SeanT21:

Shipping it ahead will cost them more money.

~Hmm about that!! I suppose it depends on what they are shipping!!Air-freight i know can be expensive depending on the weight of the luggage!

~If i wanted to ship a box ahead,it will Cost £ 60 for the smallest box which will hold as much as a regular size suitcase & more!! Its a fixed prize w/ the popular agencies . . You get to buy the size of the box you can affford!

landis:

we have extended 'family' and believe that anything from abroad is better than at home.

This perception comes thanks to colonialism and immediate leaders that took over after the colonist were chased away.

1. the colonialist created GRA; because the 'natives' were too backward: so native assumes anything from colonist must be good.
2. the new post independence leaders moved into ex-colonist houses and go to their country; they further alienate their 'natives people'

3. the 'new natives that could travel also have to BRING many things back to show their are no longer natives.

And so it shape our lives. The effect of colonialism NEVER go away. It is stays with you forever!

damiso:

Don't entirely agree with you on this.AFRICANS have excess luggage all the time,be it TO and FROM home.
Have you not noticed the way custom and qurantine officers target flights from Africa at heathrow.Come and see humongous bags filled with crayfish,dry pepper,pomo,indomie noodles etc(as if they don't sell all this things in london ).

~Lol  i don't get it either . . . "Nothing to Declare" & "Airport" makes an Interesting watch!!

My mom really embarasses me with this and we always argue whenever i am travelling because i always insist that i am not going to be stressed before my flight( i hate flying).The enemies that you will make when you insist that your luggage is full nko?Even if you are going to america from London,loads of people will still call you to buy this and that when coming back as there is this impression that things are cheaper in America.

~SEriously I know right!!!Some people take it Oh so personal if you don't take their stuff/Buy whatever they want you to buy . .most times without even offering you the money YET but imposing anyhow!! "I'll Reimburse You"     

So i don't thinks its a colonial thing,its unexplainable(pardon my grammar).I have only had excess luggage once(thanks to my mom) and i have vowed never to be that embarassed again.i can't even try it when travelling with my hubby because them na britico and he will just ignore you at the check in counter because he would have been warningyou from home about what you are carrying that is unnecessary.

I have decided to take M'Chic view by not telling anyone that  i know is a 'luggage pest' when i am travelling.and believe me there are loads of them in my family(oftentimes older relations )

~Lol Damiso . . . .Good thing you're warned before to avoid been left at the check-in counter

~It works Not Telling!! . . . It's instilled in me not to even consider anything near an Excess . . .am always Under weight!!I suppose Family memebers are the hardest to avoid/satisfy at your expense! - SOmehow they get to know you travelled without telling them & they get the hump!!

landis:

we have extended 'family' and believe that anything from abroad is better than at home.

This perception comes thanks to colonialism and immediate leaders that took over after the colonist were chased away.

1. the colonialist created GRA; because the 'natives' were too backward: so native assumes anything from colonist must be good.

2. the new post independence leaders moved into ex-colonist houses and go to their country; they further alienate their 'natives people'

3. the 'new natives that could travel also have to BRING many things back to show their are no longer natives.

And so it shape our lives. The effect of colonialism NEVER go away. It is stays with you forever!

Siena:

If I was flying to Nigeria, I'd just take slightly under the weight allowance, based on my scale at home.

You scales may not be caliberated like the industrial ones, so best be safe than sorry.

~Soooo True!!Reminds me of cases of the scale at home saying one thing & at the Airport its something else!! hmm sure wipes that self-satisfied look off one's face when the scale at home indicates "Under weight"  

iice:

It's the things (gifts etc) that you carry home to family and friends that cause the excess baggage.
Sometimes, it's the things you want to carry home to 'oppress' that cause the excess baggage.

We pretty much weigh our baggage before traveling and make a mental list of what to take out if there happens to be excess baggage.

~Its the other way round for me,if there's something i really want to take but not sure,i'll carry it w/ me to the AP & after making sure I got lots more space,i just tuck it it before checking in!!

*Hauwa*:

so now what are they going to do with the excess? will the airport official keep the stuff for them?

tope2000:

First of all, gotta laugh at the thread buahahahahahahahahaha
I have always wondered about the same thing, WHY WHY WHY

@BUSY_BODY
40kg per bag
Which airline do u use

Busy_body:


BA and Virgin still allow 32 kg each, so an extra 8 kg would not kill them o jare Sometimes I joke with them that even a size 4 woman is still not happy with her weight, so why are they rubbing in the fact that I am a size 14, that don't they realise that my cloth would weigh more, and that since I weigh more than my sister or whomever I am travelling with, are they going to make us sit on opposite ends of the plane to balance the plane, like they claim they have to do to the luggage, and this usually have them rolling around with laughter

damiso:

Have you not noticed the way custom and qurantine officers target flights from Africa at heathrow.Come and see humongous bags filled with crayfish,dry pepper,pomo,indomie noodles etc(as if they don't sell all this things in london ).b]i can't even try it when travelling with my hubby because them na britico and he will just ignore you at the check in counter because he would have been warningyou from home about what you are carrying that is unnecessary[/b].

