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Uk Based Nigerians Travelling This Nov/dec/jan: Please Read This by femfem2000: 8:50am On Nov 06, 2009 |
I just got back from Heathrow Airport and I have to just vent my feelings. I had gone to drop my sister who was travelling to Nigeria via KLM. Thank God I decided to stick around. My sister had planned to pay the extra £40 to take one of her suitcases from 23kg limit to 32kg. This is what my Mum paid a few weeks ago. We had weighed our luggage at home so we just expected to pay the £40 and check in as the other piece was within limit. We got there and we were told that the charge had gone up to £92!!!! Yes £92!!!. The silly attendant said it was due to inflation. I had to tell her quickly that a 100% plus increase had absolutely nothing to do with inflation. I was tempted to say it was just pure exploitation but I somehow kept my mouth. We now had to go through the embarassment of repacking and moving her things from the 32kg suitcase to her hand luggage. This is what we had wanted to avoid. Thankfully, my Sister had taken her travel scale with her otherwise it would have been a nightmare as there were no scales in sight. The airlines have now seen this as another money making scheme. This time last year the charge for luggage upgrade was about £25, at least on Virgin. How on earth did we get to £92? And they know that this is going to disproportionately affect us Africans but I don't think they care. Notice that they timed the increase just in time for the pre-christmas rush. For those of you looking for a home/travel scale, we got ours from Amazon for less than £10. http://www.amazon.co.uk/TravelRight-Luggage-Scale-Baggage-scale/dp/B002L28O26 Please guys, stick to the 23kg limit and weigh your luggage before going to the airport. The hassle, the embarassment and the cost is just not worth it. Spend that £92 buying something else for your family member in Nigeria or just give them the cash (in pounds or Naira). That's better than giving it to KLM or any of the other airlines. |
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