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Juggling baggage, is there any airline that does this sensibly?
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I've recently had to get information from two different tour operators over what our actual baggage allowances were in terms of both number of bags and weight. Looks like it's mostly the airlines causing this pain, but it would be good if the tour operators negotiated sensible luggage for their customers. The way I see it you'd ideally be able to take 3 bags - a ski bag, a boot bag and a normal suitcase, with a sensible overall weight. The airlines definitely don't see it like that. It seems that these days people do some sort of combination of putting their boots into their main bag and then juggling the various weights of their bags by shifting kit around - t-shirts into ski bag, take a bunch of stuff on the plane with you as hand luggage etc.

I found this fairly useful page on the Crystal website detailing the deal with a bunch of different airlines. http://www.crystalski.co.uk/snow-extras/baggage-allowance . I think that for the most part that will reflect the airlines' general policies, but no guarantees (it might just be the deal that Crystal have struck with them)

What are your experiences with this? Are there many (any?) airlines that actually treat their customers well?
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duncang wrote:
What are your experiences with this? Are there many (any?) airlines that actually treat their customers well?


Swiss - 1 luggage bag of 20 or 23 Kg (slightly unclear) plus 'skiing equipment' so can have separate ski bag and boot bag... no additional charge. Ski kit can weigh upto 23 Kg. Can have a single board bag instead of ski kit.
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Tour operators don't WANT you to take your own equipment. They prefer to get a (bigger) cut from the hire shop.
Therefore tour operators (at least the big boys) WON'T make it crystal(!) clear as that is not in their interest.
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Swiss were fine at Christmas.

Suitcase, boot bag & Skis. (Bargain if you can get the sub £100 flights)

Flying them again next week.
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