Busy_body:

I don't think I have ever packed anything less than 40kg per bag, and I have never been charged excess luggage before. I switch on my charm offensive, as soon as I get to the front desk, and start chatting to them, as if i really care The reason I get away with it, is because I pack them in medium sized suitcases compared to the XXXL those Naija women carry.

I always stand my ground that I will only weigh my luggage at the check-in desk and would pay the extra if need be, and tell them that afterall the oyinbos with their ski and golf clubs don't get asked to step aside to weigh their luggage before reaching the check-in desk, so why are they singling Naijas out, and this usually shuts them up.

But now that I use a baby buggy when travelling, I carry 5/6 hand luggages as standard, and I bet they weight over 70kg in total, the only thing I don't take when travelling, is the kitchen sink

Some of them throw it away or give it away free or take it to this excess baggage store to have it stored till they return, for a fee, of course

~Lol,You make the most of it!

~ I think there's an advantage on How People Pack & having Kids!!Cant chuck stuff in a suitcase,has to be folded,moulded,rolled . .my own packing get too much wahala . .

~I belive i have a PHD in Packing!!If i do say so myself!! My family & M8's will concor!! Infact i do their packing Sometimes - I'll do it initially as a Tutorial & say "No next time",watch & learn!! but who sai!! People like F.O.C

JJYOU:

what i hate most is people you don't know asking to put things in your bag at the airport. some beg like it is the normal thing to do. we travel very lightly. most of the clothes i need are now in naija. women are always something else when it comes to packing stuff. my other half is known to carry stuff that would last 3 months for a weeks journey just in case she needs something please tell your husband he is a very nice man. God bles him

~Havent experienced this before,heard of people doing it but w/ people they know that are traveling w/ them . . .I will not even consider doing No such thing,even if they beg Till thy Kingdom come!! ^{Never Say Never?} . . . Erh[b] NO!![/b]

~Cant be dealing w/ the hassle of going thro to collect luggages,then open to give back whatever!! No Can Do!

tRoOE:

I experienced the same thing the last xmas i went to Naija, they made me pay $200 something more for excess baggage and i had to check in my hand luggage because they claimed it was too heavy.

My next trip for January, I promised myself to pack light just in case, avoid buying things for unnecessary people, in short am not even telling them am coming, tired of them saying, by this by that, na wetin

~Lol  . . . some would even volunteer to send you their shoe size - actual foot drawn on a piece of paper!! Both Feet B.T.W  . . Left Foot,Right Foot!! LMAO as if they sell two different types of Sizes if one foot's bigger than the other!! Just so you get it Right!! *Sigh*

JJYOU:

what i hate most is people you don't know asking to put things in your bag at the airport. some beg like it is the normal thing to do. we travel very lightly. most of the clothes i need are now in naija. women are always something else when it comes to packing stuff. my other half is known to carry stuff that would last 3 months for a weeks journey just in case she needs something[b] please tell your husband he is a very nice man. God bles him[/b]

tboy1:

The most annoyin is when people u don't know come to you and ask if they can put some of their stuffs in ur bag. In oct last yr, one lady came to me and without saying anything she just carried my luggage to see how heavy it was and said 'brother abeg is this all you're carrying, please take some of my things for me,abeg'
I just looked at her and smiled without givin her any reply, she knew my answer already. I always carry one suitcase just because i don't want to stress myself during departure in london and arrival in nigeria

damiso:

I will tell him and amen.

My mum wanted to pull that stunt once at heathrow ,after she had bought like 5 shops and she had already paid for two excess luggage( prior to this we had already done door to door cargo of about 5 boxes) she still had one full box of her clothes.She now started begging me to ask one guy that jejely had one small trolley bag to help check in the bag with his stuff.Then i was not married and the guy was one fine clean looking bobo(the woman wan spoil my fine girl).I flatly refused and told her to ask him herself.She then resorted to that parental blackmail that mothers are best at,'why are you children of today so selfish?'. I just ignored her and told her that i would help her cargo the bag later.She was so MAD and she did not talk to me till she went to board.So she now knows that i will not be blackmailed into carrying excess luggage.Its not worth the hassle,besides door to door cargo is just £3/kilo.

JJYOU:

i have seen this several times. never do it. i have all the clothes i need back home because i want to travel as light as possible. you must never agree to carry another mans load at airports.
it is a very risky thing especially this day and age

tboy1:

The funniest part is my mums expression when i get to nigeria with only one suitcase.
First thing she'll say is 'why r u wasting money and not using all ur free luggages, see the way you've wasted everything now'. . . she acts like you've stolen her money

~ Aaaw Bless!