Excess Baggage
May 27th 2008 | 11:46 am
#16
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Re: Excess Baggage
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?
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?
what reason did anglopacific give you re not using freedom? i suppose its not surprising they would advise you against using a competitor!!
May 27th 2008 | 1:30 pm
#17
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Joined: Feb 2008
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From: Melbourne
Re: Excess Baggage
I have used Excess Baggage to ship purchases made whilst on holiday in Europe back to melbourne
Not too bad a service - leave plenty of time if you are dropping off at LHR, and also try to tie them down to a price.
The price on their website isn't the same as on their brochures and wasn't the same as i got charged at LHR.
They like to sneak in a few 'admin charges' and the like.
Not too bad a service - leave plenty of time if you are dropping off at LHR, and also try to tie them down to a price.
The price on their website isn't the same as on their brochures and wasn't the same as i got charged at LHR.
They like to sneak in a few 'admin charges' and the like.
May 27th 2008 | 8:28 pm
#18
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Joined: Feb 2008
Posts: 334
From: Gold Coast, Qld
Re: Excess Baggage
I know they can ship or air freight goods but i was talking more about their door to door shipping ie in a container
Not many people seem to have used that option with them.
Not many people seem to have used that option with them.
May 29th 2008 | 7:19 am
#19
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Posts: 67
Re: Excess Baggage
if you do search for freedom on BE there's been other threads on this - most people who have used them seem happy with their service. I've been thinking about using them myself.
what reason did anglopacific give you re not using freedom? i suppose its not surprising they would advise you against using a competitor!!
what reason did anglopacific give you re not using freedom? i suppose its not surprising they would advise you against using a competitor!!
Anglo P said not to use them as they are not BAR bonded, which is like ATOL for holidays I guess. I asked Freedom, and they said they cannot get bar bonding as it only applied to baggage companies that ship household effects - Freedom do personal baggage (clothes etc) only.
I am going to go with them - they are bonded through RBS instead :-)
