some stuff and everything arrived in good condition.

Gems

MelbourneCityRach

Hey guys, also, if you fly via the U.S. ( air new zealand has one way via los angeles for £450) you get a 46kilo baggage allowance.

Like you said, every little helps!

I've got another baggage question - I've been looking at the baggage removalists in tnt magazine - and they are all pretty similar pricewise for my baggage (5 Tea Cartons, all around £320 for this)

One company in tnt magazine, Freedom, will do 5 tea cartons for £160 - bargain - but when I called Anglo Pacific, they said not to use Freedom.

I don't know whether to trust them or not!!! Has anyone used Freedom, and was it okay?

katsmajic

We used excess baggage, and yes the goods arrived safely (they lost 1 item for a day-couldnt track it anywhere) but instead of it taking 7-10 days to get to us it took a month!