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tacon101 · Joined: 31 Oct 2005 Location: seoul

the website doesnt give a definite price for routes into the US, so i was wondering if anyone knew

a friend just flew out and had to pay over $100...that seems very unreasonable

(he had a little bit of a problem with his carry on (a lamp nearly the same size and shape that i was allowed to bring as a carry on a few months ago) and they made him check it. the lady then said the 11.7 kg carry on size bag he checked but then wanted to carry to avoid the extra fee weighed too much...just checked the website for that and the carry on limit is 12 kg)

so he paid 135 to check a 1 kg fragile box

Wangja · Joined: 17 May 2004 Location: Seoul, Yongsan

Don't ever think of flying anywhere else but to USA. You will be stunned by the tiny allowances.

Demonicat · Joined: 18 Nov 2004 Location: Suwon

I got forked for 200 today. Admittedly, I was WAY over. I was at 42k, compared to the allowable 20. This was for an international flight.

Wangja · Joined: 17 May 2004 Location: Seoul, Yongsan

Where the weight concept applies (everywhere except US/NA) the basic rule is 1 kg costs 1% of the one way first class fare.

crazylemongirl · Joined: 23 Mar 2003 Location: almost there...

a hint... check ahead and have a sob story. Sinagpore and Thai have doubled my luggage allowance by doing this.
Otherwise send stuff by snail mail.

tacon101 · Joined: 31 Oct 2005 Location: seoul

beekeeper3000 · Joined: 13 Jun 2005 Location: Seoul, South Korea

chasingdreams · Joined: 10 Jan 2006 Location: Seoul

I agree with the sob story advice! I flew into Korea from the UK last week with Emirates and the excess baggage fee was �40/kilo which I guess is around $80/kilo.

I was 10 kilo over the paltry limit of 20 kilo but I was crying at the check in desk because I was upset to be leaving my family and so the guy at the desk let me off with it, I didn't have to pay anything.

It's a game of chance really. Excess baggage charges are largely left to the discretion of the check-in clerk.

sarahsarah · Joined: 05 Aug 2004 Location: Bundang

I like some of the american carriers policies...

only 25 $ extra for overweight bags from 50-70 pounds.

coldstream1 · Joined: 17 Apr 2005 Location: Seoul

I just flew home from Korea and my bags were WAY over the allowance. I was not prepared to fork out the fee for a third bag, but got nowhere with the clerk at the check-in counter who stubbornly repeated that there were no exceptions, and I would have to pay. I decided to try my luck with the "duty manager" � she was very helpful, and without hesitation told me I could check a third bag without any extra charge as long as I was willing to sign a waiver releasing the airline from any responsibility for that bag if it was lost or damaged. So, if you are willing to do that, I suggest loading up a third bag with stuff that it won't break your heart on the off chance something happens, and asking for the same deal.

Wangja · Joined: 17 May 2004 Location: Seoul, Yongsan

kiwigirl :O) · Joined: 05 Jan 2006 Location: Bundang

when i flew in to incheon from auckland i was at 32 kg each piece!!
so when i was in auckland i had to take the day pack off my backpack and use that as handluggage in addition to my laptop/purse/duty free!!!
when i got to incheon to xfer they noted the extra weight and made an annotation on my ticket and let me go on my merry way no problems

Wink

nate331 · Joined: 13 Mar 2006

23 kilos for eached bag checked in, not 46 total, 23 each, so pack things evenly... it was about $5 for every kilo you go over... one of my bags was 76kilos, you can imagine the pain that was.