Hi all.
Im looking to pick your brains for what you think are the best airline for domestic flights (Perth/Adelaide) with kitesurfing equipment.
Im trying to do it as cheap as I can without getting stung for excess baggage fees.
Also If any of you know good airlines to fly to NZ with kitesurfing equipment that would be great to.
Thanks
Paul
have you done any research yourself ?
I mean you didn't just come on here and expect everyone to do your own research did you ?
there are only a limited amount of carriers that go perth<--> adelaide
Jeez sorry dude. Only was looking to see if anyone had some previous experience.
Glad to see that forums are living up to there friendly nature.
what did you expect though mate really ?
People might be more willing to help you if you had said "i've had a look blah blah"
Or used the search function on the forums .
but it is not a hard thing to find out for yourself
Wow this is a friendly place.
Again I'm sorry, was just looking for advice. Of course I've looked but I was looking for any experiences people have had.
two minutes to find this
www.qantas.com.au/travel/airlines/sporting-equipment/global/en
www.jetstar.com/au/en/help/tags/oversized-baggage
www.virginaustralia.com/au/en/plan/baggage/oversized-fragile-items/
www.tigerairways.com/au/en/baggage.php#equipment
Use something like webjet to find cheapest flights .
Never did say if you had done any research yourself ?
Not hard is it
Stress less peop's..sent you a PM Windswept.
My hot tips:
1: Take a carry on bag (kite bag) + a formal suit bag (Air NZ didn't weigh this-only my bag-guess they thought there's just a suit in there..there was..it was a wetsuit!).
So kites+harness minus spreader bar are on your back.
Clothes, wetsuit, footpads in your suit bag.
Total carry on for me was 7Kg kite bag, 8Kg suit bag (freeing up 20kg for board and luggage!).
Apparently there are 'kite' gear travelbags now available that have 'golf bag' written all over them so the airlines and their luggage handlers take more care, They think it's the property of some top-notch, repeat flight suit in business class who they don't want to peeve off and send all those frequent flyer points to another airline.
Apparently there are 'kite' gear travelbags now available that have 'golf bag' written all over them so the airlines and their luggage handlers take more care, They think it's the property of some top-notch, repeat flight suit in business class who they don't want to peeve off and send all those frequent flyer points to another airline.
Jetstar. Just did the same trip. You can always purchase more baggage if you need in blocks of 10kg, well priced. Not sure if Virgin is doing this type of extra baggage option.
If you go with qantas pack everything into 1 bag, they will charge you extra if you have more than 1 bag, even if you are under your baggage weight limit. Everybody else that flies ADL to PER will charge you for your bags on top of your airfare. Pay for it when you buy your ticket.
I would be very careful of going over the weight limit.
I recently flew only about 1000KM Brisbane to Mackay and was 32KG, (12KG Over)
The overweight cost the same as about 3 tickets with 20KG included. It was something like $15 or $20 per KG over. So I could have sponsored two people to fly for free as long as they carry my bags and still be better off.
As wisha said.
Be a little smarter at packing
Weigh your bag before you go, so you know what you got and there are no surprises.
Make the most of carry on with heavy items like spreader bar, fins etc as they dont usually weigh that, just make sure your bag is not to big and when you carry it make sure it looks easy to carry.
You are also allowed to carry a suit bag or a laptop bag (they dont usually check what inside them)
If you go over, have your harness packed on top, if they ask if there is anything you can take out, just wear it (the spreader is in the bag)
And virgin no longer have the 5kg sporting goods allowance, so jetstar probly the cheapest and the way you can buy extra KG is a good idea if you know your over when you buy your tickets.
Hey guys
Thanks for all the info. Really helpful and some great stuff.
Dusta its all good! Was just looking for some previous experiences, and got some great responses thanks guys!
I recently bought my 13m and 9m plus lunacy board down to adelaide. Took 9m on carry on. Had a "laptop" bag which did have a laptop but also was stuffed full of clothes...and then my 13m and harness in luggage and i paid an extra $10 for the weight. Make sure you pre-buy your luggage. All up i took 32 kg on a $250 flight to Adelaide. A success i say.
if you can fit a small kite into a laptop bag...do it. They dont check.
Qantas offer a pay per bag system and if bought online only costs like $30 for another 23kg bag ontop of your first one.
Virgin are crap since they got rid of the sports allowance and cost a fortune for just few kg. Flexi fare offers a little more tho.
business class for both i believe offer 60kg allowance in total but it's not cheap.
Jetstar, just buy extra luggage, workd great and is good priced. Saves you the hassle of trying to suff half your gear into carry-on.
Tiger - stay well away, unless all you carry is a toothbrush.
AIR AUSTRALIA have the cheapest first class tickets out there get in quick as they are selling them tonite, going like hot cakes!!
Free tip. Bicycles travel free on Qantas, (or they did when I went to ADE in January) get a bike box, keep it to around 16kg (a vaguely heavy bike, lets say you can call it a * mountain bike *) be sure to pre book it in and voila!
Hope you didn't buy Air Australia tickets......
Seeing as they just went tits up...
'roast
My job requires me to travel frequently in Australia and overseas. Jetstar is now the only Australian airline we use. They have the option to pre purchase luggage, at cheap prices if you purchase it when you book for flight online.
Just did a trip from Perth from Sydney and return. Purchased 30kg luggage, which consisted of 2 bags. I also had an Ozone backpack with Lappy and clothes, and a Pelican 1510s wheelie camera case weighing 15kg as my carry ons.
No questions no hold ups, and the planes are all near new Airbuses.
Virgin used to be the better option, but not anymore, after 22kg its $20 per kg!!
