Over Weight Baggage??
Oct 9, 2008 | 12:47 pm
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Over Weight Baggage??
Hello. I am flying with United from Toronto to Chicago, then with Asiana from Chicago to Seoul and then Seoul to Ulsan. If my baggage is overweight will I have to pay 3 times since I am taking 3 flights or just once for the whole trip? Does anyone know? Thanks.
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Michele
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Michele
Oct 12, 2008 | 8:03 am
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The bottom line is that you will pay once at the first stage you are caught. If they check your luggage in at the first poinht you wont have to pay. But because USA has the ost stupid baggage system in the world that involves you re-checking your luggage you might get nailed in Chigago, coming back you should be ok if they let you pass at check in. You really need to ask yourself why are you carrying so much luggage, it is amazing how much you can do without or buy when you arrive.
Oct 12, 2008 | 10:36 am
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The exact formula for excess baggage computation depends on the airline, but yes, usually you'll have to pay according to the total distance flown, and it can get mighty expensive for a transpac flight.
Oct 12, 2008 | 4:08 pm
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Join Date: Dec 2003
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Hello. I am flying with United from Toronto to Chicago, then with Asiana from Chicago to Seoul and then Seoul to Ulsan. If my baggage is overweight will I have to pay 3 times since I am taking 3 flights or just once for the whole trip? Does anyone know? Thanks.
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Michele
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Michele
If your baggage is checked all the way from Toronto to Seoul, you perhaps would need to pay only once. Given that passengers travelling from Canada to the U.S. complete border preclearance at Canadian airports before departing to the U.S., I don't think you need to claim and recheck your baggage at Chicago/O'Hare. However you'll have to claim your baggage at Seoul/Incheon and recheck it at Seoul/Gimpo. Note that the baggage allowance for trips not originating from nor heading to North America is 20kg. Therefore, you'd better have all the three flights on one ticket because Seoul-Ulsan flight would allow less baggage than your two other flights unless this flight wasn't ticketed along with the two other flights.