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Mar 25, 2011 | 5:18 am

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Originally Posted by x712xdamx

I was only 17kg over after we re-sorted things and carried on more bags. The website also states 1% of ECONOMY fare, not first class. The economy fare was $485. I'm not familiar with these rules, so maybe it meant a higher priced economy flight? The flight was pretty empty though, to be hones

We were in economy and it was $485, not thousands of dollars. What is IATA? Maybe, I'm mis-reading the "full IATA economy fare".

Full whack Y fare. As in most expensive.

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