excess baggage info
#1
excess baggage info
Hello just found a website excessbaggage.com if you are like us and have left packing until the last minute and realise that you are 15kg over, there is a excess baggage office at heathrow airport and you can take a suitcase there weighing up to 25kg and get it sent to oz, it takes 7-10 days and for london to perth its £160 thats with you picking it up from the airport, if you want it delievered its £210. much cheaper than paying the airline £30 per kg!!!
#2
Re: excess baggage info
Hello just found a website excessbaggage.com if you are like us and have left packing until the last minute and realise that you are 15kg over, there is a excess baggage office at heathrow airport and you can take a suitcase there weighing up to 25kg and get it sent to oz, it takes 7-10 days and for london to perth its £160 thats with you picking it up from the airport, if you want it delievered its £210. much cheaper than paying the airline £30 per kg!!!
#5
Re: excess baggage info
£30 per kilo?! Which airline is that with?
We are over our allowance, I'm frantically trying to find out what Malaysia Airlines will charge us. Have got rid of a few things, given some away, binned others.... but if the charges aren't that bad then I'll just pay. But at £30/kg we might be forking out £300!!
We already have our tickets, they were booked for us through an agent, so they don't specify any extra allowance. But we will be migrating one way, with unvalidated visas in our passports... I wonder if they'll let us off? I just don't want to end up dumping a load of clothes in an airport bin!
We are over our allowance, I'm frantically trying to find out what Malaysia Airlines will charge us. Have got rid of a few things, given some away, binned others.... but if the charges aren't that bad then I'll just pay. But at £30/kg we might be forking out £300!!
We already have our tickets, they were booked for us through an agent, so they don't specify any extra allowance. But we will be migrating one way, with unvalidated visas in our passports... I wonder if they'll let us off? I just don't want to end up dumping a load of clothes in an airport bin!
#6
Re: excess baggage info
£30 per kilo?! Which airline is that with?
We are over our allowance, I'm frantically trying to find out what Malaysia Airlines will charge us. Have got rid of a few things, given some away, binned others.... but if the charges aren't that bad then I'll just pay. But at £30/kg we might be forking out £300!!
We already have our tickets, they were booked for us through an agent, so they don't specify any extra allowance. But we will be migrating one way, with unvalidated visas in our passports... I wonder if they'll let us off? I just don't want to end up dumping a load of clothes in an airport bin!
We are over our allowance, I'm frantically trying to find out what Malaysia Airlines will charge us. Have got rid of a few things, given some away, binned others.... but if the charges aren't that bad then I'll just pay. But at £30/kg we might be forking out £300!!
We already have our tickets, they were booked for us through an agent, so they don't specify any extra allowance. But we will be migrating one way, with unvalidated visas in our passports... I wonder if they'll let us off? I just don't want to end up dumping a load of clothes in an airport bin!
Kim
#7
Re: excess baggage info
Not a bad idea.... I wonder if we could just go to the post office and fill up a box with clothes.... The thing is that if we posted enough to make a difference to our baggage weight (need to get rid of about 5kg I reckon) then it would probably cost a fair bit to post too.... although in all probability less than the excess baggage charges.... Why is nothing ever simple?!
#8
Re: excess baggage info
£30 per kilo?! Which airline is that with?
We are over our allowance, I'm frantically trying to find out what Malaysia Airlines will charge us. Have got rid of a few things, given some away, binned others.... but if the charges aren't that bad then I'll just pay. But at £30/kg we might be forking out £300!!
We already have our tickets, they were booked for us through an agent, so they don't specify any extra allowance. But we will be migrating one way, with unvalidated visas in our passports... I wonder if they'll let us off? I just don't want to end up dumping a load of clothes in an airport bin!
We are over our allowance, I'm frantically trying to find out what Malaysia Airlines will charge us. Have got rid of a few things, given some away, binned others.... but if the charges aren't that bad then I'll just pay. But at £30/kg we might be forking out £300!!
We already have our tickets, they were booked for us through an agent, so they don't specify any extra allowance. But we will be migrating one way, with unvalidated visas in our passports... I wonder if they'll let us off? I just don't want to end up dumping a load of clothes in an airport bin!
#9
Re: excess baggage info
Well on their website it says to call them to get the costs for excess baggage.... so it would appear that they do! But of course there's no-one answering the phones over the bank holiday weekend, so got to wait til Tues.
