 Poster: A snowHead
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Mr Marmot, it's no easier for me dude; red, white or beer to go with my sarnie on the flight? And which pair of skid-marked reeking underpants to wear on the journey home?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| Mr Marmot wrote: |
| davidthornton wrote: |
Flew with Thomson last winter to Innsbruck, having previously used various other outfits. At check-in they insisted ski boots are included in 15kg limit, I wasn't taking skis as I pointed out, no they said I still had to pay £50 excess, one way! For the return I stuffed what I could in my pockets, round my neck, down my trousers, down my socks, wore as much as I could, just about managed to walk to the check-in desk with a very suspicious gait! Even contemplated wearing the ski boots, no doubt the cabin crew would have chucked me off. No problem on return at Innsbruck, check-in there didn't bother to weigh the cabin bag. Ski boots? No problem sir, our pleasure. The sweat was pouring off me!!
15kgs? Back home I weighed the gear. My hard Delsey case weighs some 5kgs empty, ski boots 7kgs, total 12kgs, leaving just 3kgs, if you travel with Thomson, for all your clothing and mountain kit!!
A couple of years ago I flew with Thomson to the Caribbean, I took snorkelling kit with me, at check-in they said my case was over the limit by 2kg, suggested I put something from my case into my cabin bag, they made me open it up and virtually unpack it at the check-in desk and on seeing my snorkelling gear said take it out and put it in your cabin bag!! Now I have ocean fins and they measure 63cm in length, my cabin bag is regulation size. I boarded the plane with these bloody great things sticking right out of the bag! The cabin crew were amazed by the check-in suggestion.
Thomsons- never again!!!!  |
Sorry to hear about your tribulations with Thomson, David. Hopefully they will go out of business because others join you in not using them again because of their dismal service.
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IME they don't generally have a "dismal service", although they certainly aren't a premium quality carrier.
But if they were to go out of business, then package holiday prices for skiing would go through the roof, since they are the in-house airline for TUI group - by far the largest TO for ski holidays from the UK.
Incidentally, David was talking about last year. The basic allowance on ski flights has changed this year to 20Kg.
And his complain seemed to be that he wasn't allowed anything extra for ski boots when he hadn't paid for ski carriage. I would not expect any airline to give you that.
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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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| Mr Marmot, it's no easier for me dude; red, white or beer to go with my sarnie on the flight? And which pair of skid-marked reeking underpants to wear on the journey home? |
Dr John, my mental image of you is see-sawing between both ends of the spectrum with your every post! 
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queen bodecia, Thomson checked-in baggage allowance is and was 15kgs. Which pistes do you need hair straighteners and cosmetics for?
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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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davidthornton, I'm flying with Thomson and baggage allowance clearly states 20kg. As it did last year, and right back to 2008. I wonder if it's different if you book a flight via Thomsonfly.com versus a package holiday with Crystal?
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There was a question about this on the Neilson website, Thomas Cook flights, their explanation was their "late deals" have reduced baggage allowances as most people looking for late deals are price focused/
I've started pricing up for next year, with Neilson, Crystal and Ingahms, and all are showing 20kg allowance.
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davidthornton, 20kg for most ski trips. Flew with them in January, so my info is current.
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Certainly has been 20kg since 2006 on ski flights!
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 Chris Bish, alex_heney, SkiG, link clearly states 15kgs free allowance on Thomson Airways. It was in 2011 as well. As I stated above, it cost me £50 extra at check-in!
Somebody is going to get an expensive surprise at check-in!!
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Just checked my Thomson flight from Manchester next week - 20kg plus 5kg hand luggage. It also clearly states that boots are part of hold allowance and skis cost an extra £35.
Whats the confusion?
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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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Just checked the link above - maybe you should scroll down to the ski luggage allownce section?
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You know it makes sense.
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davidthornton, No it doesn't.
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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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ajpaul, Chris Bish, Yes, sorry, stand corrected.  However, for my flight with Thomson January 2011 it certainly was 15kg, because check-in made me fork out for the ski boots because those took me beyond 15kgs.
Somebody earlier in the thread suggested that there might different allowances if you booked a package with a TO. I was flight only.
This year I have used Lufthansa, 23kgs, ski boots free.
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