Cyprus Turkish Airline Flights

Sarniebarn


Joined: 20/10/2008
Posts: 15

Message Posted:
24/03/2009 21:45

Anyone any ideas on the baggage weight allowance as I have 25kg on my reservation and 20kg on my e-ticket. I dont want to turn up at Stansted Airport and have to pay extra for being over 20kg

The-Wicks


Joined: 27/05/2007
Posts: 2279

Message Posted:
24/03/2009 21:49

Sarniebarn - got caught out with this before. £7.00 per kilo!! If I were you, I'd try to double check. Inclined to go with weight shown on e-ticket, but I did hear this was not necessarily true!! Not much help I know, but we will certainly be checking again before our flight in June.



Regards



J

johntie


Joined: 14/01/2009
Posts: 65

Message Posted:
24/03/2009 21:50

Just done it 25 kg both ways despite what ticket says and I did have 24 KG on return!. CTA stopped offering bottles of wine with meals, using plastic thimbles from a wine box, make sure you get 2 glasses.

The-Wicks


Joined: 27/05/2007
Posts: 2279

Message Posted:
24/03/2009 21:51

Sarniebarn - Tom, from Flightholidays who often posts on here, is a mine of information. Maybe he could help us?



Tom ?????????????????



J

cooper


Joined: 23/10/2007
Posts: 3386

Message Posted:
24/03/2009 21:58

Just found this - http://www.kthy.net/kthyen/hizmetlerimiz/bagaj.html



Cooper

AlsancakJack



Joined: 14/08/2008
Posts: 5762

Message Posted:
24/03/2009 21:59

To be honest I do not know about Stansted but at Gatwick and Heathrow they have always turned a blind eye to 5-10 kilos over the limit. If you have a problem always talk to the supervisor and you can normally get the excess cost's reduced.

AJ

fire starter


Joined: 19/06/2008
Posts: 3401

Message Posted:
24/03/2009 22:29

20 kilo's suitcase weight and 5 kilo's for hand luggage.

you can get away with 25 in the suit case if you have no hand luggage.

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
24/03/2009 22:35

dont think you can get away with it at stanstead they even weigh your hand luggage and handbag. we wee charges 8 pounds per kilo over and they made us ack items from hand luggage into our suitcases. good luck xx

flightholiday


Joined: 19/07/2007
Posts: 3217

Message Posted:
25/03/2009 13:16

The-wicks,



Sorry I was away in Lapta with little internet so business comes first – no C44



CTA Weight limit (not for infants)



25 Kg per passenger in the hold and 5Kg in the cabin



AJ, In the past on KTHY people risked going overweight and only rarely did the check in crews make an example of them by charging (unless they were being unreasonable with the excess weight) – these days I would not risk it all airlines are getting very cost conscious so they may not allow any excess unpaid for I think the current CTA rate is £7.00 or £8.00 / kilo



Fire starter, The weight of a suitcase or package can go up to 32 Kg but that might be reduced soon (this is for health and safety reasons).



If you have a lot of excess then talk to us about a small airfreight consignment.

The-Wicks


Joined: 27/05/2007
Posts: 2279

Message Posted:
25/03/2009 13:23

Tom - many thanks for this. When we were caught out, we had only a couple of kilos over in our cases and we had no hand luggage at all. I know that usually you are given the option of moving some stuff into carrier bags, but this time this option was not offered. Just "go to the desk and pay" and they were doing it to everyone. Mind you, the girl who was checking the bags in was a bit of a "jobsworth".



Thanks again for info.



J



PS This was Stansted.

Woodspeckie


Joined: 25/01/2009
Posts: 2263

Message Posted:
25/03/2009 13:39

Just booked from Manchester for September e-ticket says 25kg and 5 kg hand luggage although web site said 20kg.

Coachie



Joined: 29/07/2008
Posts: 2135

Message Posted:
25/03/2009 15:29

Go by what they say on your e-ticket.They can hardly charge you exta if it states on your E-ticket your allowance is 25kg for baggage and 5kg for hand luggage.Thats a good allowance when you consider the likes of Thomas Cook(15kg) Monarch(20kg) and Easyjet(20kg) the latter two you have to pay for your baggage.

flightholiday


Joined: 19/07/2007
Posts: 3217

Message Posted:
25/03/2009 15:47

Coachie, NEVER use the rule go by the eticket nor by what is published on site as airlines can and do change their rules even when you are flying their only legal obligation is to get you to the destination (however they do it!).



