BA and bags

Tony,
Fill your Ski bag with yours and Mrs H's skis and anything else you get in to make it 23kg.
That is your bag.
Fill 1 suitcase with the rest of your clothes for you and Mrs H.
Take you boot bag with boots and anything else that can be crammed in as hand luggage.
Problem solved.

the OH flew with Virgin today and they weighed her hand luggage at check-in and advised her that it would be weighted again at boarding. Weight limit is 6kg (my understanding is that 6kg has always been the weight limit for hand luggage although never previoulsy checked)
When questioned it transpires that Virgin have now cottoned onto the fact that people were stocking up in duty free and consequently being overweight..... If Virgin are doing this i would bet on BA following suit soon after if they haven't already....

Tony,
BA don't seem to have a weight restriction on hand luggage, only a size restriction. They just say, for hand luggage:

You must be able to lift the bag into the overhead locker unaided

and, the allowance is:

One bag and one laptop-sized bag, handbag or briefcase.

So, I would suggest a few sessions in the gym on the weights :lol:

http://www.britishairways.com/travel/bagcabin/public/en_gb

If it was me I'd just bite the bullet and pay the extra £56 and take 2 suitcases and one double ski bag. I'm sure my daughter and I would never manage with just one suitcase on a ski-ing holiday (unless we did loads of washing when we were there).

It is very annoying, and I'd be pretty fed up as well, but it's the principle of the thing that would anger me. It's not really a great deal of money, and I suppose it's so that they can reduce the price of the plane tickets.

Ally

£112 might not be a great deal of money to you Ally.

Tony,
Wouldn't it only be £56 for 2 suitcases and one double ski bag for 2 people?

Ally

AllyG wrote:Tony,
Wouldn't it only be £56 for 2 suitcases and one double ski bag for 2 people?

Ally

Yes, sorry. I misread your post.

You tell him Ally.

Tony_H wrote:

AllyG wrote:Tony,
Wouldn't it only be £56 for 2 suitcases and one double ski bag for 2 people?

Ally

Yes, sorry. I misread your post.

Thanks for the apology, Tony :D

I am sorry to be so pedantic about your costings, but I've always been very interested in money :lol:

I'm particularly interested in the hassle versus extra cost problems. And to me, anyway, avoiding the hassle of not having enough clothes or going to extreme lengths to try and squish everything into hand luggage bags etc. would be worth the extra £56. And if your wife is anything like my daughter, (feminine I mean), she'll be wanting to pack ridiculous things like hair straighteners, special shampoo and make-up etc.

I'm sure marital peace is worth a lot more than £56 :D

I am currently debating whether avoiding the stress involved in me driving £500 miles (down to Heathrow and back) is worth the £105 extra it would cost 3 of us to go by train. At the moment I think it's pretty much hanging in the balance :D

Ally