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Oooops! Just weighed the cases, had to contact the airline and up it from 15kg to 20kg, what a rip off

janus wrote:Oooops! Just weighed the cases, had to contact the airline and up it from 15kg to 20kg, what a rip off

You must be taking too much stuff, however it has taken us many years to get it right

Dave

It's the shoes I think, you know what we women are like!!

oh i struggle to keep to the 20kgs but to be fair i did go to icmeler last year for 13 weeks so i did need a lot of clothes and shoes
shoes are heavy and women do need a lot of things such as hair straighteners
xxxx

Forgot all about the straighteners, might have to book another seat!!!!

good idea
dont want to be charged excess baggage its a joke
xxx

Hi Janus,
We always fly j*t2. Baggage allowance a huge 22 Kg,s and NO weight restriction on hand luggage as long as the bag fits into the check-in rack.
Cheers.

yeah thats good but i always find j2 expensive as there seems to be lots of hidden charges
need to watch out for the deals
xxx

Katiehutchinson_1991 wrote:yeah thats good but i always find j2 expensive as there seems to be lots of hidden charges
need to watch out for the deals
xxx

We found that too, Katie - thought it was great that they had started flying from Glasgow, but once you added up all the different charges, they worked out a lot more expensive, 22kg or not!

I upped mine with TC this year from 20 to 25kg, it was heaven not worrying bout being over the amount, alas coming home was still 1 kg over it

we are 15kgs with onur air, will be challenging lets just say

i'm planning on really minimum and buying some t-shirts over there again, how much were they again 5 for 20lira or am making that up as it's been a couple of years since we were there last.

should be able add extra into mine and the wee fellas case to help out the missus who i think takes clothes for their holidays and ofcorse the shoes !!!!!

When we flew from Glasgow on 21 May with Onur Air they were being very strict about luggage allowance and people were being charged. It was the same with hand luggage they also weighed this for numerous people and they were also being charged.

Stewart

smc4761 wrote:When we flew from Glasgow on 21 May with Onur Air they were being very strict about luggage allowance and people were being charged. It was the same with hand luggage they also weighed this for numerous people and they were also being charged.

Stewart

i'm going from prestwick so i'd imagine it'll be the same.

the wife will be warned

For some strange reason I'm always below the 20kg luggage allowance but my friend is always over ha ha but she does take a ridiclous amount of clothes as she won't wear the same top twice

Last year we bought holdalls from Argos to use instead of our usual suitcases and saved 3.5 kilos each. The empty suitcases weighed 5 kilos each whilst the empty holdalls weighed less than 1.5 kilos. I also gain by putting a number of things in my jacket which has a number of pockets, as this doesn't get weighed We don't have a problem now with the luggage allowance but still take the luggage scales with us, just in case (pardon the pun)

Hi All,
Re J2 flights. I cannot comment on O*** flights & prices cos I have never used them, mainly being all the posts I have read about their flight changes and cancellations. I have only travelled to Icmeler once on the "Midnigt Cowboy" run and vowed never again.
We paid £1050-00 for 4 return flights with J2 (£262-50 each) which included inflight meal, pre-booked seats & extra leg room. O.K. we booked early - 11months before leaving.
The real beauty of J2 from Newcastle is take-off time 10-30AM arrive Dalamam 5-00 PM so the first EFES is going down round about 8-00pm (earlier if you leave the unpacking until later)!!!
Worth an extra few bob of anybodies money.
Cheers

yeah i agree j2 seem to have good flight times but i guess from scotland its not worth the extra money when you add it all in
also they charge you i think it was £16 to check in at the airport
thought this was part of the service
xxx

We have been on Onur, pegasus and jet2, and Jet2 by far the best - ok few £s more but on line check in, 22kg, good flight times which they generally stick to ( we dont fancy the red eyes either).

Plus the flight staff and appear to want to provide excellent customer service.

Hope I get a discount from my September booking

Pete

i love the red eyes - my view is why spend the daylight (sunshine) hours travelling when you can do it at night, get a bit of a kip on the plane and arrive in time for breakfast?! Flying with Th****** this year - out on 2 July for 2 weeks...20kg allowance standard so will let you know how it goes. Happy holidays everyone!!

Hi , we fly out with TC on 5th Sept 7.30 am and return with Jet2 on the 19th Sept at 18.25pm, £234.00 return all taxes and luggage included, it sometimes pays to mix n match.