jobart

Just been over the travel agents to ask about the 40kg baggage allowance I've read of some folks on here getting. They didn't have a clue. As far as they are concerned I only get 20kg.

I'm planning on flying with SIA from Heathrow to Adelaide, haven't booked it yet as the house sale is taking as long to go through as it took to get the visa!!!

Has anyone got a contact number for SIA that they used to get the 40kg allowance. I've got to sort this asap as my boxes go on Thursday and if I'm only going to get 20kgs then I'll have to send the extra out with the movers.

Thanks for any advice.

brad

Hi
best looking on singapore airlines website.I booked mine three weeks ago this way you can select your seats and meals.After booking just send email to them and they will reply saying that you can have 40kg as long as you are validating your visa for the first time.Hope this helps PS only cost me £413 per ticket and that was to Brisbane
Brad

jonjelly

Thats really interesting to read that as i phone sia and asked how i go about getting my 40kg they told me i had to book over the phone to recieve it and this was going to be an extra £200 for 2 of us!!! so when i get my passports back i will do the same and book it online!!! thanks you just saved me a bit of money!!!

obogk

Hi
I agree best thing to do is go on their website and go to "contact us" ask the question stipulate the Visa you have and they will reply what your entitlement is I know with w 457 Visa they waive 5kgs so you get 25kgs rather than 20kgs but if you have a premanent visa I believe it is 40kg. Whatever they reply make sur eyou print it off and take it with you to the airport as I have heard probelms at check in at least this way you have it in writing direct from them Good Luck......we haven;t started packing yet. Still can't imagine it !

tonychef

hi
i asked for an email and they said they did not issue one but they would put on the flight notes in there computer system and they also said that the only problem i might get is when i check in at singapore as we are staying over for 3 day because they dont have the same information on visas there as they do in uk.
Iv flown with them many time and would trust them more than say BA etc

trainee_pilot

I emailed SIA about 2 months before we flew but never got a response, we were only had 20kg limit but actually had another 20kg over, we just smiled sweetly at the check-in desk and explained we were migrating, once she checked the visa she just smiled back and said 'have a great life'.

Lucky?..probably but we had money in the wallet jic we were charged!

TP

jobart

Thanks.....

I've sent them an e-mail yesterday, see if I get a reponse now. It'll have to be before Wednesday as the pc will be in a box after that!.

jobart

Just had an e-mail from SIA which clearly states that to get the 40kg allowance you have to have an unused migrant visa that states "to remain in Australia indefinitely" which I have....

I've printed the e-mail out and going to take it to the airport just incase.

Thanks for the help.....

Gethy

[QUOTE=jobart;4392734]Just had an e-mail from SIA which clearly states that to get the 40kg allowance you have to have an unused migrant visa that states "to remain in Australia indefinitely"
QUOTE]

Just got the same email from SIA myself what do they mean by "unused migrant visa"?

Regards

curly

[QUOTE=Gethy;4403675] Think it means that the visa has NOT been validated

cadman

Brad,

Have you actually slected your seats and meals online ? I can't seem to do it, despite booking the tickets last October (we're flying on April 2nd). It seems to me that you can only do it as part of the e-check in which you can only do 48 hours nefore flying ?

Am I doing it wrong ?

Andy

jobart

[QUOTE=curly;4403808]
That's my understanding of it too.....

Buzzy--Bee

Go via the USA and get 46 - 64kg no matter what visa you are on. Fly with United or Air New Zealand or Qantas/BA.

If its luggage allowance you are worried about this is the way to do it.



Buzzy

tonychef

hi
we are flying on the 2nd april with sia from manchester but stopping in singapore for 3 days we managed to book seats on plane on line a few weeks ago and they have put a note on there computer system about baggage.
I think you can only book seats we you go through the airline but might be wrong.

FluffyTheCampfireSlayer

We have booked with SIA.

Were told that as we had already validated, we were only allowed 20KG.

40 KG is the allowance for the FIRST visit, ie: using an 'unstamped' visa (crap I know!)

We managed to persuade them to up our allowance to 30KG's and have emails stipulating this for check in.