New Continental international baggage policy

Greg Mossman wrote:
> You bring a firearm on international flights?

Yeah, sometimes I'm forced to fly outside of Texas...

Reef Fish wrote:
> Jer wrote:
>
>>Reef Fish wrote:
>>
>>>Greg Mossman wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>They done did it just like I said they would. Note that the policy is
>>>>effective immediately, but is "waived" for tickets purchased through 9/7/05:
>>>>
>>>>http://www.continental.com/
>>>>
>>>> Summary of Continental's International Free Checked Baggage Allowance
>>>
>>>
>>>> b.. OnePass Elite members: Two pieces of free checked baggage up to
>>>>a maximum weight of 70 lbs. (32 kg) each; Maximum linear dimensions: 62
>>>>inches (157 cm) each
>>>> c.. BusinessFirst or First Class customers: Three pieces of free
>>>>checked baggage up to a maximum weight of 70 lbs. (32 kg) each; Maximum
>>>>linear dimensions: 62 inches (157 cm) each
>>>
>>>
>>>The new policy is no different from the current one, on Elite members.
>>>Just fly 25K miles to be a Silver Elite, and you'll be able to check
>>>two bags of 70 lbs, in Pauper Class.
>>>
>>>Just another FF perk.
>>>
>>>-- Bob.
>>>
>>
>>
>>Or stop quibbling about nickels and dimes and eat the extra cost.
>
>
> Haven't you heard, "A dollar saved is a dollar earned?" Or is it
> 10 dollars?
>
> The Qantas bahstards charge something like $40 per kilo for
> overweight bags. Even if the Aussie dollar is only about 80 cents
> USD, if you carry that amount in nickels and dimes, you'll be
> overweight in the carry-on department.
>
> -- Bob.
>

Obviously, the nickel and dime comment is provided figuratively in my
feeble attempt to press a point... if I can't take what I need to be
comfortable and complete, there's no point leaving the driveway. I
realize things are tough all over, and I'm willing to step up to the
plate to deal with my share. Yes, there have been times when I shipped
the big parts ahead, depending on a variety of circumstances. When I
can't do that, I deal with it the best I can, but I'm not stripping
myself down to avoid a few dollars extra cost getting there. Frankly, I
could easily consider it all a sort of bribe, and I've been paying those
for years. It doesn't come out of my pockets anyway, so it doesn't hurt
me one teeny bit.

AU$40/kilo? That does seem excessive, but if I gotta go, I gotta go.

--
jer
email reply - I am not a 'ten'

Jer wrote:
> Reef Fish wrote:
> > Jer wrote:
> >
> >>Reef Fish wrote:
> >>
> >>>Greg Mossman wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>They done did it just like I said they would. Note that the policy is
> >>>>effective immediately, but is "waived" for tickets purchased through 9/7/05:
> >>>>
> >>>>http://www.continental.com/
> >>>>
> >>>> Summary of Continental's International Free Checked Baggage Allowance
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> b.. OnePass Elite members: Two pieces of free checked baggage up to
> >>>>a maximum weight of 70 lbs. (32 kg) each; Maximum linear dimensions: 62
> >>>>inches (157 cm) each
> >>>> c.. BusinessFirst or First Class customers: Three pieces of free
> >>>>checked baggage up to a maximum weight of 70 lbs. (32 kg) each; Maximum
> >>>>linear dimensions: 62 inches (157 cm) each
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>The new policy is no different from the current one, on Elite members.
> >>>Just fly 25K miles to be a Silver Elite, and you'll be able to check
> >>>two bags of 70 lbs, in Pauper Class.
> >>>
> >>>Just another FF perk.
> >>>
> >>>-- Bob.
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >>Or stop quibbling about nickels and dimes and eat the extra cost.
> >
> >
> > Haven't you heard, "A dollar saved is a dollar earned?" Or is it
> > 10 dollars?
> >
> > The Qantas bahstards charge something like $40 per kilo for
> > overweight bags. Even if the Aussie dollar is only about 80 cents
> > USD, if you carry that amount in nickels and dimes, you'll be
> > overweight in the carry-on department.
> >
> > -- Bob.
> >
>
> Obviously, the nickel and dime comment is provided figuratively in my
> feeble attempt to press a point...

In Las Vegas currency, a nichol and dime mean very different amounts
depending on the TABLE in which your play. For the "whales"

OB scuba:
http://www.bestreadguide.com/lasvega...od_whale.shtml

*> A source familiar in dealing with "The Whales of the World"
*> confirmed that it usually takes a minimum credit line of $5 million

*> to even be considered. "They have to average a bet of at least
*> $100,000 a hand!"

a "nichol", the smallest denomination chips they use is $5,000. USD.

The cocktail waitress in Lost Wages love whales!

I'll be going to Lost Wegas this weekend, playing as a minature minnow,
probably averaging no more than a few "nichels and dimes" (red chips)
of those minnows, a hand, unless the conditions at the blackjack tables

are occasionally suitable for a few Green "nichols" and black "dimes".
Though I've bet more than a black "dime" on one hand many times, the
most I've lost in one hand was 4 black dimes (split and double down
looking a dealer's 6), and the dealer got lucky.

Let's see what your nichols and dimes might be ...

>
> AU$40/kilo? That does seem excessive, but if I gotta go, I gotta go.