#10
Re: excess baggage info
Not a bad idea.... I wonder if we could just go to the post office and fill up a box with clothes.... The thing is that if we posted enough to make a difference to our baggage weight (need to get rid of about 5kg I reckon) then it would probably cost a fair bit to post too.... although in all probability less than the excess baggage charges.... Why is nothing ever simple?!
Kim
#11
Re: excess baggage info
They were quite lenient(I don't think thats spelt right - but you know what I mean) with us last year when we flew with them in april with 2 kids - we were over abit and they didn't charge us. I don't know if it's what all airlines do - but when they checked our bags in - they added them all up and made an allowance for some bags being under and some bags being over - No extra allowance for cabin luggage though - VERY strict on the 5kg or lighter!
#12
Re: excess baggage info
£30 per kilo?! Which airline is that with?
We are over our allowance, I'm frantically trying to find out what Malaysia Airlines will charge us. Have got rid of a few things, given some away, binned others.... but if the charges aren't that bad then I'll just pay. But at £30/kg we might be forking out £300!!
We already have our tickets, they were booked for us through an agent, so they don't specify any extra allowance. But we will be migrating one way, with unvalidated visas in our passports... I wonder if they'll let us off? I just don't want to end up dumping a load of clothes in an airport bin!
We are over our allowance, I'm frantically trying to find out what Malaysia Airlines will charge us. Have got rid of a few things, given some away, binned others.... but if the charges aren't that bad then I'll just pay. But at £30/kg we might be forking out £300!!
We already have our tickets, they were booked for us through an agent, so they don't specify any extra allowance. But we will be migrating one way, with unvalidated visas in our passports... I wonder if they'll let us off? I just don't want to end up dumping a load of clothes in an airport bin!
Definitely check first though, before you take the hearsay evidence of a random internet poster as gospel...
S
#13
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Re: excess baggage info
We were well over on our baggage, flying with Malaysian. Got away with it at Heathrow, but in Kuala Lumpa I had to pay £150 to get the bags taken. Worth remembering you may be treated differently on the various legs of your flight.
#14
Re: excess baggage info
Oh bugger bugger bugger....... I've given away some things but I'm sure we're still over the limit.
We are going 'club class' (business) so we're supposed to be allowed two pieces of hand luggage of 5kg or less each. But Heathrow will only let you have one piece of carry-on. So how does that work?! Can we each have one piece of carryon that weighs 10 when we go through security, then separate it in to two bits of 5kg each when we have to get on the plane? If not then what is the point of the extra allowance for business class? Rubbish!! :curse:
We are going 'club class' (business) so we're supposed to be allowed two pieces of hand luggage of 5kg or less each. But Heathrow will only let you have one piece of carry-on. So how does that work?! Can we each have one piece of carryon that weighs 10 when we go through security, then separate it in to two bits of 5kg each when we have to get on the plane? If not then what is the point of the extra allowance for business class? Rubbish!! :curse:
#15
Re: excess baggage info
Oh bugger bugger bugger....... I've given away some things but I'm sure we're still over the limit.
We are going 'club class' (business) so we're supposed to be allowed two pieces of hand luggage of 5kg or less each. But Heathrow will only let you have one piece of carry-on. So how does that work?! Can we each have one piece of carryon that weighs 10 when we go through security, then separate it in to two bits of 5kg each when we have to get on the plane? If not then what is the point of the extra allowance for business class? Rubbish!! :curse:
We are going 'club class' (business) so we're supposed to be allowed two pieces of hand luggage of 5kg or less each. But Heathrow will only let you have one piece of carry-on. So how does that work?! Can we each have one piece of carryon that weighs 10 when we go through security, then separate it in to two bits of 5kg each when we have to get on the plane? If not then what is the point of the extra allowance for business class? Rubbish!! :curse:
I think it's really unfair on people who want to take their laptops with them but also a small bag with some personal effects for the flight. If you read the guff on the BAA site, it says that everything must fit inside one piece of luggage, so as mass isn't an issue, I guess there's nothing stopping you getting a reasonably sized 'disposeable' bag from the market, placing your laptop bag and effects bag in it for security, then binning it afterwards.
Not quite sure if a bin bag would suffice, but you get the idea...
S
Last edited by Swerv-o; Apr 9th 2007 at 8:32 am.