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My daughter is stuck out in Turkey without any internet so I am booking her a flight home. However, I know nothing about it as I never travel and I don't understand the baggage allowance.
She has about 20kg of luggage. The airline are asking if I want to pay extra for baggage and says you are allowed 5kg hand luggage. Does this mean I have to pay extra? I don't think she paid extra when she went out as she was weighing her luggage to make sure she was within the allowance. I'm not sure whether to pay it or not.
She has about 20kg of luggage. The airline are asking if I want to pay extra for baggage and says you are allowed 5kg hand luggage. Does this mean I have to pay extra? I don't think she paid extra when she went out as she was weighing her luggage to make sure she was within the allowance. I'm not sure whether to pay it or not.
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which airline?0
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So on Monarch you need to book the essentials flight.Accept your past without regret, handle your present with confidence and face your future without fear0
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When you book flight only you almost always get a hand luggage allowance.
It may be 5kg, 10kg or unlimited (e.g. Easyjet as long as you can fit it into the correct sized cabin bag and lift it into the overhead locker).
If you want to check in a hold bag, you have to pay extra for that.
Paying in advance is usually cheaper than paying at the airport.
If she checked a bag in on her outbound journey, I'd say she would have paid for it.
Maybe she was checking to make sure she was in the allowed limit - e.g. 15kg or 20kg.
If you are over the limit, you are charged excess baggage - and it's usually not cheap.0 -
If it's Monarch or Thomson then yes you do have to pay for luggage.
Nearly all airlines charge extra for luggage nowadays.0 -
She has about 20kg of luggage. The airline are asking if I want to pay extra for baggage and says you are allowed 5kg hand luggage. Does this mean I have to pay extra? I don't think she paid extra when she went out as she was weighing her luggage to make sure she was within the allowance. I'm not sure whether to pay it or not.
The hand luggage allowance is in addition to any hold baggage. If they (Monarch) are quoting 5kg hand luggage allowance then it probably means this is a MON prefixed flight number designation ie a Monarch charter flight and not a ZB (scheduled flight/10kg allowance) and as such an essentials package is not required.
Just ensure that she does not go above the 20kg for any hold baggage otherwise she may well be charged (at what some consider a penal rate) for anything extra.
Are you booking the flight direct with Monarch (recommended) or through an agency?0 -
How are you going to get the boarding card to her without internet access?No free lunch, and no free laptop
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