<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Dovster:
That is only true when there is no voluntary lay over in Europe.
I am allowed 2 pcs when I fly from Israel to the US, even when changing planes in Europe. But if I want to spend a day or two there, I would have to pay for the excess baggage for the TLV-Europe segment.
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I flew SIN-LAX-TPE-SIN and every flight coupon listed my baggage allowance as 2PC. So despite the fact I stayed in TPE for some 2 weeks, the check-in agent honoured the piece concept once I point it out to him on my plane ticket.
My brother wasn't so lucky when he flew DTW-NRT-SIN and stayed in Tokyo for a week. A really nasty NW agent in NRT levied about USD1K in excess baggage, which my brother paid using his Citibank credit card. He disputed the charge through Citibank, plus followed up a letter to NW customer service - and we simply never heard from them demanding payment even though Citibank refused the charges.
Bee-Zahr.