Do Thai Airlines Charge For Extra Baggage

[vprice100]

i am going over to thailand in september flying with thai airlines and im estimating to be bringing back 2 suitcases plus my carry on (big shopping trip) will they charge for extra weight i no about the 20 kg limit on most airlines

has anyone flown with them, i traveled with malaysian last time and was over by about 10kgs and they didnt worry, hopefully thai will be the same

any help will be great

thanks

[THAILIBAN]

thats extremely risky !!! why dont u use a professional freight forwarder for ur shopping items ? if they dont accept ur oversized-luggage then u r dead meat and it will cost u hundreds of Euro.

1 Kg will be charged 1% of the published fare, so 10 kg can be easily 400-500 Euro !!!

And I doubt that Malaysian Airlines is so generous. I know the story of an elderly German couple, who wanted to check in 64 kg (instead of 2 x 20 = 40) and they paid dearly ! That happened in Kuching, Sarawak, where they checked in for the direct flight to Frankfurt, and as far as I remember , they paid more than 1.000 Euro for that !

so, all I can do is wish u "good luck"

Edited March 6, 2007 by THAILIBAN

[Rinrada]

K.Wife went last week and checked in 4 suitcases plus her hand luggage and no problem and yet as usual when I head out on Thursday night with my tesco bag its always a case of ....is that all......???

The female check ins at almost all airlines that I have ever used just can seem to understand that most blocks only really need wot they can stand up in...when travelling....plus PP & Dosh.£$...........and Gold card......Mai K J

[Prakanong]

I am Gold Card with Thai but have never exceeded my wieght allowance, even when moving from europe to Singapore.

However, I have seen thai go both ways out of BKK. I have seen peole not charged with clearly massive amounts of extra baggage and I have seen people waiting to be charged loads.

Does not seem to be no rhyme or reason from my limited observations.