I wonder if anybody else has had this done to them. Went to Zante with the g/f flying First Choice out of Manchester. Allowance 20kg each. My case 21kg, hers 24kg , charged £16 excess baggage, no option but to pay. (Need to buy better bathroom scales)
Point of topic. I weigh in @ 13st and the g/f @ 9st, giving total of 22st. The amount of our fellow passengers, who singularly, were this weight ,without their baggage, was amazing. Realisticly, should they be charged e/b or their baggage allowance reduced
Not looking to offend, but would like fairness.
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I can imagine it now - "diet if you want cheaper flights"
Lovin' it
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I can imagine it now - "diet if you want cheaper flights"
Lovin' it
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Sex God
Some airlines were looking at such a method, but I don't think anything was every done about it!!.
(talking here to the lady that got charged £300 excess baggage at Bankok airport,
and that was after I had chatted up the desk supervisor in what little thai I do speak, flashed my eye lids at him and ask if he had a happy new year, he brough the cahrge down from £450!) and no there was not an option of leaving anything at the 
ops: airport and making the case lighter.
(talking here to the lady that got charged £300 excess baggage at Bankok airport,
and that was after I had chatted up the desk supervisor in what little thai I do speak, flashed my eye lids at him and ask if he had a happy new year, he brough the cahrge down from £450!) and no there was not an option of leaving anything at the ops: airport and making the case lighter. 
Sex God
Thats most of America fucked then.
Sex God
Jon,
Certainly we agree that the fairest way would be to weigh the pasengers AND their luggage together. If you go beyond a weight limit you pay more, if you were under the limit you get a refund!
Perhaps that would help solve this countries obesity problem? (oh and make Mcdonalds fit NARROW doors, if you can't get in you can't each the food!!)
John & Shel
Certainly we agree that the fairest way would be to weigh the pasengers AND their luggage together. If you go beyond a weight limit you pay more, if you were under the limit you get a refund!
Perhaps that would help solve this countries obesity problem? (oh and make Mcdonalds fit NARROW doors, if you can't get in you can't each the food!!)
John & Shel
my hubbies auntie was actually told she would have to pay more for her flight cause she exceded the weight allowence and if she went on the plane one less person could so she had 2 pay for 2 seats
Thats a gods honest true story
so my point is there is a weight allowance on passengers and if u go over it u will pay more
Thats a gods honest true story
Quote by olnyjon
Point of topic. I weigh in @ 13st and the g/f @ 9st, giving total of 22st. The amount of our fellow passengers, who singularly, were this weight ,without their baggage, was amazing. Realisticly, should they be charged e/b or their baggage allowance reduced
Not looking to offend, but would like fairness.
jon
so my point is there is a weight allowance on passengers and if u go over it u will pay more
Coming back from Spain this year with Easy jet I was a couple of pounds over the 20kg limit. They asked if there was anything that I could take out of my check-in bag and carry it on the plane with me so I had to open the case and start cramming things into my carry-on flight bag. Whats that about 
Quote by Shloppy
Coming back from Spain this year with Easy jet I was a couple of pounds over the 20kg limit. They asked if there was anything that I could take out of my check-in bag and carry it on the plane with me so I had to open the case and start cramming things into my carry-on flight bag. Whats that about
does it weigh less if its spread over 2 bags?
Quote by Shloppy
Coming back from Spain this year with Easy jet I was a couple of pounds over the 20kg limit. They asked if there was anything that I could take out of my check-in bag and carry it on the plane with me so I had to open the case and start cramming things into my carry-on flight bag. Whats that about
Yeah last trip to Spain was 20kg for luggage and 10kg for hand luggage! Half as much again - seems odd to me! Did a bit of shifty-in round meself for that one.
Only takin a rucksack next time tho
Cathy x
Quote by Geordiecpl2001
Jon,
Certainly we agree that the fairest way would be to weigh the pasengers AND their luggage together. If you go beyond a weight limit you pay more, if you were under the limit you get a refund!
Perhaps that would help solve this countries obesity problem? (oh and make Mcdonalds fit NARROW doors, if you can't get in you can't each the food!!)
John & Shel
:roll: :roll: why is it, that if your over weight people think you must eat takeaways all the time.
well i for one dont, i have a takeaway once a fortnight.
and if they did make mcdonalds doors narrower, id just send one of the kids in for me
and some people who are over waight, it isent cos they eat to much its cos they have a medical problem.
i dont have that problem, im just over weight and happy the way i am. :D
but why should we be punished for our size?
well i for one dont, i have a takeaway once a fortnight.
and if they did make mcdonalds doors narrower, id just send one of the kids in for me
and some people who are over waight, it isent cos they eat to much its cos they have a medical problem.
i dont have that problem, im just over weight and happy the way i am. :D
but why should we be punished for our size?
Sex God
Quote by cuddly-catlin
why is it, that if your over weight people think you must eat takeaways all the time.
well i for one dont, i have a takeaway once a fortnight.
and if they did make mcdonalds doors narrower, id just send one of the kids in for me
and some people who are over waight, it isent cos they eat to much its cos they have a medical problem.
i dont have that problem, im just over weight and happy the way i am. :D
but why should we be punished for our size?
