Lighter plane less fuel – more baggage more revenue – all a money game – so have we as consumers been spoilt in the past or are we been unscrupulously squeezed by the airlines – send us your comments. South African Airways would like to advise you that on Friday evening, our code share partner, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘baggage’
Don’t treat fliers like terrorists
March 17th, 2011
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An interesting article in CNN scopes that by optimising the security @ airports the USA can expect an increased flying revenue of nearly $85 billion. In addition to this the pay per bag policy of airlines is recommended for review – here is a snippet of the story with a source link below for the [...]
Bbaggzz
November 9th, 2010
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Luggage insurance has a player – Bbaggz there is certainly scope in the market for an alternative with regards to travel baggage insurance. Some things to consider – you cannot take out only baggage insurance for the trip – this is with travel insurance companies – you can look into the option of adding the [...]
AA – change in baggage rates
October 28th, 2010
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Here is news in on changes: The overweight charge for bags that weigh 50.1-70lbs is increasing from $50 USD to $60 USD The Sports Item Charge will be a flat $150 handling charge, regardless of domestic or international itinerary, regardless of the number of checked baggage pieces Any item assessed a Sports Item Charge will [...]
KLM Air France Baggage changes
March 18th, 2010
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This is great news for travellers to Europe, I think it is very fair and simple: 1. Air France KLM worldwide, including South Africa will change from weight concept to piece concept 2. The first bag is free at 23 kg’s in Economy class. Business and First class passengers are not charged for the first [...]
