Never Fly Emirates!!!!!!!!!!
May 7th 2005 | 2:51 am
#16
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Re: Never Fly Emirates!!!!!!!!!!
Originally Posted by JackTheLad
Well there is the solution.
Just ring the airline and tell them you are a member of the Lard appreciation society, and also your wife and family are lard connoisseurs, and you are going to a lard eating contest.
You'll be fine, they'll double up the fuel load, and re-inforce the seats for ya.
Cheers,
JTL
Remember and mention lard
Just ring the airline and tell them you are a member of the Lard appreciation society, and also your wife and family are lard connoisseurs, and you are going to a lard eating contest.
You'll be fine, they'll double up the fuel load, and re-inforce the seats for ya.
Cheers,
JTL
Remember and mention lard
heh heh..... they usually make special arrangements for that sort of thing though, dont they?
take the arm rests away or sommat. lard appreciation society indeed. LOL
Will give u some k for that. heh heh.
May 7th 2005 | 2:51 am
#17
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From: Gold Coast
Re: Never Fly Emirates!!!!!!!!!!
Originally Posted by JackTheLad
Well there is the solution.
Just ring the airline and tell them you are a member of the Lard appreciation society, and also your wife and family are lard connoisseurs, and you are going to a lard eating contest.
You'll be fine, they'll double up the fuel load, and re-inforce the seats for ya.
Cheers,
JTL
Remember and mention lard
Just ring the airline and tell them you are a member of the Lard appreciation society, and also your wife and family are lard connoisseurs, and you are going to a lard eating contest.
You'll be fine, they'll double up the fuel load, and re-inforce the seats for ya.
Cheers,
JTL
Remember and mention lard
May 7th 2005 | 2:57 am
#18
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Re: Never Fly Emirates!!!!!!!!!!
Originally Posted by paulf
did you know that Lard is an excellent lubricant.
lol..... I wonder what gogi79 will make of that.....
May 7th 2005 | 2:58 am
#19
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Re: Never Fly Emirates!!!!!!!!!!
Originally Posted by paulf
did you know that Lard is an excellent lubricant.
May 7th 2005 | 3:02 am
#20
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Re: Never Fly Emirates!!!!!!!!!!
Originally Posted by Pollyana
That should help when squeezing excess baggage into overhead lockers......
May 7th 2005 | 3:08 am
#21
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Re: Never Fly Emirates!!!!!!!!!!
Originally Posted by JackTheLad
Well, two things, sort of opposite views on this.
1. I think taking 8 Kg more than your allowance is ripping the arse out of it a bit. A couple of kg, maybe up to 5Kg, but 8kg! Nah
2. If some fat bloke waddles up 40 Kg heavier than me, does he have to pay extra? That annoys me too. And he gets to crush me all the way to UK.
OK so, I assume I've pissed off both sides of the argument
JTL
1. I think taking 8 Kg more than your allowance is ripping the arse out of it a bit. A couple of kg, maybe up to 5Kg, but 8kg! Nah
2. If some fat bloke waddles up 40 Kg heavier than me, does he have to pay extra? That annoys me too. And he gets to crush me all the way to UK.
OK so, I assume I've pissed off both sides of the argument
JTL
I got away with 32kg on Singapore, check in did query it but I explained that I only way 58kg and they allow for a lot heavier than that when working out how much fuel they need, so why couldn't I use my share in my baggage allowance. Amazingly they let me off.
KAZ
May 7th 2005 | 3:15 am
#22
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Re: Never Fly Emirates!!!!!!!!!!
Originally Posted by kaz Hen
I got away with 32kg on Singapore, check in did query it but I explained that I only way 58kg and they allow for a lot heavier than that when working out how much fuel they need, so why couldn't I use my share in my baggage allowance. Amazingly they let me off.
KAZ
KAZ
Do the decent thing, lose weight, or carry less luggage.
I'm going to be killed tonite
JTL
May 7th 2005 | 3:19 am
#23
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Re: Never Fly Emirates!!!!!!!!!!
Originally Posted by JackTheLad
Yeah, fat people with excess baggage are the problem
Do the decent thing, lose weight, or carry less luggage.
I'm going to be killed tonite
JTL
Do the decent thing, lose weight, or carry less luggage.
I'm going to be killed tonite
JTL
I'm gonna get killed too! Ah Well
KAZ
May 7th 2005 | 3:23 am
#24
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Re: Never Fly Emirates!!!!!!!!!!
Originally Posted by JackTheLad
Well, two things, sort of opposite views on this.
1. I think taking 8 Kg more than your allowance is ripping the arse out of it a bit. A couple of kg, maybe up to 5Kg, but 8kg! Nah
2. If some fat bloke waddles up 40 Kg heavier than me, does he have to pay extra? That annoys me too. And he gets to crush me all the way to UK.
OK so, I assume I've pissed off both sides of the argument
JTL
1. I think taking 8 Kg more than your allowance is ripping the arse out of it a bit. A couple of kg, maybe up to 5Kg, but 8kg! Nah
2. If some fat bloke waddles up 40 Kg heavier than me, does he have to pay extra? That annoys me too. And he gets to crush me all the way to UK.
OK so, I assume I've pissed off both sides of the argument
JTL
My MIL tried to wangle LOADS of extra stuff in her suitcases when going back to Oz from holiday with us last year. We all told her to lose LOADS of stuff before going to the airport, which she did. She was still WAY over the limit when checking in though and the FIL wasn`t too pleased (too say the least). He told her to chuck loads of stuff out and just leave it there. We took back 2 (TWO) heavy-ish black plastic bags back home of clothes. Probably about 8kg per suitcase over.
