Fiona&malc

QANTAS also give you the 40kg baggage allowance and they offer a reduced migrant airfare as well...only applies to cattle class though.. business classs still same price and baggage allowance of 30kg

Pollyana

Beware the Qantas Migrant fare though - before you take them up on it, shop around! They offered me a "special migrant fare", Cathay were £200 cheaper!!!!

marcelectro

40kg baggage allowance applies only for refugees, you need an special certificate from the International Organization for Migration (www.oim.int)

Pollyana

From your country maybe, but from the UK its different.

marcelectro

from everywhere (Quantas - Sydney said that) , I think it's an UN international agreement ( 4 x 40Kg x person )

Pollyana

I'm willing to stand corrected if I'm wrong, but most of the people using the forum, who have lready emigrated, managed to get the 40 kg but I don't think anyone has ever mentioned this certificate before, much less got one..... anyone out there wanna correct me?

antjen

As of June 2004. EU law states that no baggage can weigh more than 32kgs entering or leaving London Heathrow due to health and safety laws protecting the baggage handlers well being, this applies to all airlines.

Ant

Pollyana

That applies to ONE individual item of baggage, not to the actual allowance. Its not very clear admittedly, but it basically means that no one item can weigh more than 32kgs (for Health and Safety reasons, as you state)

Hugh Janus

That's 32kg as a single item. Some airlines allow 2 items i.e. 64kgs if
flying via USA

Clipper

Cheers everyone. I finally plumped for Singapore, as I couldn't bear the thought of having to go through US customs in the middle of such a long journey. I'll get in contact with Singapore and see what hopefully happens.