WARNING - Emirates excess baggage charges!!

JJDubai · #1 (**permalink**) 21st April 2009, 08:50 AM

Just been charged AED 1130 for 10kg of excess baggage!! That is AED110 per KG and AED 30 admin.

And I am a gold frequent flyer.

dizzyizzy · #2 (**permalink**) 21st April 2009, 10:11 AM

I was charged £ 75 for 3 or 4 kilos when flying back from the UK. BSTRDS

DXB-NY · #3 (**permalink**) 21st April 2009, 10:17 AM

i guess they cancelled that extra allowance they used to give gold card memebers?

Lee1971 · #4 (**permalink**) 21st April 2009, 10:53 AM

Being a typical stuck up Brit, I have only travelled BA, but the standard baggage allowance is 23kg. If travelling Business, you have an allowance of 3 bags at this rate, if economy one bag, but if weight is between 23kg & 32kg the fee is flat rate of GBP25.

I think Emirates allowance is 20kg in economy with 110AED fee for every kilo extra. Business class allowance is total 30kg. If you are a Gold Card member, you get an extra 16kg allowance for either economy or business flight, so I think you were robbed, as even if flying economy as a gold member your case would be free up to 32kg!!

On my last trip home I was still ripped off though, my case was 23.2kg, so fine on BA to London, then caught flight from Gatwick back to Jersey, and Flybe charged me GBP100 as their allowance is 20kg. I know I should have checked, but these gits get you every time - Lesson learnt!!

Andy Capp · #5 (**permalink**) 22nd April 2009, 05:01 AM

Well if you will pack your cases with duty free....

Lee1971 · #6 (**permalink**) 22nd April 2009, 06:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Andy Capp

Well if you will pack your cases with duty free....

Mmmm, don't ever recall being caught smuggling out other peoples ideas......

When I first arrived, I had every item in my luggage searched, every cigarette in the packet taken out & sniffed (yes I did bin them and cracked open the duty free's straight away) then was asked to accompany the nice young man into a seperate room, ended up being as naked as the day I was born....ar*e twitching a little but thankfully the latex glove didn't appear and I was sent on my way....welcome to Dubai Mr. Lee..

Andy Capp · #7 (**permalink**) 22nd April 2009, 06:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Lee1971

Mmmm, don't ever recall being caught smuggling out other peoples ideas......

When I first arrived, I had every item in my luggage searched, every cigarette in the packet taken out & sniffed (yes I did bin them and cracked open the duty free's straight away) then was asked to accompany the nice young man into a seperate room, ended up being as naked as the day I was born....ar*e twitching a little but thankfully the latex glove didn't appear and I was sent on my way....welcome to Dubai Mr. Lee..

Normally you need to pay extra for the latex glove treatment....

Lee1971 · #8 (**permalink**) 22nd April 2009, 06:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Andy Capp

Normally you need to pay extra for the latex glove treatment....

Ahh right of course, it was my first visit so wasn't aware of the bribe culture then.....so how much did you have to pay?

Suey · #9 (**permalink**) 22nd April 2009, 06:51 AM

That means I was ripped off. I was charged £90 for any extra bag on BA and mind you my very small extra bag was not even more than 16kgs...their reason being recession and fuel prices..yeah right!!

Elphaba · #10 (**permalink**) 22nd April 2009, 06:52 AM

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Originally Posted by DXB-NY

i guess they cancelled that extra allowance they used to give gold card memebers?

No they haven't. Gold Skywards members have a 30 kilo allowance. This person has been posting on several sites and she actually had luggage weighing 40 kilos.

I fail to see what people are whinging about. Airlines make it quite clear that your ticket entitles you to a specific allowance, so if you exceed that you can expect to pay extra.

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