At the current exchange rate, an AU$ is $0.761 USD, so AU $40 per kilo
works out to about $13.84 USD per lb. For my 140 lb excess weight in
checked baggage, it would come to $1,973 USD, which would have been
more than 4 times the cost of the ticket.

I don't care WHAT you call them, but I ain't paying no 20 black LAS
"dimes" to any airline for excess checked baggage!

-- Bob.

If weight is an issue, maybe they should weigh the baggage and the passenger
together. Anyone over a certain total weight has to pay more for the excess
fuel. That would be more fair to all.




"Grumman-581" <grumman581@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Greg Mossman wrote:
>> You bring a firearm on international flights?
>
> Yeah, sometimes I'm forced to fly outside of Texas...
>

On Tue, 09 Aug 2005 20:46:29 -0400, Mark Lindsey wrote:

> If weight is an issue, maybe they should weigh the baggage and the passenger
> together. Anyone over a certain total weight has to pay more for the excess
> fuel. That would be more fair to all.

I've seen passengers that weighed more than myself and my stuff.

"Mark Lindsey" <mslf500@verizon.(remove)net> wrote in message
news:1123634792.bdf04071a6e34f07995aa8f47f85f1d6@t eranews...
> If weight is an issue, maybe they should weigh the baggage and the
> passenger together. Anyone over a certain total weight has to pay more
> for the excess fuel. That would be more fair to all.

That depends on your meaning of fair. It's more fair to all, in one sense,
to subject all Arab-looking passengers (including Brazilians) to intense
scrutiny. It's more fair to all to make all passengers sit in the middle
seats. Heck, it's more fair that no one should get to sit in first class
even if they have the money to do so because that's just not fair.

Jer <gdunn@airmail.ten> pounded away at his keyboard resulting in:
: Frankly, I
:could easily consider it all a sort of bribe, and I've been paying those
:for years. It doesn't come out of my pockets anyway, so it doesn't hurt
:me one teeny bit.

Say what?

Dan Bracuk
If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure.

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<nospam@all.please.net> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 09 Aug 2005 20:46:29 -0400, Mark Lindsey wrote:
>
>> If weight is an issue, maybe they should weigh the baggage and the
>> passenger
>> together. Anyone over a certain total weight has to pay more for the
>> excess
>> fuel. That would be more fair to all.
>
> I've seen passengers that weighed more than myself and my stuff.

Big deal. In a hurricane, you're the one who's gonna be hanging on for dear
life from a palm tree.

"Ross Garrett" <frederickrossgarrett@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> "chilly" <slarson@shaw.canada> wrote in message
> news:9S3Ke.157502$5V4.105335@pd7tw3no...
> >
> > "Ross Garrett" <frederickrossgarrett@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>
> >> Check-in curbside, and have your $10 or $20 in the same hand you use to
> > hand
> >> your ID and ticket/reservation to the agent on duty.
> >
> > In that case, why not just be at the ready with $25?
>
> ***(quietly considering my options) Gee, what a quandry. If I assume this
an
> honest question then I also assume she is stupid. But if I assume this a
> joke, I may implying worse accusations on her intelligence, if she is
> serious. OK, I've decided the former is the best course of action....

OK, if you consider honesty as stupid, go ahead, and call me stupid. I'm
sure someone with characteristics such as you have, couldn't hurt my
feelings in the least.

(snip)

"Reef Fish" <Large_Nassau_Grouper@Yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> I'll be going to Lost Wegas this weekend, playing as a minature minnow,
> probably averaging no more than a few "nichels and dimes" (red chips)
> of those minnows, a hand, unless the conditions at the blackjack tables
>
> are occasionally suitable for a few Green "nichols" and black "dimes".
> Though I've bet more than a black "dime" on one hand many times, the
> most I've lost in one hand was 4 black dimes (split and double down
> looking a dealer's 6), and the dealer got lucky.
>
> Let's see what your nichols and dimes might be ...

Mine seem the same as yours. All the fancier Vegas casinos are $25 minimum
now, or just have a token one or two $10 tables that never have open seats.
I used to stay at the Mandalay a lot and their new "The Hotel" addition is
very nice, especially when you can get a midweek $130 rate for a fraction of
the regular $300-400 a night they normally want.

But I've been staying at the Aladdin the past few times since Starwood took
it over since they automatically upgrade me to a "Strip Suite" complete with
jacuzzi regardless of my gambling activities and I get points and accumulate
stay credit for next year's "elite" status. They have plenty of $10 tables,
so it's easy enough to go from multiple black chips to two red chips when
the cards are down. I got yelled at by a pit boss my last time there,
though. I have a habit of cashing in small piles of green chips, when I'm
lucky enough to accumulate them, for black chips which I promptly stick in
my pocket so I can pretend I'm not too far ahead and keep my betting sane.
Unfortunately, this last time, the pit boss told me I couldn't do that
anymore and demanded I keep all my chips on the table. I thought it weird
and of course I started losing at that point and we finally left before I
could give them all their money back. It still paid for the room, dinner,
gas there and back, and left me a few hundred toward bankrolling my next
visit, so I'll probably return to the same place again. Supposedly it's now
the Planet Hollywood Hotel and I'm curious to see what they did with all the
middle-eastern decor that, in this day of anti-Islamic "patriotism", was
costing them their American customers.