Tony Firshman wrote, On 4/09/09 09:49:
Ah yes baggage. I was on another journey to a US trip. It was KLM
and because of the silly rules about UK airport allocations, I had to
take a London City hop to Amsterdam - all included though in the price.
Allowance was 32kg total for two bags - quite the norm at the time. I
was sceptical so checked London City - yep two bags but 20kg total. I
had about 31kg - rucksack and bicycle. I told Lufthanza
I mean KLM of course!
who denied this - by email (I had the copy with me). They *said* they
even sent an email to London City. Luckily for me the queue was
empty, and I must have looked like I was going to burst into tears. I
told the girl on the checkout of the need for the bike the other end
to cycle *out* of the airport. She looked around, and said "Your bike
is extremely light". I looked puzzled and she wrote 5kg on the ticket.
.... and 5kg off my rucksack. Amazing. I should have asked her out
(8-)#
I saw the reason on take-off. The runways at London City are balanced
between old docks, and are very short. It is the first time I have
been in a plane which revs so much before letting the brakes off. It
was like being catapulted. Needless to say my 15kg bike did *not*
send us into the water (8-)#
Tony
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