Is the weight of a pushchair counted in your baggage allowance on flight to Oz??
Jun 15th 2006, 7:07 pm
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Is the weight of a pushchair counted in your baggage allowance on flight to Oz??
Well that is my question is the weight of my little boys pushchair counted in the weight of my luggage on our trip to Oz or is it like when we go to Spain or Portugal etc not counted just put into the hold??
Jun 15th 2006, 7:10 pm
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Re: Is the weight of a pushchair counted in your baggage allowance on flight to Oz??
Originally Posted by toon williams
Well that is my question is the weight of my little boys pushchair counted in the weight of my luggage on our trip to Oz or is it like when we go to Spain or Portugal etc not counted just put into the hold??
Jun 15th 2006, 7:12 pm
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Re: Is the weight of a pushchair counted in your baggage allowance on flight to Oz??
Originally Posted by Pootle
Wasn't counted for us - just wheeled it up to the plane then they took it away to the hold!
Just checked ours weighs 8kg and we only get 20 kgs I think baggage allowance!!
Jun 15th 2006, 7:34 pm
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Re: Is the weight of a pushchair counted in your baggage allowance on flight to Oz??
Originally Posted by toon williams
Oh thats good news, can I ask who did you fly with?? Also did you by any chance get it back while you were in Transit??
Just checked ours weighs 8kg and we only get 20 kgs I think baggage allowance!!
Just checked ours weighs 8kg and we only get 20 kgs I think baggage allowance!!
Jun 15th 2006, 7:36 pm
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Re: Is the weight of a pushchair counted in your baggage allowance on flight to Oz??
Air New Zealand inform me that it is 
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Jun 15th 2006, 8:04 pm
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Re: Is the weight of a pushchair counted in your baggage allowance on flight to Oz??
Originally Posted by toon williams
Well that is my question is the weight of my little boys pushchair counted in the weight of my luggage on our trip to Oz or is it like when we go to Spain or Portugal etc not counted just put into the hold??
) and it has never yet been weighed. As long as you are not taking the mickey with your hand luggage they give parents a lot of leeway.Martyn
Jun 15th 2006, 8:08 pm
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Re: Is the weight of a pushchair counted in your baggage allowance on flight to Oz??
Originally Posted by Buzzy--Bee
Air New Zealand inform me that it is
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Well our Travel Agent said today when I booked flights that Singapore Airlines weigh it to, so I have yet to check direct with them, suppose that is my next point of call tomorrow!!
Jun 15th 2006, 8:11 pm
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Re: Is the weight of a pushchair counted in your baggage allowance on flight to Oz??
Originally Posted by tin
We've done tons of travelling with a push chair (our 9 month old has had 12 flights already ) and it has never yet been weighed. As long as you are not taking the mickey with your hand luggage they give parents a lot of leeway.
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) and it has never yet been weighed. As long as you are not taking the mickey with your hand luggage they give parents a lot of leeway.Martyn
We've just come back from a holiday in Oz and ours wasn't weighed - it was taken just as we were boarding, we had 12 hours in Singapore though and didn't get it back!
Only problem we had with Quantas was that it ended up in Sydney instead of Brisbane!
They were great though we landed at 5.30am and it was delivered to where we were staying that same morning.
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Jun 15th 2006, 8:14 pm
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Re: Is the weight of a pushchair counted in your baggage allowance on flight to Oz??
We've flown Singapore and they did weigh our..+ tag it nut only so they knew where to stick it in the hold.
We had it to the gate and during transit at Singapore and they were brilliant.
Didn't count towards our weight
ALso flown Emirates and ditto except they couldn't give it to us at Dubai...we had to get a temporary one from the Emirates office (next to Gate 22) for the stop over and they were generally rubbish compared to Singapore...
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We had it to the gate and during transit at Singapore and they were brilliant.
Didn't count towards our weight
ALso flown Emirates and ditto except they couldn't give it to us at Dubai...we had to get a temporary one from the Emirates office (next to Gate 22) for the stop over and they were generally rubbish compared to Singapore...
Matt
Originally Posted by toon williams
Well our Travel Agent said today when I booked flights that Singapore Airlines weigh it to, so I have yet to check direct with them, suppose that is my next point of call tomorrow!!
Jun 15th 2006, 8:19 pm
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Re: Is the weight of a pushchair counted in your baggage allowance on flight to Oz??
Originally Posted by mattvicki
We've flown Singapore and they did weigh our..+ tag it nut only so they knew where to stick it in the hold.
We had it to the gate and during transit at Singapore and they were brilliant.
Didn't count towards our weight
ALso flown Emirates and ditto except they couldn't give it to us at Dubai...we had to get a temporary one from the Emirates office (next to Gate 22) for the stop over and they were generally rubbish compared to Singapore...
Matt
We had it to the gate and during transit at Singapore and they were brilliant.
Didn't count towards our weight
ALso flown Emirates and ditto except they couldn't give it to us at Dubai...we had to get a temporary one from the Emirates office (next to Gate 22) for the stop over and they were generally rubbish compared to Singapore...
Matt
Oh that is good news!! I was a bit worried about not having it in Transit at Singapore!! Thank you for that!! We already have 3 buggies so wasnt really wanting to buy a new one in Oz!!
