Hi

I am going to mackay on tuesday and taking my kite gear with me.
I have it packed in a flying objects coffin bag which is 145cm long will i have any dramas at check in with this bag being the lenght it is.

lofty_wa said...

Hi

I am going to mackay on tuesday and taking my kite gear with me.
I have it packed in a flying objects coffin bag which is 145cm long will i have any dramas at check in with this bag being the lenght it is.

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lofty_wa said...

Thanks for the replys.

it will go through oversize baggage . so it might mean you get out of the airport quicker than normal baggage or you could be waiting ****ing ages . either way you can't check it in via normal checkin , they will allocate your seat and then go tell you to go round the corner and drop your bags

^^^ thats a kick in the balls. Smallwood charged for oversize baggage.

TurtleHunter said...

^^^ Small wood charged for oversize baggage.

lucky your not a porn star!!

^^^^ Gees im not looking forward to flying with them at easter!

any idea what they are like with surfboard coffin bags?

is it 20kgs max u can take?

ApatheticEnd said...

A bag that splits in half wins favrour at the check in counter. I've traveled with over 30kgs of kite gear but since the bag splits into 2 15kg bags I get away with it. At the end of the day, if it's over 30kgs, the baggage gorilla union won't allow it on.

My bag is 140cms long and technically that's under their oversize limits. Most of the time they will insist on dropping it at oversized but I prefer that anyway. Then it doesn't end up falling off a baggage carosel somewhere.

Having to drop 'oversized items' at the baggage counter is different than not complying to the limits of 32kg weight and Total dimensions 140cm Width+Height+Depth for each item. These limits are different for Stateside / Int'l flights and have also fallen for 1 June onwards! They will not carry these full stop.

[Excess number or pieces or weight to your allowance incurs the charge, of course, and whether they do charge it or not may be discretionary. NB: 23kg for economy. And no, I don't work for Qantas, I checked this out last time I flew in Feb.]

www.qantas.com/travel/airlines/checked-baggage/global/en

ANSWER to OP: Yes, I think you will have a prob but I would call Qantas (and get a reference if they ok it).

air newzealand is the shiz, i took a 30kg bike box ontop of 2 other peices of 25kg luggage, and they only charged me $120 CAD (canadian dollars) and that was vancouver to perth heh, quantas will over charge you and maybe crash and burn

the gibbo said...

i know your already there, but
a mate who worked for an airline said to me
1.Get there early, if they have had 4 people before you that are overwieght(baggage i mean) you will get stung
2.Smile and be happy, unless you miles over its generaly discretionary whether they charge, if youre a miserable tosser bring extra cash and you deserve it

Its worked for me so far been over a few times and no probs, lucky i guess

ok, i fly a lot. as of 1 july qantas are changing their policy from 23kgs any number of bags to 1 bag total 23 kgs. anything over $10 kilo. no discretion any longer / requires a team leader to sign off - software waont let them pass it through. this is because they have had so much lost revenue in the past.
they are beginnig to enforce it now allthough because i am a FF they still sometimess pass it through particulary if it is the team leader and I am nice to them.

But I think you are still entitled to also take golf clubs or bike or pram etc (I dont know as I dont carry these items) so my advice would be find out what extra you can take and then call it that when you check in (this big bag - they're my golf clubs)

things will really begin to sting after july with 1 bag to 23kgs but you can always ask them for some of their qantas baggage tape and tape everything together and say it's one bag!

sir ROWDY said...

The thing is who can pack all their crap together at 23kgs? When I flew to Thailand I used my carry on as my clothes bag and packed my wakeboard and wakeskate along with vest, helmet and shoes in another bag which came to exactly 23kgs... Good luck fitting kites bars and harnesses as well, especially if you need to bring 3 or 4 kites.

new sponsors contract agreement prior to jul 1 cover cost taking 34 kites, 15 bars 12 boards, 3 harness, 4 dildos, 1 kite bitch, 1 kite launcher(will self land) and sundry s??t

price of kites is going up already
(except bws of course, home brand dont leave the country(bali is not overseas))

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sir ROWDY said...

You should see how much crap those course racing gooses bring to an event, I would be suprised if they have any prize money left if they win the thing.

sir ROWDY said...

The thing is who can pack all their crap together at 23kgs? When I flew to Thailand I used my carry on as my clothes bag and packed my lady boy shoes, lipstick, along with safari suit, vest and make up in another bag which came to exactly 23kgs... Good luck fitting kites bars and harnesses as well, especially if you need to bring 3 or 4 kites.

drewmouli said...

air newzealand is the shiz, i took a 30kg bike box ontop of 2 other peices of 25kg luggage, and they only charged me $120 CAD (canadian dollars) and that was vancouver to perth heh, quantas will over charge you and maybe crash and burn

thats because you were flying out of a north american location.

it is standard if you fly into, or out of a north american destination as long haul, you receive a 64kg baggage limit.

basically you were charged $120 for your 16kg excess baggage.