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Baggage Allowance on Transatlantic Flight
30-08-2009 2:55 PM
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British Airways is one of them. From October they are limiting free baggage to 1 bag and charging £35 for a second bag.
Virgin will not be following this policy at present and still allow 2 bags.
Worth checking if like me you've been used to taking 2 bags for free.
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30-08-2009 4:41 PM
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30-08-2009 4:54 PM
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30-08-2009 5:03 PM
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30-08-2009 5:06 PM
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http://www.britishairways.com/travel/bagchk/public/en_gb
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30-08-2009 5:16 PM
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30-08-2009 6:43 PM
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At security of course all the bags were X-rayed, now it is a known ploy by regular passengers to travel with too many and over-loaded bags and arrive at check-in just as the flight is about to close, thereby avoiding the excess baggage charges that other less canny passengers have applied to them.
At security, the plan is to "drop" the bags and run for the archway detector. The security operative at the loading end of the X-ray machine will simply leave them where they were left, it is not unknown for an unattended baggage security alert to follow this action, his/her job is to ensure correct spacing not to lift heavy bags (that are not supposed to exceed 9kg) 4 feet off the floor, security staff are not insured for it either, and many an unwary staff member has been off work for some time (unpaid) for ignoring this.
When the panicking passenger is sent back to attend to his own lifting, with a pointed cool gesture of "on here please" they often need to be reminded that it was they who packed so much in their bags, just exactly why do they expect other people to handle them for them. There are other methods of getting over-weight bags on to an aircraft, by using a little fore-thought and sending them as cargo, for which they can be collected and delivered, at much lower rates than check-in excess baggage.
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30-08-2009 7:43 PM
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At least BA is upfront about the reason for the charges - they say it will help them back to profitability.
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30-08-2009 8:06 PM
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30-08-2009 8:10 PM
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30-08-2009 8:22 PM
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Quote from: artmo At least BA is upfront about the reason for the charges - they say it will help them back to profitability.
I don't understand why they don't just put the charge on the price of the ticket.I mean who falls for this bullshit anyway?
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30-08-2009 8:32 PM
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from BA
Quote Allowances for those passengers with limited mobility
If you use a wheelchair or mobility aid and are travelling on a route where the allowance is one bag:
* we will increase the allowance to two bags
* the joint weight must not exceed 23kg (51lbs)
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30-08-2009 8:35 PM
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30-08-2009 8:49 PM
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30-08-2009 8:58 PM
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