Airlines don`t mind a few kilo`s over (and I also load up my jacket and we put our heavier stuff in our hand luggage which never really gets weighed), but try and take the piss and you get what you deserve.
May 7th 2005 | 4:29 am
#25
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Re: Never Fly Emirates!!!!!!!!!!
Originally Posted by kaz Hen
And they always try to lift up the armrest to steal some of your room.
KAZ
KAZ
I'm not skinny, but I fit in the seat and wouldnt dream of trying to nick someone elses space. Thats just plain rude.
He had the worlds worst BO too. Airlines really need mandatory deoderant sprays when you board the flight. Sorry, digressing a bit.
May 7th 2005 | 5:16 am
#26
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Re: Never Fly Emirates!!!!!!!!!!
Originally Posted by Anastasia Beaverhausen
Whats that all about! I had a guy next to me try to do that on a flight to NZ.
I'm not skinny, but I fit in the seat and wouldnt dream of trying to nick someone elses space. Thats just plain rude.
He had the worlds worst BO too. Airlines really need mandatory deoderant sprays when you board the flight. Sorry, digressing a bit.
I'm not skinny, but I fit in the seat and wouldnt dream of trying to nick someone elses space. Thats just plain rude.
He had the worlds worst BO too. Airlines really need mandatory deoderant sprays when you board the flight. Sorry, digressing a bit.
KAZ
May 7th 2005 | 7:47 am
#27
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Re: Never Fly Emirates!!!!!!!!!!
We travelled back from Aus to UK in Oct 2003 with jonah when he was 5 months old...... between hubby & I we had 40 KG & travelled back with approx. 95 KG!!!!!! Ohmigod... were we expecting a MASSIVE overlimit excess charge or what....???? Well I don't know exactly what happenned but the check in staff saw Jonah in the baby sling across my front & were smitten! They couldn't have cared less about the amount we were over as they didn't even mention it!!!! LOL Infact, the check-in staff actually phoned to the Customer Services desk & asked them to bring a "borrow" pushchair so I could have a rest from carrying him!
May 7th 2005 | 8:23 am
#28
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Re: Never Fly Emirates!!!!!!!!!!
Originally Posted by gogi79
helloo guys
just to share with u the horrible expirence with emirates airlines after I heard from some posts that they r good .
on my way back from melbourne I was few kilos overweight ,i had 30 kiloes and they just allowed for 22 kiloes ,and i was not expecting this becasue I have been told by the agent that they allow 30 kilos, so I had only few dollars in my pocket ,and i tried to explain that i cannot pay the extra 8 kilos and if they can just make an exception ,but they totally refused ,so I had to leave 8 kiloes of my lauggage in the airport beside some bin , while the staff on the counter smiling ,when i was doing this 
.
I cant imagine how come they cannot make an exception in such cases .
anyways this was the first and LAST time .
by the way their logo is "Fly emairates" I guess it should be " NEVER FLY EMIRATES"
just to share with u the horrible expirence with emirates airlines after I heard from some posts that they r good .
on my way back from melbourne I was few kilos overweight ,i had 30 kiloes and they just allowed for 22 kiloes ,and i was not expecting this becasue I have been told by the agent that they allow 30 kilos, so I had only few dollars in my pocket ,and i tried to explain that i cannot pay the extra 8 kilos and if they can just make an exception ,but they totally refused ,so I had to leave 8 kiloes of my lauggage in the airport beside some bin
, while the staff on the counter smiling ,when i was doing this .I cant imagine how come they cannot make an exception in such cases .
anyways this was the first and LAST time .
by the way their logo is "Fly emairates" I guess it should be " NEVER FLY EMIRATES"
May 7th 2005 | 8:31 am
#29
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Re: Never Fly Emirates!!!!!!!!!!
we flew with emirates couple of weeks ago and i have nothing but good to say about them my wife and i 2 daughters and my mother in law flew from birmingham to perth.
the cabin crew were fantastic and treated my daughters like royality and nothing was to much trouble for them.
what we did notice at perth airport on the return journey was the amount of people being pulled up for being over their luggage weight allowance but we also noticed that it wasnt emirates staff doin the check in as in birmingham but some bunch of smug arrogant aussies that were of very little help.
dont know if this is the same case in melbourne
the cabin crew were fantastic and treated my daughters like royality and nothing was to much trouble for them.
what we did notice at perth airport on the return journey was the amount of people being pulled up for being over their luggage weight allowance but we also noticed that it wasnt emirates staff doin the check in as in birmingham but some bunch of smug arrogant aussies that were of very little help.
dont know if this is the same case in melbourne
May 7th 2005 | 8:58 am
#30
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Re: Never Fly Emirates!!!!!!!!!!
Originally Posted by baggie
we flew with emirates couple of weeks ago and i have nothing but good to say about them my wife and i 2 daughters and my mother in law flew from birmingham to perth.
the cabin crew were fantastic and treated my daughters like royality and nothing was to much trouble for them.
what we did notice at perth airport on the return journey was the amount of people being pulled up for being over their luggage weight allowance but we also noticed that it wasnt emirates staff doin the check in as in birmingham but some bunch of smug arrogant aussies that were of very little help.
dont know if this is the same case in melbourne
the cabin crew were fantastic and treated my daughters like royality and nothing was to much trouble for them.
what we did notice at perth airport on the return journey was the amount of people being pulled up for being over their luggage weight allowance but we also noticed that it wasnt emirates staff doin the check in as in birmingham but some bunch of smug arrogant aussies that were of very little help.
dont know if this is the same case in melbourne
Baggie,
I don't understand why they didn't let you pay the excess baggage
I will agree that they charge the earth (£360 last time I did it with work)
Then again I was carrying alot of kit back to the UK and work never questioned it
Bye
Mark
