aliceJ

Are there any 457ie visa holders out there who can tell us about any successful or unsuccessful attempts at obtaining the double baggage allowance?

Thanks

Bigpond News

My family and I came on a 457 visa (one-way ticket) with double baggage
allowance.
We flew from Heathrow to Los Angeles then on to Las Vegas, back to Los
Angeles and on to Melbourne with no trouble apart from arm ache and lots of
funny looks from people saying under there breath 'They'll never get through
with that lot'
How satisfying to get 8 cases through.

"aliceJ" wrote in message
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    > Are there any 457ie visa holders out there who can tell us about any
    > successful or unsuccessful attempts at obtaining the double baggage
    > allowance?
    > Thanks
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tinaj

Was it cheaper to get a one way ticket?, I have heard that most people get a return as it costs around the same.
Who did you fly with via the US?

Tina

Bigpond News

1 way tickets are about half price (funny that)

we flew BA to US (if I remeber rightly, seems ages ago now, might have been
qantas tho)
then AA internally (spooky, everyone looking suspisiously at each other)
and qantas to OZ (crap, no seat screens)

I advise to have at least a 2 day break somewhere
we flew here in Feb2002 and had a 3 day break in Singapore which was just
right
but when we flew back with just a half day delay in Bombay it took about a
week to feel normal again


"tinaj" wrote in message
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    > Was it cheaper to get a one way ticket?, I have heard that most people
    > get a return as it costs around the same.
    > Who did you fly with via the US?
    > Tina
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tinaj

The cheapest one way I have found is
LHR to Brisbane Singapore air for 3 adults 2 kids £2150 flying Jan to June the return price for the same period is only £600 more.
Where can you get it half price ?
I think this is a good price anyway, but it is a rip off that it isn't actually half of the return price.

percyp

We decided not to fight the 'please give us double baggage allowance' fight, as on a 457 visa, it seems to be so open to interpretation.
We are going via the US to get the mega 64kgs each. Price for one way LHR to MEL, via LA was £517 each, that's with United (if they are still flying on 2nd Feb)


34 days to go !!!

Jo

Spinach88

Hi,

which airline did you fly via the US?

Thanks.


"BigPond News" wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
    > My family and I came on a 457 visa (one-way ticket) with double baggage
    > allowance.
    > We flew from Heathrow to Los Angeles then on to Las Vegas, back to Los
    > Angeles and on to Melbourne with no trouble apart from arm ache and lots
of
    > funny looks from people saying under there breath 'They'll never get
through
    > with that lot'
    > How satisfying to get 8 cases through.
    > "aliceJ" wrote in message
    > news:[email protected]...
    > >
    > > Are there any 457ie visa holders out there who can tell us about any
    > > successful or unsuccessful attempts at obtaining the double baggage
    > > allowance?
    > >
    > > Thanks
    > >
    > > --
    > > Posted via http://britishexpats.com

cresta57

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Bigpond News
1 way tickets are about half price (funny that)

We've just returned from a trip to Aust. [Nov 02] to pick up our son who had been holidaying with my parents for 18 months. His one way ticket BA-Quantas was £50 cheaper than our returns [£832 5 day stopover in Bangkok] as the outbound ticket carries the loading. I'd love to know how to get 1 way at half price as we couldn't find anything remotely close to that.

Mat

we flew BA to US (if I remeber rightly, seems ages ago now, might have been
qantas tho)
then AA internally (spooky, everyone looking suspisiously at each other)
and qantas to OZ (crap, no seat screens)

"spinach88" wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
    > Hi,
    > which airline did you fly via the US?
    > Thanks.
    > "BigPond News" wrote in message
    > news:[email protected]...
    > > My family and I came on a 457 visa (one-way ticket) with double baggage
    > > allowance.
    > > We flew from Heathrow to Los Angeles then on to Las Vegas, back to Los
    > > Angeles and on to Melbourne with no trouble apart from arm ache and lots
    > of
    > > funny looks from people saying under there breath 'They'll never get
    > through
    > > with that lot'
    > > How satisfying to get 8 cases through.
    > >
    > > "aliceJ" wrote in message
    > > news:[email protected]...
    > > >
    > > > Are there any 457ie visa holders out there who can tell us about any
    > > > successful or unsuccessful attempts at obtaining the double baggage
    > > > allowance?
    > > >
    > > > Thanks
    > > >
    > > > --
    > > > Posted via http://britishexpats.com
    > >
    > >

Mat

    > Originally posted by aliceJ
    > > Are there any 457ie visa holders out there who can tell us about any
    > > successful or unsuccessful attempts at obtaining the double baggage
    > > allowance?
    > >
    > > Thanks
    > We decided not to fight the 'please give us double baggage allowance'
    > fight, as on a 457 visa, it seems to be so open to interpretation.
    > We are going via the US to get the mega 64kgs each. Price for one way
    > LHR to MEL, via LA was £517 each, that's with United (if they are still
    > flying on 2nd Feb)

£517 is cheap, we did the same: Heathrow - LA - Melbourne, it cost £550 +
taxes.
That includes a discount with Qantas, for opening a Bank account with
Commonwealth Bank of Australia in London before we set off.
Usually you get 20kg baggage allowance, we got it doubled with no trouble,
as it was 1 way.

    > 34 days to go !!!
    > Jo
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    > Posted via http://britishexpats.com

Thunder Ace

tinaj wrote in message news:...
    > The cheapest one way I have found is
    > LHR to Brisbane Singapore air for 3 adults 2 kids £2150 flying Jan to
    > June the return price for the same period is only £600 more.
    > Where can you get it half price ?
    > I think this is a good price anyway, but it is a rip off that it isn't
    > actually half of the return price.

One way tickets are rarely half the cost of returns. This is true for
all modes of transport, buses trains etc. It's also not unusual (no
Tom Jones gags please) for return tickets to be cheaper.

Coincidentally, I have also got LHR to Brisbane with Singapore for
late January. Two adults, two kids, £1600, includes double baggage
allowance and a five day stopover. That's about the same per head as
your tickets.

The double baggage allowance is a bit redundant if you are also
sending goods by sea. We don't intend to start hauling 40kgs each half
way round the globe when we can stick it in the container and travel
light.

Thunder Ace

percyp

Flight prices are all supply and demand, so hence the constantly changing prices. It's with United, and they are in financial trouble, so don't know if that makes them cheaper. When I booked in early December I called several agents and they all said there were not many seats available for those dates, infact we are going 4 days later than we wanted to.
btw, that price included taxes.
Jo