When will NZ offer 30kg baggage?
Oct 5, 2014, 6:35 pm
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Oct 5, 2014, 6:41 pm
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I understand OSH requires bags not exceeding 32kg. NZ are ground handling agents for many foreign carriers which have 32kg bags all the time.
I also assume if you book with SQ on an NZ codeshare you will get SQ baggage allowance which is 30kg (50kg for Star Gold) in Economy with maximum weight of 32kg per bag.
I also assume if you book with SQ on an NZ codeshare you will get SQ baggage allowance which is 30kg (50kg for Star Gold) in Economy with maximum weight of 32kg per bag.
Oct 5, 2014, 9:40 pm
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Oh for the good old days when Air NZ offered 2 x 32kg as standard on all flights that either travelled through (or had any stops) in North America!
Oct 6, 2014, 2:46 am
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Foreign airlines will be paying NZ for this in there service fees
Oct 6, 2014, 3:50 am
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I am sure Australia has similar rules and no airline is limiting a bag to a maximum of 23kg.
Oct 6, 2014, 7:08 am
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I was concerned that despite the e-tickets specifying 30 kg for all sectors that there could be 'issues' at check-in since the domestic sectors were on NZ flight numbers and NOT SQ codeshare.
In the event, so problems at all. For return, bags were tagged through to DUD despite a long (overnight) layover at AKL. So he just needed to drop them.
