Baggage Allowance With Monarch

Flying to Sharm in a couple weeks with Monarch from Gatwick.
After checking the ticket detail it states a 20Kg luggage allowance, with
5kg hand luggage.
However, checking their website states that your allowed 20kg cargo luggage,
5kg hand luggage, and an additional 13kg sports good cargo allowance (this
includes dive kit).

Anybody know which one is right? I don't wanna drag all my kit (read:
Drysuit, reels etc) to Gatwick, only to find out I can't take it.

Any experiences?

Regards

ScubaTricky

> Phone them and ask... or better e-mail them, then when you get a reply

And actually, with Excel at least I had to wait 20 minutes on hold on the
phone and eventually gave up before speaking to anyone. Then I sent them an
e-mail, and I got a reply within 8 minutes of sending it! And the e-mail
was free to send too...

David

In article <br2vep$55g$1@newsg4.svr.pol.co.uk>,
Tricky <scubatricky@nospamyahoo.co.uk> wrote:

>Anybody know which one is right? I don't wanna drag all my kit (read:
>Drysuit, reels etc) to Gatwick, only to find out I can't take it.

What are you doing dragging dry-suit, reels, etc. to Sharm for?

OK, You might be doing some real deep exploration up in the blue hole
at Dahab, I don't know, but your typical scooby-doo week in the Red sea
only requires basic kit and a 3mm steamer...

Gordon

In news:br2vep$55g$1@newsg4.svr.pol.co.uk,
Tricky <scubatricky@nospamyahoo.co.uk> fumbled, fiddled and
fingered:
> Flying to Sharm in a couple weeks with Monarch from Gatwick.
> After checking the ticket detail it states a 20Kg luggage
allowance,
> with 5kg hand luggage.
> However, checking their website states that your allowed 20kg
cargo
> luggage, 5kg hand luggage, and an additional 13kg sports good
cargo
> allowance (this includes dive kit).
>
> Anybody know which one is right? I don't wanna drag all my kit
(read:
> Drysuit, reels etc) to Gatwick, only to find out I can't take
it.
>
> Any experiences?
>
> Regards
>
> ScubaTricky

Dry suit? Jeepers you're going to a different Sharm than the one
I went to!


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"Tricky" <scubatricky@nospamyahoo.co.uk> wrote
>Flying to Sharm in a couple weeks with Monarch from Gatwick.
>After checking the ticket detail it states a 20Kg luggage allowance,
with
>5kg hand luggage.
>However, checking their website states that your allowed 20kg cargo
luggage,
>5kg hand luggage, and an additional 13kg sports good cargo allowance
(this
>includes dive kit).
>
>Anybody know which one is right? I don't wanna drag all my kit
(read:
>Drysuit, reels etc) to Gatwick, only to find out I can't take it.

No, but I'd be interested in the answer as I am off in 4 weeks. I
managed to stay within the 20kg last year (just) but there were others
on the boat who went well over but didn't get charged. IIRC someone
was claiming to have brought through ~35kg with no excess charge.

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"Gordon Henderson" <gordon@unicorn.drogon.net> wrote in message
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> In article <br2vep$55g$1@newsg4.svr.pol.co.uk>,
> Tricky <scubatricky@nospamyahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
> >Anybody know which one is right? I don't wanna drag all my kit (read:
> >Drysuit, reels etc) to Gatwick, only to find out I can't take it.
>
> What are you doing dragging dry-suit, reels, etc. to Sharm for?
>
> OK, You might be doing some real deep exploration up in the blue hole
> at Dahab, I don't know, but your typical scooby-doo week in the Red sea
> only requires basic kit and a 3mm steamer...

January, 22ish degrees water, liveaboard, up to 4 dives a day... I'll
be taking my drysuit.

And why wouldn't you want a reel etc even scuby-dooing?

