Potential excess baggage .... whats best way to get this home? |
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Jan 11th, 2006, 22:40
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| Member  Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Fethiye, Turkey
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|  Potential excess baggage .... whats best way to get this home? Thining ahead .......I may well do alot of clothes shopping especially and who knows what else, while in India. I am flying mainly with Emirates Airlines and cannot find anything helpful on their website ref excess baggage (they say it is allowed upto 32 kilos total baggage .....but dont give any helpful info on how the charges are worked out  ...just say it depends on weight and distance (which we could probably guess ourselves!)Has anyone flown with them and used excess baggage? Alternatively I could make up a parcel and post the stuff back to my home address. I dont want to use government postal service if I can avoid it (because that is very unreliable in Turkey)....Would prefer to use a private package delivery service such as UPS, FedEX etc But do these companies have branches in smallish Indian towns? (I looked on the good UPS website ...but nothing listed for Cochin or Mysore, just one in Bangalore which I wasnt really planning to visit) Maybe other companies are better represented? Any advice on this type of thing appreciated. |
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Jan 11th, 2006, 22:47
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| getting ready!  Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina
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 | Yildiz! I believe that the best option is to send the excess baggage by mail... but i don't *REALLY* know (it's just an opinion). Peace. |
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Jan 11th, 2006, 22:48
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| Up in the hills with my head in the clouds...  Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: India/UK
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| DHL is big in India.
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Jan 11th, 2006, 23:17
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| Surprised and Delighted by Life  Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: On the road...
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Jan 11th, 2006, 23:25
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| Maha Guru Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: England
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| I was flying back to UK on Lufthansa in March 2005 and a woman had about 50 odd kilos extra with her. She made a big scene and they let her off. But I would not suggest using this approach. |
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Jan 11th, 2006, 23:34
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| Member  Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Austin Texas
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| I think that is a per bag weight limit and you are allowed two checked bags. I've never had an issue with Emirates. |
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Jan 11th, 2006, 23:49
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| Maha Guru Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Vancouver
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| Yildiz, I checked the Emirates website and, 1) You are allowed only 20 kg in economy class from Turkey to India 2) Each bag can only be a maximum of 45 inches/115cm |
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Jan 12th, 2006, 00:18
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| On the Road, wherever I am  Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: in the mountains of Idaho . . . now the red-rock plateau of southern Utah
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 | On my first trip to India I too did some buying . . . when it was time to fly out I got hit with a sizeable excess baggage charge . . . resulted in me landing in Amsterdam with only 60 cents in my pocket . . . resulted in my spending a night in the airport while money was wired to me from the States . . . on four subsequent trips I mailed things home. Snail mail. Everything I sent home arrived safely. Slowly, cheaply, but safely. |
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Jan 12th, 2006, 01:19
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| Guru  Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Hollywood
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| check with Blue Dart http://www.bluedart.com/ for rates. or travel light to india |
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