Baggage question
Nov 29, 2022 | 1:08 am
#16
Ambassador: Emirates Airlines
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Manchester, UK
Posts: 19,801
Your bag was overweight (according to your post). So, you could have split it into another bag and probably been OK. But assuming you only had a single bag with you, then Emirates were correct to not allow you to check the overweight peice.
Nov 29, 2022 | 1:17 am
#17
Join Date: Apr 2018
Location: USA
Programs: MarriottTitanium, LT Plat, Hyatt Globalist, Hilton Diamond,IHG Diamond,Amb,Wynd Dmnd,Qatar Gold
Posts: 231
But the issue was I was told that Gold Status does not allow you to have an extra Bag (23k.g.) that I could Transfer the extra luggage into. when I pointed the Policy out to them, they came up with that it is only Good on a Revenue Ticket. huh?
Nov 29, 2022 | 2:01 am
#18
Ambassador, Emirates
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: LGW / AMS / CPT
Programs: SA KL BA EK
Posts: 4,836
You told us that your bag was 3.5lbs over weight. And as both ft101 and myself pointed out, when a bag is overweight on the piece system, it will not be accepted, no matter what your status is.
This has noting to do with allowance of extra pieces resulting from status.
Nov 29, 2022 | 2:04 am
#19
Ambassador: Emirates Airlines
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Manchester, UK
Posts: 19,801
So now the story changes... You didn't say any of that originally.