Excess baggage
Jay, a Getaway viewer from Melbourne, wants to know the ins and outs of paying airline fees for excess baggage.
Well, in the past you would have had no choice but to pay up or leave your luggage behind, but we have found a company that can move heavy gear at a much lighter price.
World Baggage acts as a courier for oversized luggage such as surfboards or really heavy gifts.
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If you have 30kg of excess that you want moved from to London, normally an airline would charge around $40 a kilogram. World Baggage charges $6, so with 30 extra kilograms the cost would be around $180, versus a sky high $1200 through the airlines.
The only catch is there are some service charge fees and World Baggage needs to collect your items 10 days before you leave.
But they will pick up from anywhere in Australia and deliver to anywhere on the planet.
You can contact them on 1300 714 422 or log on to www.worldbaggage.com.au
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15/09/11 World Baggage email notifications and Gmail Spam filters.
Gmail or Google Mail comes with a very good spam filter which scans all incoming emails and moves the mail messages that are identified as spam to Spam folder (label as Spam). All spam-tagged email messages in the Spam folder are then automatically deleted, pruned and purged from the mailbox after 30 days.
However, Gmail spam filter is not perfect, and there can be false positive where legitimate emails are marked as spam or bulk and move to Spam folder by mistake.
It has been brought to our attention that this function is responsible for filtering critical notifications sent by World Baggage, in relation to your shipment including Invoice, Pre Alert and other notifications and information.
To avoid delays and potentially additional charges, please check your junk/spam folder regularly.
10 November 2010
Personal Effects/Household Goods into the USA
In accordance with the United States Transportation Security Administrations’ (TSA) additional security measures, World Baggage wishes to advise that effective immediately,unaccompanied baggage including personal effects and household goods will no longer be accepted for uplift on international passenger aircraft. This applies until further notice.
Additional security measures are currently being formulated which will be communicated over the coming days. Further information will be posted on World Baggage.com.au as the situation develops.
Thank you for your cooperation and understanding.
UPDATE
The only way to move your personal effects shipments to the USA following the additional security measures announced by the TSA is via non passenger, cargo aircraft only.
World Baggage can still service your excess baggage requirements to the USA via our 'Delivery to Door' service, however no Airport to Airport service will be available until further notice.
Families hit by 'unfair' baggage charges
A study has found that many airline baggage allowances are inadequate for families travelling with infants.
Families are unfairly penalised by restrictive airline baggage allowances, according to Co-operative Travel.
A study by the independent travel agent found that on average an infant requires essential items weighing between 14kg and 15kg. Despite this, only two of the top seven airlines used by British holidaymakers provide an additional baggage allowance for infants, leaving parents of young children subject to high excess-baggage charges.
With its baggage allowance of 15kg and no extra allowance for infants, the no-frills airline Ryanair was found to be the worst for families. The airline also charges £32 return for children under the age of two to sit on a parent’s lap, while extra items are subject to an excess charge of £12 per kg.
Virgin and British Airways were found to be the best carriers for families, offering an allowance for infants in addition to generous normal baggage allowances (23kg). However, their excess baggage charges were found to be among the highest, ranging from £30 to £120 per bag depending on the route.
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