To help ease us into transitioning into a new time zone, we decided that we would extend what should have been a 2 hour layover in London into a 4 day vacation! Well what we didn't know was that this extension was going to cause some hub bub with our luggage! Hellooooo... we are moving to the other side of the world...we need lots of luggage! So as a family of 5 we had 10 checked bags, 2 small carry-on suitcases, 3 backpack carry-ons, a laptop, and my purse! We didn't know that we were going to have to pay an additional fee for 5 of those checked bags...Oh Mylanta! So mark that down as an additional $300 out of pocket right from the start.... Then we get to London...all went well the entire length of our stay, and we saw many, many wonderful things! Well.... time to leave London, and time to once again check our bags! Well this time instead of being charged for every bag above what they allowed, we were charged for every kg of weight we went over their allowable weight limit! Absolutely ridiculous! So once all was said and done at Heathrow airport in London.... we were out yet again more money! This time we were charged approx. £791.00 which converts to about $1300....are you kidding me! Credit card don't fail us now!!!
You may be wondering why we took all the baggage and didn't know about these events before they happened. Well here is why... when my husband flew from the states to the UAE he was allowed two checked bags, a carry-on, and a laptop since he was moving. So he just planned for us to be afforded the same moving plan, but little did we know that because we had changed our little layover into a multi day stay, this changed the luggage process!
Moral of the story folks.... make sure you know all the ins and outs of every aspect of your trip before you actually leave for the trip!
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