
Gayla
Dec 20, 2005, 9:22 AM
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Re: [cristalhombre] Space saver luggage that you squeeze all the air out of
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A year ago I flew Continental out of Oaxaca on one of those small jets bound for Houston. My suitcase weighed 42 kilos, which was, well, quite a few kilos too many. With no space in my carry-on to move things around, I was slapped with the excess baggage fee. It's not cheap, $100USD to get my stuff home. I found out after the fact that Continental out of Oaxaca is pretty notorious for charging the excess baggage fee whenever they can because they know tourists/art collectors tend to make major purchases in and around Oaxaca and will pay to get there purchases home. I'm living proof of that :-). I recently flew out of D.F. on AeroMexico on an MD-80 jet. My suitcase (the same one I took on the Oaxaca adventure) wasn't quite as heavy as when I left Oaxaca, probably around 33-35 kilos. No excess baggage fee and the ticket agents didn't even question it. I'm guessing a lot has to do with the size of the jet, the airport from which you depart and how full the plane actually is.
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