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hand luggage Allowance with monarch & ryanair they allow 10kg other airline

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  • ManAtHome
    ManAtHome Posts: 8,512 Forumite
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    NFH wrote: »
    In that case, they should set the limit at only 1kg then. Is there any objective justification for these low weight limits?
    To reduce the number of people flying with only cabin bags..? TC are pretty dire on seat pitch as well.
  • SW17
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    NFH wrote: »
    In that case, they should set the limit at only 1kg then. Is there any objective justification for these low weight limits?

    As I said above, it's hard to see consistent rationale across the various carriers' allowances, so I could only speculate about those who set it at 5kg. If I had to guess, I'd say they chose that because it's the lowest they judged they could get away with, 1kg would be too juicy a target for the tabloids.
  • J_B
    J_B Posts: 6,927 Forumite
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    SW17 wrote: »
    I haven't flown with Thomas Cook or Thomsonfly, but one would assume the rationale is to generate ancillary revenue from checked bag charges.
    Friend of a friend is a pilot - freight now but used to do 'people' and he concurs!
    SW17 wrote: »
    They are not competing with Ryanair/easyJet/BA quite so directly, so perhaps don't need to be so generous.
    and also to encourage you to pay for a suitcase and their most reasonable rates.

    :mad:
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