American Airlines Baggae Allowance

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.

Incidently American Airlines boast of having the biggest seat room of any
air line, they have rehashed the 777 to be 3 -5 - 3 and not 4 -4 -4 as most
airlines so gaining a seat width. - great for those who spend lots of time
at the CO2 refilling station

Cheers all

Rob

ps oh some stuff has been sold and site updated

Rob ROOK <osiris@woden.com> wrote:

> 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.

BA to Finland quoted me 800 quid for 50Kgs excess baggage.
It's half my weight so why do they want over 4 times my ticket price?

Darn it. It would be cheaper to find two people who wanted to go to
Finland for a week with just cabin baggage and pay for their tickets
so they can check my excess as theirs.

i don't want an increased alowance, well it would be nice, I just want
a fair price for the excess.

Sorry.
Touched a nerve.

nigelH

"Nigel Hewitt" <news@REMOVETHISnigelhewitt.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Rob ROOK <osiris@woden.com> wrote:
>
> > 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.
>
> BA to Finland quoted me 800 quid for 50Kgs excess baggage.
> It's half my weight so why do they want over 4 times my ticket price?
>
> Darn it. It would be cheaper to find two people who wanted to go to
> Finland for a week with just cabin baggage and pay for their tickets
> so they can check my excess as theirs.
>
> i don't want an increased alowance, well it would be nice, I just want
> a fair price for the excess.
>
> Sorry.
> Touched a nerve.
>
> nigelH
>
Duo from Birmingham have worked out fairly well on the baggage front.

6kg hand and 20kg hold for free
£10 each way for an additional 15kg of sports equipment
£4 per kg for each additional kg each way.

so 40kg of extra baggage is costing us £220 each. Flights are £160 each.

Nigel...BA are ripping you off big time.

Digs

Digs wrote:
> "Nigel Hewitt" wrote
>> Rob ROOK wrote:
>>
>>> 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.
>>
>> BA to Finland quoted me 800 quid for 50Kgs excess baggage.
>> It's half my weight so why do they want over 4 times my ticket price?
>>
> Duo from Birmingham have worked out fairly well on the baggage front.
>
> 6kg hand and 20kg hold for free
> £10 each way for an additional 15kg of sports equipment
> £4 per kg for each additional kg each way.
>
> so 40kg of extra baggage is costing us £220 each. Flights are £160 each.
>
> Nigel...BA are ripping you off big time.

Yes. I know that.£35 for each 10Kgs to the Canaries in March. Britania.
It may freight. I have the advantage that Combro have a shipping agent.

nigelH

"Alasdair Allan" <aa@ukrecscuba.org.uk> wrote in message
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> If they're actually worried about the weight of the bags, charge by
> weight, all of it (including the person getting on the flight).

Hear, hear. I would like to see a price for a person on a flight + x/kg for
hold luggage + 5x/kg for carry on. x would have to be a value that makes 5kg
carry on and 20 kg checked come to the same ticket price. It would kick all
of the people who are too important to stand by the baggage carousel into
touch with their "hand baggage" suitcases & make security faster and more
effective. It would also stop people taking 2 kg of toiletries away for an
overnight trip....

Anyway, taking of rip offs and security, a couple of weeks ago, I had a
disposable razor (that I had forgotten) removed from my hand luggage and
confiscated. Fair enough I thought, so I go through and have a look around
the shops. Boots airside in T2 are selling the exact same thing. Seems to
undermine the whole operation to me.

Sorry, you lanced a nerve!

Keith

Keith Manning wrote:
> Anyway, taking of rip offs and security, a couple of weeks ago, I had a
> disposable razor (that I had forgotten) removed from my hand luggage and
> confiscated. Fair enough I thought, so I go through and have a look around
> the shops. Boots airside in T2 are selling the exact same thing. Seems to
> undermine the whole operation to me.

Hmm, right hand, left hand... *sigh*

Al.

"Keith Manning" <NOSPAM@tesco.net> wrote in message
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> Anyway, taking of rip offs and security, a couple of weeks ago, I had a
> disposable razor (that I had forgotten) removed from my hand luggage and
> confiscated. Fair enough I thought, so I go through and have a look around
> the shops. Boots airside in T2 are selling the exact same thing. Seems to
> undermine the whole operation to me.

They take nail scissors off you because they constitute a weapon, but
then sell you litre (glass) bottles of spirits.

I know which "weapon" I'd rather have in a rumble...

Vic.


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On Sun, 25 Apr 2004 11:38:58 +0000, Nigel Hewitt wrote:

> BA to Finland quoted me 800 quid for 50Kgs excess baggage.
> It's half my weight so why do they want over 4 times my ticket price?

Surely if you've got enough money to waste on a rebreather, a few quid
excess luggage charges is a mere bagatelle?

Next time one of you is bragging about how much you've saved on helium
costs this year, I'll remind you of this conversation.

Jason

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"Vic" <vic@innocent.com> wrote in message

> They take nail scissors off you because they constitute a weapon, but
> then sell you litre (glass) bottles of spirits.
>
> I know which "weapon" I'd rather have in a rumble...

But you could cut the pilots fingernails painfully short ;-p

I think that the problem is that security won't get in the way of retail.

Keith

Jason <jason.usenet.nospam@ntlworld.com> wrote:
> Nigel Hewitt wrote:
>
>> BA to Finland quoted me 800 quid for 50Kgs excess baggage.
>> It's half my weight so why do they want over 4 times my ticket price?
>
> Surely if you've got enough money to waste on a rebreather, a few quid
> excess luggage charges is a mere bagatelle?
>
> Next time one of you is bragging about how much you've saved on helium
> costs this year, I'll remind you of this conversation.

Hey this is me! I never pretend diving is cheap.
I just choose to do it and pay the rate.

nigelH