Malaysia Airlines Baggage Checkin Bangkok

[stump]

I spat my dummy at checkin at Bangkok Airport.I won my upgrade bid to Australia so to use the 40Kg luggage allowance I bought X2 Bronze Statues at 10Kg each.Together with carry on bag and bag full of cloths I expected to complete the trip with one carry on for the stop in KL.Only to be told I could only check in X2 bags.Too late to pack the X2 Bronze Statues into one so completed the journey carrying X2 bags .As I have a bad back I was not happy and thought it was logical and better all round for baggage crew to load X2 10KG then one 20Kg.

 

[drron]

But it clearly states the allowance is for 2 pieces that weigh up to 40KG in J.

Free baggage allowance and allowed dimension

Cabin	Weight in Total/ Dimension (length+width+height)
First Class	2 pieces weighing 50 kg (110 lbs) / Not exceeding 158 cm (62 inch)
Business Class	2 pieces weighing 40 kg (88 lbs) / Not exceeding 158 cm (62 inch)
Economy Class	2 pieces weighing 30 kg (66 lbs) / Not exceeding 158 cm (62 inch)

 

[stump]

Hey
Thats what the check in Lady said.Being my first trip in Business Class I presumed it was more then Economy without reading the fine print.Now that I know in hindsight I would have boxed the X2 bronze as one 20Kg parcel.
Cheers Stump

 

[mannej]

Buyer beware - luggage allowance differs from airline to airline and even between routes amongst the same airline.

Best to check the allowance before turning up at the airport.

 

[JohnK]

Hey
Thats what the check in Lady said.Being my first trip in Business Class I presumed it was more then Economy without reading the fine print.Now that I know in hindsight I would have boxed the X2 bronze as one 20Kg parcel.
Cheers Stump

Would luggage wrap have done the trick? Side by side and wrap them together for THB150.

 

[stump]

I tried that and now due to security reasons you can only wrap one bag at a time and not X2 bags together!Maybe if I had a roll of gaffer tape I could have wrapped the X2 together and take down to over size luggage to check in.
Stump