AIRLINE BAGGAGE ALLOWANCE: best LIGHTWEIGHT suitcases????

Pollycat

jasonmauritius wrote: »

Lightweight-luggage.co.uk was launched as a niche "lightweight" retail site, with a view to listing only the top 2 ranges from each brand in the UK. Jason

Woby_Tide wrote: »

Care to declare any vested interest?

registered address
1st Floor
51 Tenter Road

Previously you've helped out customers of Shopeezee

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Ground Floor
51 Tenter Road

JasonMauritus
I think the point Woby_Tide was making is that in your 5 posts you've extolled the virtue of Lightweight-luggage.co.ok AND Shopeezee, both of which are located on different floors in the same building.

In fact, in one of your posts about Shopeezee you apologise to a poster about their experience with Shopeezee:

Arandorastar, I am sorry you have had a delay with your order in December. Did you received your order or did you cancel in the end? For the troubles you had I am willing to send you some free luggage scales you can use on future trips. Please contact Shopeezee.co.uk and ask for Jason, and I will gladly offer you this as a good will gesture from me. Without looking further in to what caused the delay on your order I am unable to comment at this stage. Jason (Shopeezee)

and even offer to send a free pair of luggage scales to one poster:

Contact me on 0845 299 0247, just ask for myself and quote money saving expert, and I will gladly assist with some free luggage scales. Jason

I think the rules on MSE say you should declare an interest in a business - which I don't think you have - and therefore (IMHO) your recommendations for Lightweight-luggage.co.uk should be treated with caution.

jasonmauritius

I can only apologise, i didnt know as a member of this forum i am not allowed to make references to websites, do i need to specify this on my profile then, that i have an interest in a particular business or businesses? Thanks, Jason

maxi14

codger wrote: »

We've just booked a couple of flights with Thomas Cook Airlines and were asked to pay an additional £7.50p each per person per flight if we wished to have a 20kg allowance for checked baggage (i.e., suitcases placed in the aircraft's hold).

Not that long ago it seemed 32kg was the maximum for flying, but now the airlines (especially, charter airlines) are out to rip-off passengers for as much as they can by way of "extras" for, er, daring to take a suitcase on holiday -- or even sitting together.

We declined the total of £30 extra charges Thomas Cook Airlines wanted for the meagre 20kg allowance and are now stuck with the "free of charge" 15kg limit per person for checked baggage.

We've just weighed our suitcases and they're 5kg each.

So that's a third of the allowance already gone on an EMPTY suitcase.

Thinking that we'd better invest in some new, lightweight suitcases, we've searched the 'Net only to discover that, for example, a so-called Samsonite carbon fibre lightweight is. . . 6.2kg. Huh????

We also looked at the Debenhams' website where there's a range of luggage on offer, most of which is described as LIGHTWEIGHT, and almost all of which omits any mention of weight. Presumably, chocolate ashtrays will also be on sale at Debenhams soon.

Question: does anyone know of the name / make of suitcases that are truly "lightweight" and so weigh less than our current, old-fashioned, "non-lightweight" 5kg cases?????

Thanks!

I saw very lightweight luggage in various colours & sizes ranging from £50 down in Matalan. I was amazed how light they were.