If you're happy, why so paranoid about what people have said? Nobody's saying that you should be punished, just that you should pay a price which is proportionate to your weight.
Quote by freckledbird
why is it, that if your over weight people think you must eat takeaways all the time.
well i for one dont, i have a takeaway once a fortnight.
and if they did make mcdonalds doors narrower, id just send one of the kids in for me
and some people who are over waight, it isent cos they eat to much its cos they have a medical problem.
i dont have that problem, im just over weight and happy the way i am. :D
but why should we be punished for our size?
If you're happy, why so paranoid about what people have said? Nobody's saying that you should be punished, just that you should pay a price which is proportionate to your weight.
im not paranoid and im not getting into a argument with you.
just thought people were allowed to express there oppinions on here.
without getting called things like paranoid ect.
thought we had seen to much of that on here lately.
so ill shut up ok
ill go look at other thread bye :D
Quote by Calista
I started out reading this light heartedly and now I'm not so sure.
You're given a weight limit for luggage and despite having two kids and being "fatties" our luggae was still well under when we flew last year!!
Why punish others for an ability to pack sensibly????
C x
because the plane can only carry so much weight so to make it fair theres a upper limit on peoples weight and baggage weight but its not as suggested by the thread starter mixed together, as i said b4 my husbands auntie was asked to pay for two seats as she was over the weight limit, if she went on the plane that ment 1 less person could fly so she had 2 pay for that space and its the same with baggage, seems fair enough to me, its not about punishing people its about plane flights being a buisness and they are there to make money
Quote by naughtynymphos1
I started out reading this light heartedly and now I'm not so sure.
You're given a weight limit for luggage and despite having two kids and being "fatties" our luggae was still well under when we flew last year!!
Why punish others for an ability to pack sensibly????
C x
because the plane can only carry so much weight so to make it fair theres a upper limit on peoples weight and baggage weight but its not as suggested by the thread starter mixed together, as i said b4 my husbands auntie was asked to pay for two seats as she was over the weight limit, if she went on the plane that ment 1 less person could fly so she had 2 pay for that space and its the same with baggage, seems fair enough to me, its not about punishing people its about plane flights being a buisness and they are there to make money
but one child on the plane would counteract her weight, wheres fair?? Sounds like an excuse to me... Some are overaverage (like me, I am not fat just big), others under average. An airplane is filled with them all so it should even out...
i went to dominican republic last year and they said they would be more strict on the way back about charging, dont think anyone got charged though, people in front of me were 27kg on the way and must have been on the way back too but they didnt get charged!
i think the weight on people tho is a bit silly
i think the weight on people tho is a bit silly
Orgasminator
Quote by tallnhairy
I started out reading this light heartedly and now I'm not so sure.
You're given a weight limit for luggage and despite having two kids and being "fatties" our luggae was still well under when we flew last year!!
Why punish others for an ability to pack sensibly????
C x
because the plane can only carry so much weight so to make it fair theres a upper limit on peoples weight and baggage weight but its not as suggested by the thread starter mixed together, as i said b4 my husbands auntie was asked to pay for two seats as she was over the weight limit, if she went on the plane that ment 1 less person could fly so she had 2 pay for that space and its the same with baggage, seems fair enough to me, its not about punishing people its about plane flights being a buisness and they are there to make money
but one child on the plane would counteract her weight, wheres fair?? Sounds like an excuse to me... Some are overaverage (like me, I am not fat just big), others under average. An airplane is filled with them all so it should even out...
The excess baggage charge is NOT because of the weight limit a plane can carry, after all if a plane is overweight it doent matter if the airline charges £1million the plane still wont fly!
The charge is because the 'excess baggage'/weight means that the plane flight is less ecconomical, more fuel is used so they pass that cost on.
As a 'larger' guy i find the insinuation that bigger people should have to pay more to be offensive, as Calista said earlier we went to the US last year and had no probs with baggage, and as T&H said the spread of passengers will even things out.
Sex God
Quote by cuddly-catlin
why is it, that if your over weight people think you must eat takeaways all the time.
well i for one dont, i have a takeaway once a fortnight.
and if they did make mcdonalds doors narrower, id just send one of the kids in for me
and some people who are over waight, it isent cos they eat to much its cos they have a medical problem.
i dont have that problem, im just over weight and happy the way i am. :D
but why should we be punished for our size?
If you're happy, why so paranoid about what people have said? Nobody's saying that you should be punished, just that you should pay a price which is proportionate to your weight.
im not paranoid and im not getting into a argument with you.
just thought people were allowed to express there oppinions on here.
without getting called things like paranoid ect.
thought we had seen to much of that on here lately.
so ill shut up ok
ill go look at other thread bye :D
OK byeeeeeeeeee.
Your post came across as defensive, I thought (yes, my opinion). We have seen lots of things lately, so I don't know what 'that' is, which you have seen too much of.
The comments other people have made are also their opinions and just as valid.