In this instance you are right currently to advise that it is 25Kg but it could go down or up by the time Woodspeckie flies.

millzer


Joined: 12/04/2007
Posts: 978

Message Posted:
25/03/2009 15:58

So do we have an answer then? is it 20, or 25KG!!!



Please.

Coachie



Joined: 29/07/2008
Posts: 2135

Message Posted:
25/03/2009 16:56

I think you would have cause for redress if they did not fulfill thier legal obligations,after all they have made a contract with you.If you breach thatcontract in any way they would soon be after you for compensation.All I can say is if I had a ticket which said 25kgs and they tried to charge me without any prior notification I would certainly kick up a stink..

Dawnie1


Joined: 27/09/2008
Posts: 217

Message Posted:
25/03/2009 17:03

Didn't CTA reduce the luggage allowance last year from 25kg to 20kg? But it didn't last long and I was informed by Ankara Travel that it had gone up to 25kg and indeed at Christmas, used 25kg and it was not queried. Fly again on 3rd April and am using 25kg luggage allowance again as that it was I have told is correct.

griffin9870


Joined: 01/03/2009
Posts: 92

Message Posted:
25/03/2009 17:41

We had the same problem when we travelled over, we doubled checked and it was definately 25kg for the siutcase and 5kg for hand luggage. I had 24.9kg and 4.8 respectively and nothing was said. Hope this is of help.

TimothyCadman


Joined: 13/12/2007
Posts: 1040

Message Posted:
25/03/2009 18:39

At the end of last year CTA did indeed reduce the weight of baggage allowance to 20Kgs. The main reason being the cost of fuel at the time. By saving 5kgs on 200 passengers (1000 kgs or 1 ton) in weight the aircraft could carry less fuel to complete its journey so negating having to add fuel surcharges or put fares up.

Once fuel prices reduced they increased the limit again to 25kgs.

flightholiday


Joined: 19/07/2007
Posts: 3217

Message Posted:
25/03/2009 18:49

Coachie: the airlines along with most international companies are a law to themselves - they operate under the Warsaw Convention and goodness only knows when it was drafted. You would probably be flogging a dead horse with the complaint and the legal costs could be huge all over 5Kg.



Millzer: Current CTA rules are 25 Kg (if they change them you might find out before arriving at the check in desk)



Timothy: Yes and as many if not most passengers fly with less than 20Kg it was not a great problem for them

Dawnie1


Joined: 27/09/2008
Posts: 217

Message Posted:
25/03/2009 19:07

Tom I wish I could, after 9 years of going back and forth, I would struggle to stick to 20kg each time. Theres something to bring out with you each time you visit.lol

parkview



Joined: 12/03/2009
Posts: 1123

Message Posted:
25/03/2009 19:31

flightholiday could email me with your prices etc for air freight, could be interested

shabbychic@sunnycyprus.net

flightholiday


Joined: 19/07/2007
Posts: 3217

Message Posted:
25/03/2009 19:37

Dawn Have I known you that long? I think you would find a way if needed, we have to from Birmingham with Turkish. It depends who else you travel with because the other person might need less than you.

flightholiday


Joined: 19/07/2007
Posts: 3217

Message Posted:
25/03/2009 20:03

Parkview I have emailed you about freight and pets.

AlsancakJack



Joined: 14/08/2008
Posts: 5762

Message Posted:
25/03/2009 20:05

Hi tom

Ref message 9:

'AJ, In the past on KTHY people risked going overweight and only rarely did the check in crews make an example of them by charging (unless they were being unreasonable with the excess weight) – these days I would not risk it all airlines are getting very cost conscious so they may not allow any excess unpaid for I think the current CTA rate is £7.00 or £8.00 / kilo'



I guess what I was really trying to say was that if you get stung for excess baggage then a nice friendly chat to the duty supervisor will normally get your cost's reduced.

AJ

Cyprusquest


Joined: 09/12/2008
Posts: 428

Message Posted:
25/03/2009 21:33

Msg 24 Depends on the supervisor I supose but better save weight and bring less. No problems and no catching a cold from a hide bound officious person who may charge you the full whack.

Hector


Joined: 26/08/2008
Posts: 2352

Message Posted:
25/03/2009 21:39

We phoned on Monday to check re weight limit. 25kg per person plus 5kg hand luggage.