American Airlines Baggae Allowance

On another note I've just booked with
Air Malta for October.

Allowances:

22Kg Standard Hold

5Kg Cabin

15Kg FREE allowance for dive gear on production
of diving cert card!

That's the way to do it!

And they were cheaper from Manchester than BA from
Gatwick with sensible flight times as well!

BA Dep LGW 16:45 arr MLA 21:15
Dep MLA 21:15 arr LGW 23:30 (10 mins AFTER the last train!)

and the Manchester to London travel on top

Cost £215.00 + train fares (£70 (ish) )

Air Malta Dep MAN 12:40 arr MLA 17:00
Dep MLA 17:00 arr MAN 19:15

Cost £207.00

I like BA but not *that* much

DaveA






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On Mon, 26 Apr 2004 09:20:14 +0000, Dave Appleby wrote:

> That's the opposite of what I had last year on a Malta trip.
>
> 22Kg Hold
> 5Kg Hand

Not really. You've still only got 5kgs of hand luggage. Decent airlines
are now giving 7kgs. As the bag weights about 1-2kgs empty, you can't get an
awful lot in 5kgs. And I'm not putting my camera in the hold.

> I came in at 32 Kg for Hold Baggage and they didn't bat an eyelid
> at check in.

I had 31.4kgs hold. They told me not to put anything else in it or it
would hit the new 32kgs limit.

> JMC on the other hand *shudder*

No, MyTravel have got to be the worst. At everything.

Jason

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"Jason" <jason.usenet.nospam@ntlworld.com> wrote in message

> And I'm not putting my camera in the hold.

For damage or theft reasons?

It shouldn't get damaged in a decent aluminium case properly packed in firm
foam. The problem with a lot of the new cases is that the foam in them is
like blancmange and it just doesn't do it.

I've never had a single breakage or theft in all of my years of checking in
pro camera gear.

Keith

On Mon, 26 Apr 2004 21:16:39 +0100, "Keith Manning" <NOSPAM@tesco.net>
wrote:

>
>"Jason" <jason.usenet.nospam@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
>
>> And I'm not putting my camera in the hold.
>
>For damage or theft reasons?
>
>It shouldn't get damaged in a decent aluminium case properly packed in firm
>foam. The problem with a lot of the new cases is that the foam in them is
>like blancmange and it just doesn't do it.
>
>I've never had a single breakage or theft in all of my years of checking in
>pro camera gear.
>
I check in all my camera gear. And the breather. It give me a warm
glow (fear mainly) to watch £10k of kit disapearing up a conveyor at
Heathrow......

So far, so good.

But there just isn't any other way to do it. So you may as well just
make sure it's well insured, check it all in, and walk away from it. I
mean, it's not like I'm flying KLM or something.

Pete S.

On Mon, 26 Apr 2004 11:15 +0100 (BST), morgandgoesdiving@cix.co.uk
(Dave Morgan) wrote:

>In article <c6ifgo$s1k$1@titan.btinternet.com>, im@fedup.com (david)
>wrote:
>
>> to except your over weight bag.
>
>No i wouldn't, but there has to be some uniformity here.....what is
>"overweight" or what is acceptable ??????

Overweight is a bag that is over the permitted weight/size based on
your route/ class of travel


>I think it a good idea to have a "max weight" per ticket, we would all
>know exactly where we stand, the carriers would be able plan ahead much
>better, excess weight could be "by arrangement" and booked in advance and
>charged........everyone would be (not quite happy but) more prepared......
>
>Common sense is not very common is it ?
>
Indeed it isn't with this suggestion. How is this going to work? To
start with I can't imagine a lot of people being prepared to be
weighed anyway. Also, given that a lot of people never visit a check
in desk , when are they going to be weighed?. What about a person with
a wheelchair who is overweight due to taking the chair anyway?

Dave

"Rob ROOK" <osiris@woden.com> wrote in message
news8Mic.2400$1C3.250@nurse.blueyonder.net...
> Just like to say flew American Airlines to the Caribbean and got 2 x 32 KG
> baggae allowance, makes our European flights seem a bit mean doesn't it.
>
> Also my fiancee flew over from Alabama and she flew US Air and gor 2 x
30KG
> baggage allowance.
>

I read somewhere that you are allowed to carry your camera on and it is not
included in the weight. So just make sure it is in it's housing as well as
that will save a few Kg's.

Apparently News Cameramen used to take their professional cameras on by hand
so they weren't weighed!

What drives me mad is all the weighing at check in then everyone coming into
the plane with twenty duty free bags. Which is then okay!!!!

Baz.

"Keith Manning" <NOSPAM@tesco.net> wrote in message
news:dcgjc.1008$V_3.698@newsfe1-win

> Agreed. Duty Free should be bought at the destination airport. The cost in
> unnecessary fuel that is passed on to the passengers eventually and the cost
> in unnecessary pollution that is passed on to our grandchildren is too high.

...But if they did that, we'd have to pay airline prices for beer on the
plane...

Vic.


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On Mon, 26 Apr 2004 23:39:00 +0100, "Keith Manning" <NOSPAM@tesco.net>
wrote:


>Agreed. Duty Free should be bought at the destination airport.

If they did that then fares would definately rise since the airports
make a significant amount of revenue from the duty free sales. iirc,
ports like LGW and LHR make more money from the shopping concessions
than they do from aircraft movements.

At some places duty free can be purchased on arrival. Australia
airports have duty free shops positioned immediately before
immigration

Dave

"Dave Noble" <dave.noble@cableway.co.uk> wrote in message

> If they did that then fares would definately rise since the airports
> make a significant amount of revenue from the duty free sales. iirc,
> ports like LGW and LHR make more money from the shopping concessions
> than they do from aircraft movements.
>

Yes, but they would get the revenue from their incoming trade to replace it.


> At some places duty free can be purchased on arrival. Australia
> airports have duty free shops positioned immediately before
> immigration

So has Terminal 1.

Keith

In article <6auq80tb5hko9qvpvu80lupov1q0p337ao@4ax.com>,
dave.noble@cableway.co.uk (Dave Noble) wrote:

>
> Overweight is a bag that is over the permitted weight/size based on
> your route/ class of travel

Thats THEIR interpretation.....

> >Common sense is not very common is it ?
> >
> Indeed it isn't with this suggestion.

MMMMmmmmmm.......well, discussion and debate usually drill down and get
rid of the more impractical ideas.......
So my suggestion is out the window.....
I doubt TPTB would take take notice of me anyway.......

Dave Morgan @ Work in the UK
Take out the "goes diving" bit....
Trip photos on line at www.morg.co.uk