 Poster: A snowHead
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Has anyone dared to use the BA overnight bag drop for a largish ski bag at T5.
I'm sure the process works for conventional suitcases but I'm worried that there would be less automation once you go to the excess bag drop.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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cant see why it wouldn't work as long as there someone on the oversized conveyor belt to push the button
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Worked fine for a 'normal' bag for the PreBBWUW last year. As Gored, can't see there being a problem with oversize bags.
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@Alan1974, do come back and let us know, I am hoping to use this with a ski bag at T3 in April.
But as the others say I cant see why there would be a problem. You'll have to use a manned desk to check it in I think as they need to weigh the ski bag and record it as oversized then you're off to the oversized conveyor. So as long as they have normal baggage service going, which they will for flights for that day, it should be fine.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Did use it previously at Gatwick (pre-pandemic). No issues once we woke up the person who was manning the oversized bit the night before....
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Thanks everyone, I'll give it a go tomorrow and come back with the results.
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Did it a few years back at Gatwick. Rock up after work Friday, drop off skis and hold bag, then wander off to cheap airport hotel, then in the morning just stroll back to the terminal and straight to security with just my carry on bag on my shoulder - and pick up my skis and hold bag along with everyone elses at the other end.
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| Mjit wrote: |
| Did it a few years back at Gatwick. Rock up after work Friday, drop off skis and hold bag, then wander off to cheap airport hotel, then in the morning just stroll back to the terminal and straight to security with just my carry on bag on my shoulder - and pick up my skis and hold bag along with everyone elses at the other end. |
Brilliant, when everything works it makes your day. I'm going to do it tomorrow. The plan is to drop the ski's at T5 , head into town for a few beers and later on return to my hotel close to the airport. In the morning pop on to the hopper and head straight for security. What could possibly go wrong
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We're going to do this next weekend for our trip to Italy, do you need to check in online or is it check in when we drop the bags?
We're going with my parents so would rather have everything in order before arriving and have them faffing with phones etc.
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I'm planning to check in 24 hours in advance, select my seat and once at the airport print off the boarding tags and head to the bag drop. You can of course do everything in one go at the airport but the remaining seats may be all over the place.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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| homers double wrote: |
We're going to do this next weekend for our trip to Italy, do you need to check in online or is it check in when we drop the bags?
We're going with my parents so would rather have everything in order before arriving and have them faffing with phones etc. |
It is bag drop, so you would need a boarding pass. You get a boarding pass after checkin
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Have used similar night before luggage drop services on Easyjet and Jet2 for bike box, golf clubs and general luggage. Never had any problems - great service in my opinion. Airtags are also a good idea for reducing luggage anxiety.
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Just bumping this for hopefully an update from those who have done this recently. We’re hoping to do this with BA for a trip from Gatwick in March, Gatwick’s website says you can do it from 18:00 to 21:00 the evening before but doesn’t make any reference to oversized luggage, just says bag drop at zone A. Hopefully should be fine but would be great to get a confirmation.
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You know it makes sense.
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@Dav, tweet BA? They eventually reply, maybe by March.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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| ster wrote: |
| @Dav, tweet BA? They eventually reply, maybe by March. |
I emailed them last night, not got anything back yet. I’m not on Twitter but if I don’t get a response by email I’ll get one of our group to tweet them. Cheers.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Just returning to this topic to report that everything went smoothly for me. I checked in my ski bag, which included ski's , poles, helmet, boots and a whole load of ski gear.
The following day when I landed at Zurich it was waiting for me after I had made it through to the baggage reclaim.
I have to say its a very good service and I'll be following the same procedure in a few weeks
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| Dav wrote: |
| Just bumping this for hopefully an update from those who have done this recently. We’re hoping to do this with BA for a trip from Gatwick in March, Gatwick’s website says you can do it from 18:00 to 21:00 the evening before but doesn’t make any reference to oversized luggage, just says bag drop at zone A. Hopefully should be fine but would be great to get a confirmation. |
I did it a few years ago with skis. Was the standard process of queueing for the bag drop desk, getting bags weighed, hold bag taken there and then, then take skis to oversized bag drop area.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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@Alan1974, My friend dropped his bag off SUnday night for a Monday morning flight. It worked fine.
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Thanks all. Thought it would be fine but good to have confirmation.
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