carry on baggage is 7 kg so make sure you pack as much as you can in carry on and keep it under 7 kg

Carry on is usually not weigthed. If it's not to obvious you get away with as much you can carry if the bag is within the size limits.

Yeah, I took my kite gear up to NSW a few weeks ago. The golf decoy bay really works! I thought it was a bit tongue-in-cheek but apparently airline staff are as stupid as we think they are (hope there are no airline staff reading this)

The girl on the way over waived the extra fee as my bag with board, kite x1, pump and harness was 23kg. But the guy on the way back charged me the extra.

I managed to stuff all my clothes for the weekend in my backpack which for a girl is no mean feat. They allow 10kg in your carry on. The other thing is if you are going with a girlfriend or partner then tell her to carry all her clothes in a backpack and take her luggage allowance.

Tan said...

Yeah, I took my kite gear up to NSW a few weeks ago. The golf decoy bay really works! I thought it was a bit tongue-in-cheek but apparently airline staff are as stupid as we think they are (hope there are no airline staff reading this)

The girl on the way over waived the extra fee as my bag with board, kite x1, pump and harness was 23kg. But the guy on the way back charged me the extra.

I managed to stuff all my clothes for the weekend in my backpack which for a girl is no mean feat. They allow 10kg in your carry on. The other thing is if you are going with a girlfriend or partner then tell her to carry all her clothes in a backpack and take her luggage allowance.

my mistress works for jetstar and she read this and an alert has gone out to all the check in people .they know kiters can't help telling others that they kite when asked
just like the feckers who left their gear with the liftie when there wasn't enough wind to kite and then ride the lifts without paying (Duh!!) sign gos up and kiters now can't get a one way on kosi express to go out the back

user said...

Dont waste your time.....fly Virgin.

They wont weigh your board.

They love the sports market,and encourage the taking of sports equipment.

Richard Branson kitesurfs .

not anymore ! check out new conditions

echostorm said...

RedKite said...

Carry on is usually not weigthed. If it's not to obvious you get away with as much you can carry if the bag is within the size limits.

I got busted from the xray blokes for having too much in carryon once. I had a bunch of gyros in my bag taking the total weight to 26kgs. I have actually gotten through several times before (dont try this at home kids).

Moral of the story is, you can take a LOT of weight through carryon, as long as you can hide it from the counter although it is pretty dangerous if the plane goes through some 'unexpected turbulance' (particularly above exmouth in a qantas).

Also be warned that if the checkout chick catches you with it and she or he is in a bad mood they charge you big (virgin have a fee for non declared bags).

last time i flew jetstar they weighed my carry on