Air Berlin Baggage Question - extra ticket for excess baggage?
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Air Berlin Baggage Question - extra ticket for excess baggage?
We shall be spending a few weeks in Europe and have F tickets for main long haul segments on BA. For a segment between Berlin and Zurich, we shall be buying a separate ticket. I have read good reviews about Air Berlin and their prices for the 1.5 hour trip between Berlin and Zurich is great.
Yet we will not be able to pack as light as 20kg per person given it is a long trip. Plus it will be kind of silly to limit ourselves to 20 Kg each if we have F on other segments.
I note from the Air Berlin site that they charge 8 Euros/kg for excess on that kind of route. Hence, if we are say, 30 kg over in total it will be 240 Euros between us, the price of two tickets between Berlin and Zurich.
Q: Is it possible just to buy one or two extra tickets for the excess baggage?
Thank you in advance.
Yet we will not be able to pack as light as 20kg per person given it is a long trip. Plus it will be kind of silly to limit ourselves to 20 Kg each if we have F on other segments.
I note from the Air Berlin site that they charge 8 Euros/kg for excess on that kind of route. Hence, if we are say, 30 kg over in total it will be 240 Euros between us, the price of two tickets between Berlin and Zurich.
Q: Is it possible just to buy one or two extra tickets for the excess baggage?
Thank you in advance.
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No, but you can buy a "Top Bonus Service Card" (validity one year) in advance for 40 EUR which will give you 30 kg allowance instead of 20 kg.
http://www.airberlin.com/site/tb/pro...rdType=service
http://www.airberlin.com/site/tb/pro...rdType=service
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And: You can pack everything in a golf bag - they transport this free of charge
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Golf Bag/ Sports bag
Flying Lawyer, thank you for your response.
Indeed I was thinking what precisely the other 30kg piece of sports equipment bag meant. We often ski but will not be skiing that holiday. I was wondering whether swimming things including swimming clothes, towels, sandals and other related items would count.
In fact, does anyone have experience as to how the sports equipment bag is treated?
Thank you.
Indeed I was thinking what precisely the other 30kg piece of sports equipment bag meant. We often ski but will not be skiing that holiday. I was wondering whether swimming things including swimming clothes, towels, sandals and other related items would count.
In fact, does anyone have experience as to how the sports equipment bag is treated?
Thank you.
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Flying Lawyer, thank you for your response.
Indeed I was thinking what precisely the other 30kg piece of sports equipment bag meant. We often ski but will not be skiing that holiday. I was wondering whether swimming things including swimming clothes, towels, sandals and other related items would count.
In fact, does anyone have experience as to how the sports equipment bag is treated?
Thank you.
Indeed I was thinking what precisely the other 30kg piece of sports equipment bag meant. We often ski but will not be skiing that holiday. I was wondering whether swimming things including swimming clothes, towels, sandals and other related items would count.
In fact, does anyone have experience as to how the sports equipment bag is treated?
Thank you.
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Sports baggage
Tenerife, thank you for the reply.
I am thinking that we will only have one sports bag between the family of 3 weighing probably no mre than 18 kgs - containing things one can actually find in the gym, eg swimming and sports clothes, underwear, sandals, running shoes, goggles, hats, some toiletries as those will also be appropriate for gym bag.
If I do NOT include items beyond what I have stated above, then it ought to be safe?
To quote from their website - http://www.airberlin.com/site/tb/pro...rdType=service
and
http://www.airberlin.com/site/flug_g...ng#sportgeaeck
their terminology is "One additional item of sports baggage/ equipment up to 30 kg free of charge (e.g. bicycle or surfboard)",
So items I intend to pack (above) ought to come within their rules.
What does everyone think?
I am thinking that we will only have one sports bag between the family of 3 weighing probably no mre than 18 kgs - containing things one can actually find in the gym, eg swimming and sports clothes, underwear, sandals, running shoes, goggles, hats, some toiletries as those will also be appropriate for gym bag.
If I do NOT include items beyond what I have stated above, then it ought to be safe?
To quote from their website - http://www.airberlin.com/site/tb/pro...rdType=service
and
http://www.airberlin.com/site/flug_g...ng#sportgeaeck
their terminology is "One additional item of sports baggage/ equipment up to 30 kg free of charge (e.g. bicycle or surfboard)",
So items I intend to pack (above) ought to come within their rules.
What does everyone think?
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This should put you on the safe side. Invest 40 Euro, get 10 kg extra luggage plus a sports bag. We always take our dogs to PMI and they have a foldable cage, pretty heavy. This is always declared as sporting equipemnt, never had problems. We get 10 kg extra each because we stay longer (28+ days), 10 kg extra because of FF status and the sporting cage...
ZRH is a route for business travel. Most people have a small boardcase. I do not expect them to be any difficult....
ZRH is a route for business travel. Most people have a small boardcase. I do not expect them to be any difficult....
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Air Berlin Luggage
When i purchased my husbands ticket from Berlin to Zurich i did not buy him luggage (didnt know i had to). He and my son had to pay 190Euro at the airport. I dont want this to happen when they return to Berlin but their site does not allow me to buy luggage. Or am i missing something
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When i purchased my husbands ticket from Berlin to Zurich i did not buy him luggage (didnt know i had to). He and my son had to pay 190Euro at the airport. I dont want this to happen when they return to Berlin but their site does not allow me to buy luggage. Or am i missing something
Quote from AB website:
Additional baggage and excess baggage
If your baggage exceeds the quantity and/or weight specifications of the fare booked, it is regarded as excess baggage.
Up to 30 hours before departure, the following charges apply to your first piece of excess baggage up to 23 kg:
Just Fly Short and medium-haul: 15 - 35
FlyDeal, FlyClassic, FlyFlex Short and medium-haul: 70 - 90
Long-haul: 150
FlyFlex Short and medium-haul: 70
Long-haul: 150
Business Class Long-haul: 150
Charges apply for multiple excess baggage items, baggage heavier than 23 kg, and last-minute registration.
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When i purchased my husbands ticket from Berlin to Zurich i did not buy him luggage (didnt know i had to). He and my son had to pay 190Euro at the airport. I dont want this to happen when they return to Berlin but their site does not allow me to buy luggage. Or am i missing something