I disagree with being charged extra too but if the airlines decide to go that way, we either accept it or don't fly. We don't have a lot of choice do we?
Calista, we also went to the US a couple of years ago and had no problems (we are also 'fatties' and had children). On the way back, however, we had to shuffle our belongings so that our hold luggage was heavier and our hand luggage lighter. Bit daft really, but we did it because we didn't have a choice if we wanted to get home
I'm inclined to agree with TnH with regard to the 'thinnies' balancing out the 'fatties'.
Why do you find it offensive that someone, who weighs possibly 50% more than someone else, and that is not directed at you, should have to pay more to the airline. You rightly say that its for fuel, but there had to be a suggested body weight to start with so if any body can come up with this figure, it would certainly enlighten the topic Or are we getting too serious
because the plane can only carry so much weight so to make it fair theres a upper limit on peoples weight and baggage weight but its not as suggested by the thread starter mixed together, as i said b4 my husbands auntie was asked to pay for two seats as she was over the weight limit, if she went on the plane that ment 1 less person could fly so she had 2 pay for that space and its the same with baggage, seems fair enough to me, its not about punishing people its about plane flights being a buisness and they are there to make money
but one child on the plane would counteract her weight, wheres fair?? Sounds like an excuse to me... Some are overaverage (like me, I am not fat just big), others under average. An airplane is filled with them all so it should even out...
The excess baggage charge is NOT because of the weight limit a plane can carry, after all if a plane is overweight it doent matter if the airline charges £1million the plane still wont fly!
The charge is because the 'excess baggage'/weight means that the plane flight is less ecconomical, more fuel is used so they pass that cost on.
As a 'larger' guy i find the insinuation that bigger people should have to pay more to be offensive, as Calista said earlier we went to the US last year and had no probs with baggage, and as T&H said the spread of passengers will even things out.
Quote by Morbius
I started out reading this light heartedly and now I'm not so sure.
You're given a weight limit for luggage and despite having two kids and being "fatties" our luggae was still well under when we flew last year!!
Why punish others for an ability to pack sensibly????
C x
because the plane can only carry so much weight so to make it fair theres a upper limit on peoples weight and baggage weight but its not as suggested by the thread starter mixed together, as i said b4 my husbands auntie was asked to pay for two seats as she was over the weight limit, if she went on the plane that ment 1 less person could fly so she had 2 pay for that space and its the same with baggage, seems fair enough to me, its not about punishing people its about plane flights being a buisness and they are there to make money
but one child on the plane would counteract her weight, wheres fair?? Sounds like an excuse to me... Some are overaverage (like me, I am not fat just big), others under average. An airplane is filled with them all so it should even out...
The excess baggage charge is NOT because of the weight limit a plane can carry, after all if a plane is overweight it doent matter if the airline charges £1million the plane still wont fly!
The charge is because the 'excess baggage'/weight means that the plane flight is less ecconomical, more fuel is used so they pass that cost on.
As a 'larger' guy i find the insinuation that bigger people should have to pay more to be offensive, as Calista said earlier we went to the US last year and had no probs with baggage, and as T&H said the spread of passengers will even things out.
Sex God
Quote by olnyjon
I wonder if anybody else has had this done to them. Went to Zante with the g/f flying First Choice out of Manchester. Allowance 20kg each. My case 21kg, hers 24kg , charged £16 excess baggage, no option but to pay. (Need to buy better bathroom scales)
Point of topic. I weigh in @ 13st and the g/f @ 9st, giving total of 22st. The amount of our fellow passengers, who singularly, were this weight ,without their baggage, was amazing. Realisticly, should they be charged e/b or their baggage allowance reduced
Not looking to offend, but would like fairness.
my answer would be hell no!!!!! and i'll explain why....
okay... if you want "fairness" can i then ask you a question??
did you know what the the baggage limit was..........
If you did and you decided to ignore it then you have not one to blame but yourselves, i am sure other people knew the rules and they decided to keep to the limit, so why couldn't you???
If you didn't know... then why didn't you find out beforehand??? why should ignorance be used as an excuse.. whoever i fly with i always find out what the baggage limit and other things (check in times ect.....)
like you said in jest "need to buy better scales"
sean xxxxxxxxxx
Sex God
Quote by Morbius
The charge is because the 'excess baggage'/weight means that the plane flight is less ecconomical, more fuel is used so they pass that cost on.
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Just picked this out Morbius because for one it's right and for two, it kinda highlights the issue because as it stands the cost is currently taken by everyone. I'm not getting into the debate as such, I'm just throwing a bit of 'devils advocate' stuff in. I doubt that anyone would be so bold as to charge by total passenger weight because thats sort of saying that we are freight which I suppose we are, but folk wouldn't be best pleased with that would they.
.......fuck it...... If I was an underweight Chinaman, with just a carry on lunch and a pocket full of lose change I'd be miffed, but I ain't....charge us fat lumps the standard rate and give the little un's a rebate. T&H you will just have to go Fed Ex. with the Bananas and mail.
Sex God
Awwwwwww Dave be nice to TnH, he's all alone tonight. You could seriously hurt him, bloody picking on him.
