Delta overweight baggage fee?
How much is the charge fee for Delta overweight baggage?
I was charged $25+$90 for one 65lb baggage. On the Delta homepage website, it says the charge is $90 for one overweight baggage. Does that mean that there would be and additional $90 fee to the $25? |
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I am afraid so - if you do not have elite status or a Delta AMEX card. The $25 is for the first 'piece' of baggage. the 90 is because it weighed over 50 lbs pretty hefty if you ask me, but fact of life :( if you can, pack a backpack on the way back - and check in online. the fees are slightly lower (maybe $2) |
Yes....$25 to check the first bag plus $90 if the bag is overweight.
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As others have already stated, this is correct.
From Delta's website: We try our best to accommodate all baggage needs; however, bags that do not meet our size and weight restrictions require special handling and additional fees. Note that you will incur separate fees for exceeding our size, weight, and quantity limitations. For example, if an extra piece of baggage exceeds the weight and size limits, it will be subject to three fees: one for the extra bag, one for exceeding the weight limit, and one for going over the size restriction. Fees are charged for each additional bag, each way. |
Penguin Mom
Welcome to FT. FWIW, if you're one or two pounds over, you'll usually get away with it. But the overweight fee is steep. For next time, I'd suggest you get a scale from Macy's (or similar) so you dont' have a bad baggage counter experience. All that said, in MKE the 1st class bag check in does not weigh bags. Go figure. Dave |
Welcome to flyertalk!!
The non-stated way around this is to check 2 bags that way less than 50lbs each. Total cost for 2 bags = $50 which is less than $115. You can send me a check for $65 when you get a chance ;) |
Overweight Sound System
We are travel to Nicaragua and taking with us a portable Sound System that weighs about 100 lbs. It's obviously overweight, but I am reading on the Delta website that I need to have media credentials to get this checked. I am a trainer, but not media. Does anyone have experience with this? Please email me, if so at [email protected].
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Originally Posted by USAF_Pride
(Post 15617057)
The non-stated way around this is to check 2 bags that way less than 50lbs each. Total cost for 2 bags = $50 which is less than $115.
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Originally Posted by RatherBeOnATrain
(Post 15617906)
so instead of transporting a single ~55 lb bag, Delta has to track and transport two bags, one ~35 lbs and the other about ~20 lbs. This doubles their likelihood of losing and/or damaging my luggage --and having to pay out for it, but the airline is the one making the stupid policy, not me!
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Originally Posted by RatherBeOnATrain
(Post 15617906)
I do this frequently... but my second bag is small enough to go inside the first bag. I travel to the airport with one bag, that typically ends up weighting 55 to 60 lbs. At the airport, I pull the second bag out of the first bag, and check them separately... so instead of transporting a single ~55 lb bag, Delta has to track and transport two bags, one ~35 lbs and the other about ~20 lbs. This doubles their likelihood of losing and/or damaging my luggage --and having to pay out for it, but the airline is the one making the stupid policy, not me!
However, at the rates they are getting from others who are paying the high fees, it is still working in their favor. |
follow up baggage question - First Class Domestic flights
The Delta site says First Class can check up to 3 bags (great) - and up to 70lbs each (or is the 70lbs just for international flights).
First time on Delta in a long time tonight to SLC (bags heavy - ski gear).... Many thanks, |
Originally Posted by Cannonball Run
(Post 15924613)
The Delta site says First Class can check up to 3 bags (great) - and up to 70lbs each (or is the 70lbs just for international flights).
First time on Delta in a long time tonight to SLC (bags heavy - ski gear).... Many thanks, FC and Medallion members have a 70lb allowance domestically. Some international destinations have different restrictions. Very helpful for the multiple ski trips our family takes each year! |
Originally Posted by mshaikun
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Stupid policy? Purpose of discouraging overweight bags is to protect those that have to handle them. Tracking two bags is not nearly as expensive as paying workers' compensation claims.
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Originally Posted by USAF_Pride
(Post 15617057)
Welcome to flyertalk!!
The non-stated way around this is to check 2 bags that way less than 50lbs each. Total cost for 2 bags = $50 which is less than $115. You can send me a check for $65 when you get a chance ;) |
I always have a couple duffel bags in my suit case. Never know when I need extra space. If I'm traveling on stingy partners I'll bring a travel scale. If I'm irked at DL I'll pack a couple cases of bottled water and max out of baggage allowance.
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