Cheers,
Huw
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In article <41f318d59146fe57cc4714e9935baa85.67595@mygate.mai lgate.org>,
Huw Porter <huwporter@hotmail.com> wrote:
>"Gordon Henderson" <gordon@unicorn.drogon.net> wrote in message
>news:br43e8$t5b$1@unicorn.drogon.net
>
>> In article <br2vep$55g$1@newsg4.svr.pol.co.uk>,
>> Tricky <scubatricky@nospamyahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>> >Anybody know which one is right? I don't wanna drag all my kit (read:
>> >Drysuit, reels etc) to Gatwick, only to find out I can't take it.
>>
>> What are you doing dragging dry-suit, reels, etc. to Sharm for?
>>
>> OK, You might be doing some real deep exploration up in the blue hole
>> at Dahab, I don't know, but your typical scooby-doo week in the Red sea
>> only requires basic kit and a 3mm steamer...
>
>January, 22ish degrees water, liveaboard, up to 4 dives a day... I'll
>be taking my drysuit.

Fairynuff. I've been 5 times, always in November/December and was never
cold in a 3mm steamer. (actually short sleeved, long legged) I did take a
lighweight hood for the night dives which did make a difference. I never
got a chance to do 4 dives a day, even on a livaboard. I took a drysuit
once - on my very 1st trip out there. Never again. Too much hassle,
too much sweat inside. Air migration and just the general faff of it all.

>And why wouldn't you want a reel etc even scuby-dooing?

I think you'll find it hard to get into "technically challenging"
situations out there. Even when not following the guide, it's all very
easy and you go up & down the boat anchor lines. Maybe a small reel
and blob for emergency, but not big penetration reels unless you are
specifically doing something "technically challenging" and have planned
that with the boat & group in advance. Most of the wrecks are open and
the water is generally crystal clear.

If I wasn't taking my Inspiration, I'd just take the bare minimal
kit. lightweight wetsuit, stab jacket, single valve set with a long-hose
(it's almost always no-stop diving) pool fins, mask and snorkell. No pony.

If you do ascend away from the boat, make sure it has an inflatable -
there can be some weird currents over there which can sometimes make
getting back to the boat "intersting" ...

Gordon

"Huw Porter" <huwporter@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "Gordon Henderson" <gordon@unicorn.drogon.net> wrote in message
> news:br43e8$t5b$1@unicorn.drogon.net
> January, 22ish degrees water, liveaboard, up to 4 dives a day... I'll
> be taking my drysuit.
>
> And why wouldn't you want a reel etc even scuby-dooing?
>
> Cheers,
> Huw
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Thanks Huw,

I knew I'd get this response! Everyone is ready to cut me off at the pass
before answering the question I asked.
Yes to 4 dives a day. Yes to wrecking. Yes to me getting cold!

The kit I'm taking isn't *that* heavy, but all the little bits add up when
you fill a dive bag!

ScubaTricky

"Tricky" <scubatricky@nospamyahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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>
> "Huw Porter" <huwporter@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:41f318d59146fe57cc4714e9935baa85.67595@mygate .mailgate.org...

> > January, 22ish degrees water, liveaboard, up to 4 dives a day... I'll
> > be taking my drysuit.
> >
> > And why wouldn't you want a reel etc even scuby-dooing?

> Thanks Huw,
>
> I knew I'd get this response! Everyone is ready to cut me off at the pass
> before answering the question I asked.
> Yes to 4 dives a day. Yes to wrecking. Yes to me getting cold!
>
> The kit I'm taking isn't *that* heavy, but all the little bits add up when
> you fill a dive bag!

At least if you are on a liveaboard you don't need many clothes!

All my gear for a week comes in about 20kg, even including SS BP and
jetfins.

Cheers,
Huw
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On Tue, 09 Dec 2003 11:34:12 +0000, Boots Blakeley wrote:

> No, but I'd be interested in the answer as I am off in 4 weeks. I
> managed to stay within the 20kg last year (just) but there were others
> on the boat who went well over but didn't get charged. IIRC someone was
> claiming to have brought through ~35kg with no excess charge.

It's partly luck. It depends on the checkin staff. One some budget
airlines, they're on a bonus for charging for excess baggage. On others,
they don't care. It's just hassle for them. On my last trip to Oz, my
backpack was 28kgs after a couple of weeks. I had no problems on Qantas,
Singapore, Air Vanuatu or even on the small twin Otter flight with Vanair.

Jason

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