Hold Baggage - Pooling
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Hold Baggage - Pooling
If I and my partner turn up at check in with a total allowance of 40kg to check in, why does it bother anybody if the cases total 40 but are actually 22 and 18! Is it is an excuse to charge for 2kg XS on one case and squeeze some more money out of the passengers, or is there some sensible reason? I know about the individual weight limit for a single checked in item but this does apply on the figures I have quoted.
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Why not repack so that each bag weighs 20Kg, and relax?
They might or might not let you pool, but you'll get enough hassle between check-in and take-off at the best of times so why invite some more?
They might or might not let you pool, but you'll get enough hassle between check-in and take-off at the best of times so why invite some more?
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I am aware of the individual weight limits and I am aware that some airlines may, or may not, allow pooling. My question is why might they not? If two people can have 40 kgs between them what is the problem for the airline if it is 22 plus 18? I think it is a money maker and nobody has yet told me anything different.
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......and ask for evidence of when the check-in scales were last calibrated. Many a time I've watched the scales show weight prior to a bag getting near it! Someone tried this on with me in Turkey last year, I kicked up a fuss and didnt have to pay. The arguement was over 2 kilos on one bag out of 5 being checked, I was under our limit on aggregate.
Some airlines may have OH&S reasons for not allowing bags above a particular weight. It varies, however most airlines in Aus/NZ have a 32kg per piece maximum. How much you are permitted to check in for free per piece is again up to the airline in particular.
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fireblade said: Many a time I've watched the scales show weight prior to a bag getting near it!
Why do the words "Ryanair" and "Stansted" appear in my mind ?
If you're a kilo over, saying "but it weighed ---- less on that unallocated check-in over there" frequently has the desired effect.
Why do the words "Ryanair" and "Stansted" appear in my mind ?
If you're a kilo over, saying "but it weighed ---- less on that unallocated check-in over there" frequently has the desired effect.
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It's quite straightforward: you buy a ticket and you get, say, 20kgs hold baggage allowance with THAT ticket.
Buy 2 tickets and you get 2 discrete sets of 20Kg allowance, not 40Kgs between the 2 of you.
As was said, weight is money!
If we get charged for excess, how come we don't get a refund for less than 20Kgs?
Buy 2 tickets and you get 2 discrete sets of 20Kg allowance, not 40Kgs between the 2 of you.
As was said, weight is money!
If we get charged for excess, how come we don't get a refund for less than 20Kgs?
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Of course it's to make money and provided they state in their terms and conditions that this is how they operate, I don't see what the problem is. If you don't like it, don't fly with them. Airlines that do allow baggage pooling, normally only permit it for passengers who share the same PNR locator.
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Airport scales are notoriously unreliable and aren't checked often enough for accurate readings to be 100% guaranteed. Perhaps it's time a passenger took the airlines to task since they seem intend on squeezing every last cent out of their customers using unreliable measuring devices. Could this be construed as Fraud or Airways (Highways) Robbery?
NMO > Weights and Measures Legislation
Weights and measure legislation should be brought to bear on the likes of FR
NMO > Weights and Measures Legislation
Weights and measure legislation should be brought to bear on the likes of FR
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Airport check-in weighing machines
I browsed through the link in the previous post and, beyond coming across some very relevant stickers which have to be used on weghing machines, I couldn't find anything about periodic calibration/testing. Everything electrical in my workplace has a dated inspection sticker on it so where is it on airport luggage weighing machine and how often should they be tested, please?
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where is it on airport luggage weighing machine and how often should they be tested, please?
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Ryanair's approach to non pooling of hold luggage is a disgrace and a rip off.
They will accept multiple pax on the same booking and will accept a common payment for this, but then refuse to accept the combining of luggage up to the limit that the combined bookings allow (x times 15kg.)
Vote with your feet.
They will accept multiple pax on the same booking and will accept a common payment for this, but then refuse to accept the combining of luggage up to the limit that the combined bookings allow (x times 15kg.)
Vote with your feet.
Primarily money for the airline.
but also as someone said (NZScion) in extremis H&S..What if four of you check in with a single 80kg "suitcase"......it may be legitimately pooled in your eyes but some poor b****r has got to manhandle it into/out of the aircraft.
but also as someone said (NZScion) in extremis H&S..What if four of you check in with a single 80kg "suitcase"......it may be legitimately pooled in your eyes but some poor b****r has got to manhandle it into/out of the aircraft.
Can I say in defense of STN/EZY [!!], that last year coming from Singapore, the scales at STN read exactly the same as when we checked in at Singapore the previous day.[Yes- we had to take a bus!! from LHR to STN but we never touched our cases]
I don't know why, but for some reason I always believe that MOL's scales are always calibrated in his favour rather than that of the punters [sorry - customers]
I don't know why, but for some reason I always believe that MOL's scales are always calibrated in his favour rather than that of the punters [sorry - customers]