Extra Baggage

[niknak79]

Hi all,
I am headed out to Dubai from the UK at the end of this month. Having looked at the price for extra baggage on Emirates flights I need to find another way!

I only have a couple of suitcases extra to take and was thinking of baggage shipping rather than a container, which would be a lot more expensive I guess.

Can anyone offer any advice?

Thanks!

[suzimack]

Contact the Emirates SkyCargo office at your local airport. They offer a special rate for unaccompanied baggage which is usually much cheaper than paying for excess baggage.

[toneson]

Originally Posted by niknak79

Hi all,
I am headed out to Dubai from the UK at the end of this month. Having looked at the price for extra baggage on Emirates flights I need to find another way!

I only have a couple of suitcases extra to take and was thinking of baggage shipping rather than a container, which would be a lot more expensive I guess.

Can anyone offer any advice?

Thanks!

Just looking at Virgin and Emirates now for myself....

Whats the allowance on Emirates from the UK and how much is extra baggage? I presume its expensive from tone of the earlier post?

[niknak79]

Originally Posted by toneson

Just looking at Virgin and Emirates now for myself....

Whats the allowance on Emirates from the UK and how much is extra baggage? I presume its expensive from tone of the earlier post?

Emirates additional baggage booked in advance (from Birmingham) was:

You may purchase additional allowance in the following amounts:
GBP 100 - 5 kgs or less
GBP 200 - 10 kgs or less
GBP 300 - 15 kgs or less
GBP 400 - 20 kgs or less
GBP 500 - 25 kgs or less

OR you pay GBP25 per KILO at the airport.

Crazy !!!

[neontiger]

Originally Posted by toneson

Just looking at Virgin and Emirates now for myself....

Whats the allowance on Emirates from the UK and how much is extra baggage? I presume its expensive from tone of the earlier post?

Emirates' baggage allowance is 30kg, which is more generous than most. I flew out to Dubai a couple of days ago and found that the 30k plus hand luggage was enough (just). 30kg is bloody heavy

[fcjb1970]

Originally Posted by neontiger

Emirates' baggage allowance is 30kg, which is more generous than most. I flew out to Dubai a couple of days ago and found that the 30k plus hand luggage was enough (just). 30kg is bloody heavy

Yes 30K is a lot for travel, but I got the impression the OP is moving here and in that case I would consider 30K as nothing, seeing as I had a crate

[Jynxgirl]

Have you checked aramax or dhl or even, just shipping through the post office in home country?

[Garth Vader]

Both BA and Virgin allow something like 23kgs, but only charge £34 for an additional suitcase up to 23kgs again. An extra £34 for 46kgs is a bargain

Done it many a time and it works out cheaper than Emirates 30kgs allowance, seeing as Emirates flights are often more expensive to begin with.

[w_man]

Yikes - their extra bag/extra weight policy is extremely expensive when flying for the UK or Europe. We had an allowance of 2 (23kg) bags and we could purchase additional bags for $140CAD per extra bag when we moved from Canada. Also the $140 was for 30kg/bag. We ended up just bringing all of our stuff with us and paid for a couple of extra bags. Much cheaper.

Wonder why it's so much more from the UK?!!?

[nikkisizer]

Originally Posted by niknak79

Hi all,
I am headed out to Dubai from the UK at the end of this month. Having looked at the price for extra baggage on Emirates flights I need to find another way!

I only have a couple of suitcases extra to take and was thinking of baggage shipping rather than a container, which would be a lot more expensive I guess.

Can anyone offer any advice?

Thanks!

If you do not need to bring it all now then each time you go back to the UK for a visit bring a bit more back to Dubai with you, that's what I did but saying that it did take me five years