Hey everybody BA have today announced some new baggage charges which will apply to passengers who wish to check-in an extra bag.
First & Club world passengers will be allowed to check 3 bags freeof charge.
Club Europe & World traveller plus can check 2 bags free of charge.
World Traveller*, Euro Traveller, BA Connect & UK Domestic can check 1 bag free of charge.
*World Traveller customers travelling / connecting to or from the US, Canada, Caribbean, Nigeria, Brazil and Mexico will continue to be allowed two checked bags in line with the local government regulations.
Extra bag for a domestic flight costs £30, Shorthaul £60 and long haul £120.
How will this effect BA in my opinion well I know a thing or two about baggage as Im a baggage agent.
This will loose BA alot of passengers!! Alot of people take more than one bag per person for various reasons like big familes going away on a sun holiday.
What about skiers who bring a bag, skis and ski boots!!!! They will simply pick other carriers where available. To be honest Im in disbelief at these charges BA are expensive enough but then to add this charge on is farcial.
By: andrewm - 10th February 2007 at 18:44
What about skiers who bring a bag, skis and ski boots!!!! They will simply pick other carriers where available. To be honest Im in disbelief at these charges BA are expensive enough but then to add this charge on is farcial.
Passengers will be able to carry one piece of sporting equipment free of charge in addition to their baggage allowance.
By: SHAMROCK321 - 9th February 2007 at 13:15
As a baggage agent Im glad we dont handle BA. How do you deal with someone who has paid £120 to check in a bag and then it doesnt show up with them, or even worse it becomes tagless and it cant be identified at all. 😡
By: Skymonster - 9th February 2007 at 13:05
Passengers who pay low fares are going to have to get used to the idea that they either accept more restrictions in terms of what they get included in the ticket price, and pay for services other than their seat. BA is actually ahead of the game here. The margin on low fares is next to nothing (or worse) and instead of reducing fares and then trying to cut internal costs to match, airlines like BA are starting to cut back the product and then asking customers who want more to pay more for the services they want. Hot meals were first to go, frequent flyer miles were next on really low fares, now its more than one piece of baggage, next to go could well be “free” alcohol and food in the cheap seats, or pay to check in at a desk but free for OLCI or SSCI.
Passenger acceptance of individual service pricing has already been set, at least at the lower end of the market, by the no-frills carriers. And now the full-service carriers are starting to realise that the answer isn’t always internal cost cutting, but recognising that those who pay very little should not be entitled to much other than the seat to be included – pay more for the ticket (i.e. WTP, CW, F etc) and get more for your money, pay next to nothing, get next to nothing included. The only passengers who will really be affected are those who have gotten far too much whilst paying too little over the past few years. BA won’t worry as it won’t cost them much – they stand to lose mainly from passengers who don’t travel much and pay low fares – just the sort of passengers they’re really not too bothered about sucking up to anyway.
Andy
By: T5 - 9th February 2007 at 10:37
The amount of times ive been asked the question ‘what exactlys different from taking two bags at 10k than one at 20k’…….I really dont know what it is!
I would suspect that they very obvious difference is that it puts an extra bag into the system. Handlers aren’t dealing with just one bag, they’re instead dealing with two. That obviously doesn’t justify such ridiculous costs though.
To be honest, I always believed that airlines only allowed economy passengers on piece of checked baggage. So whenever I travel, I only ever take one suitcase with me. I mentioned recently my surprise at China Eastern’s baggage policy. The airline is ‘knocked’ for being one with constant delays and poor service, but their baggage policy was allows bags, each weighing up to 24kg!
I guess we should be relieved that British Airways aren’t also adopting a policy similar to that of Flybe, where passengers are asked to pay to check in a bag at all. If this particular airline was truly low cost, paying a few quid to check in a case wouldn’t be a problem, but from what I can make out, they’re not that cheap.
By: murph - 9th February 2007 at 09:37
Looks like I’m going to have to learn how to pack properly when I go to China 😀
By: marra123 - 8th February 2007 at 23:09
EZY now charge for checking in an extra bag. It dosnnt go down well with pax and when there being charged you hear remarkes of ‘next time we will fly BA’. £30 to check a second bag in on a domestic of short-haul flight is abit steep EZY charge £10 and I think thats a rip off! The amount of times ive been asked the question ‘what exactlys different from taking two bags at 10k than one at 20k’…….I really dont know what it is!
By: flybar - 8th February 2007 at 18:53
Will this apply to codeshare flights?
If checking in for a Qantas flight at a Heathrow BA desk (as you do) will they allow two bags or one?
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February 8, 2007 at 6:39 pm