Baggage Rip Off

[Olded 250]

I have a friend coming to Thailand in April and he booked a flight with cheapoair a round trip from Bangkok to Chiang Rai, for $179 but no baggage, they said to contact the airline for the baggage fees.  He booked the ticket and contacted the airline for the baggage fees, and WOW, it was $90 or 3050 baht for a 23 kg bag for both ways. What a ripoff !

[keyman 1,456]

34 minutes ago, Olded said:

I have a friend coming to Thailand in April and he booked a flight with cheapoair a round trip from Bangkok to Chiang Rai, for $179 but no baggage, they said to contact the airline for the baggage fees.  He booked the ticket and contacted the airline for the baggage fees, and WOW, it was $90 or 3050 baht for a 23 kg bag for both ways. What a ripoff !

You get what you pay for these days. Does he need checked baggage? Can he just take a 'carry-on?'

[yselmike 410]

2 hours ago, Olded said:

I have a friend coming to Thailand in April and he booked a flight with cheapoair a round trip from Bangkok to Chiang Rai, for $179 but no baggage, they said to contact the airline for the baggage fees.  He booked the ticket and contacted the airline for the baggage fees, and WOW, it was $90 or 3050 baht for a 23 kg bag for both ways. What a ripoff !

€45 for each leg is the going rate.

I've put my stuff in a locker at Pattaya self storage,mainly I'm done with dragging that wheeled duffle behind me.I was hoping that with just a carry on I would get the cheaper flights,I can but there's no pre booking a seat of choice.Its impossible to say what it will cost to get a seat of choice,untill you actually buy a ticket! Getting an aisle seat is important for me.So I will have to go one step up to get a standard seat,that also is a limited selection.And don't go overweight with the carry-on,they have us over a barrell.I might visit a mate in Chiang Mai next year and may well take the train.

[Olded 250]

If $45 is the going rate for the first check in bag for a hour flight and not overweight, I'd like to know the airline you use?

[yselmike 410]

12 minutes ago, Olded said:

If $45 is the going rate for the first check in bag for a hour flight and not overweight, I'd like to know the airline you use?

I normally fly EVA they allow 2 bags.He should book direct with the airline and/or read what the luggage allowance is.Its getting worse it's 45 Euros or pounds.

[Olded 250]

we are talk about Domestic fights in Thailand

[yselmike 410]

50 minutes ago, Olded said:

we are talk about Domestic fights in Thailand

The extra charges are how they make their money.They are mercenary and brutal.I payed 60 euro to reserve a seat on a KLM flight a good few years ago,I learned my lesson.

[sailingbill 1,131]

In the early days of flying Air Asia I spent more time unchecking boxes “for your Convenience” than booking a flight .  No I don’t want extra baggage, no I don’t want insurance, no I don’t care about my seat on a 2 hour flight, no I don’t want your shitty 300 baht meal. 

[teelack 9,728]

I flew Air Asia a couple of years ago. Prior to the flight I did some YouTube research. There were instances of when every bit of carry on luggage was weighed. The result was (I would estimate) hundreds of pieces of clothing in a large heap prior to the air bridge.

 

What a windfall for the ground staff. What a disaster for the passengers. Anyway, it taught me to follow the rules when travelling with them.

 

 

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[sailingbill 1,131]

At Phuket checkin I was behind a young couple who I could tell had not flown AA. They had a trolley full of luggage, I thought clueless chumps. But I was clueless chump because the agent didn't let me and my small handbag jump ahead while the husband scrambled to the Atm.  I was pretty good at evaluating lines, back when we were still doing those white departure cards and I saw a group not having them, Nope get in the longer line where people understand what to do. 

[awesum4 2,356]

it's not just domestic flights that charge a fortune.  I got cheap flights to Melbourne and then to Bangkok and return with 7kg of carry on.

My wife is visiting her sister in Sydney for part of the time I'm away. Return flights were $650 for carryon but added $300 for 30kg of checked baggage. Didn't pay for 3 different types of insurance or selected seat, she isn't big enough to need extra leg room. She does get a meal included. 

I'll buy food and a bottle of water at the airport to take on the plane.

[yselmike 410]

Headline in today's De Telegraaf. KLM have been misleading people for years with special offers, that are in fact unbookabale.I could have told them that.Dont forget to clear your cache etc.

[yselmike 410]

My mistake it was in the Het Parool 

[jacko 8,894]

Just done a flight myself. and pardon me for drifting off the topic of domestic flights. 

Could have gone far far cheaper with Air Asia, but decided against it... getting to DMG is aggravation enough early mornings. Nor did I want to mess about with seating charges and baggage. I could have managed with carry on but was not prepared to drag a case in transit... SQ and Changi do all that very well. 

Sadly air travel is getting worse in this part of the world, as the airports fill up with 3rd world monkeys that truly irritate, facilitated by cheap budget carriers. 

 

Edited 13 hours ago by jacko

[yselmike 410]

I've just booked with Etihad.Return Amsterdam-Bangkok €673.only carry on and no seat selection.Should not be a problem as long as I only need the toilet once each leg.It arrives Bangkok 18:05 I might book a taxi or spend a couple of nights in Bangkok.I can use the priority passport lane and no waiting for a bag,I have options.

 

[yselmike 410]

Each step of the booking I had to tick a box that I understood the economy basic restrictions,only 7kg hand luggage,no checked luggage,no seat choice,NO extras.Its a very good price.