Thomson Cook Airlines

Fred8


Joined: 15/01/2009
Posts: 253

Message Posted:
31/07/2009 21:30

Has any one travelled with TC and how strict are they about carying hand luggage>?

Fred8


Joined: 15/01/2009
Posts: 253

Message Posted:
31/07/2009 21:32

........... thomas cook

cooper


Joined: 23/10/2007
Posts: 3386

Message Posted:
31/07/2009 21:45

I dont think their to fussed if you take any or not !!

lisa201168



Joined: 21/12/2007
Posts: 66

Message Posted:
31/07/2009 21:50

just booked a flight with tc for august and its 20kg and 5kg luggage. Plus your hand bag (if you care to take one) and duty free but dont have that from UK. Have flown before - same as above.

mmmmmm



Joined: 19/12/2008
Posts: 8398

Message Posted:
31/07/2009 21:52

Hi Fred*



http://www.flythomascook.com/skylights/html/rnt-popup-default.html



Look under baggage.. all your Qs answered there !

mmmmmm



Joined: 19/12/2008
Posts: 8398

Message Posted:
31/07/2009 21:55

It seems on flt only you have to pay extra for the hold luggage !



CHECK-IN BAGGAGE (HOLD BAGGAGE)

For all flight only bookings, booked from the 4rd March 2009, no free check-in (hold) baggage allowance will be provided. Passengers are given the option during the booking journey to add on checked in baggage, up to 20kg only, for a small fee.



Short haul & medium haul flights (Flight duration of up to 6 hours) - if booking online..

£8.00/€10 per person per flight





Amend via Customer Help Desk is EXTRA

13.00/€14.50 per person per flight.

Coachie



Joined: 29/07/2008
Posts: 2135

Message Posted:
31/07/2009 23:08

On their Charter flights you only allowed 15kgs...and 5kgs hand luggage..They are as tight as a ducks a..e. I never use them now...and their seats as packed together as sardines in a can..

Turtle


Joined: 28/05/2007
Posts: 2669

Message Posted:
31/07/2009 23:14

The last time I used them it was 15kg and you could upgrade to 20kg for £8.........................what a rip off

eager


Joined: 23/02/2007
Posts: 1272

Message Posted:
31/07/2009 23:16

Coachie, Spot on Sir, Just got back this afternoon from Corfu on a charter, 1 kg over for the 3 of us, not each. Had to pay 12 euros extra, but no read out on scales and not offered chance to take something out of case and transfer it to hand luggage, went out with same luggage and within limits...15 kgs. Also Sardines are comfortable in comparison !!!

Brinsley


Joined: 04/04/2009
Posts: 6858

Message Posted:
31/07/2009 23:20

I'm sure mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm will verify the legitimate historical mathematical equations of that one!



Richard

Coachie



Joined: 29/07/2008
Posts: 2135

Message Posted:
31/07/2009 23:33

Eager..Monarch are getting just as bad.Had a row with them in Manchester over their stupidity.Make sure you are bang on with them otherwise they want the same in excess charges..

TimothyCadman


Joined: 13/12/2007
Posts: 1040

Message Posted:
01/08/2009 00:17

On a recent trip to Egypt my bathroom scales said we had 18kgs of luggage, the airport said 21kgs.

With no extras bought in Egypt, and returning with exactly the same luggage our weight was 17kgs.

That's when I became convinced that UK Airport scales are rigged in favour of the airlines. Of course you are unable to argue the toss with them at check-in as they hold all the aces. "Pay up or don't fly!" is their attitude. They get their wages if you fly or you don't.

Woodspeckie


Joined: 25/01/2009
Posts: 2263

Message Posted:
01/08/2009 00:56

We pay extra £15 for 5kg with Thomas Cook making 20kg. In Sept mine was 23kg husbands 22kg they didn't charge us extra. We have found by talking to other people who only have the 15kg they have had to pay the extra but the ones who have paid the extra for 20kg have never paid any extra. Seems they target the ones not not paying for the extra allowance. Also our hand luggage we take the cabin size cases both weighed 9kg they were never checked, they just glanced at them when they asked if we had hand luggage.

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
01/08/2009 01:34

I just came back courtesy of T cook. 12 pound a KILO Extra. all be it i carried wines etc my bikll for over weight was more than my tidket 249 pounds. then no meal and the price of drinks well xx

mags1


Joined: 01/09/2008
Posts: 69

Message Posted:
01/08/2009 01:46

TC leg room is awful.If you can book extra leg room.It's worth it if you're over five feet tall.

Mags

loulou



Joined: 14/05/2008
Posts: 785

Message Posted:
01/08/2009 09:14

5kg hand luggage go over on your 20kg main bags and the prices are not good

Geoff


Joined: 25/06/2008
Posts: 1370

Message Posted:
01/08/2009 09:32

So who do you fly with UK<>KKTC which is fairly cheap, and has no rip offs such as paying extra for some baggage and for a meal??

semtcm


Joined: 13/01/2009
Posts: 249

Message Posted:
01/08/2009 09:38

cta - april to june next year - some promotional seats left at 175 pounds / 190 pounds return to all their main airports........

0392 8151501...

booitsme


Joined: 04/02/2009
Posts: 667

Message Posted:
01/08/2009 09:54

Agree with Coachie - Talk about tight, they're water tight. Even if you're slightly over on your baggage allowance they charge. Wouldn't recommend them if you can find an alternative. We did a sneaky and packed our hand baggage with as much as we could and just kept it on our shoulders as if it weighed a couple of pounds instead of kilos!

fiendishpaul


Joined: 18/05/2008
Posts: 1720

Message Posted:
01/08/2009 10:45

We have flown back to UK with both Thomas Cook and Monarch. Of the two, I would go with Monarch everytime due to the extra legroom. However, just a point on the baggage allowance - it is exactly that, an allowance and if you are over then you pay extra. The simple answer is make sure that you are under the figure allowed. In the end an airline is a business and they will have worked out all the costs of moving an individual with x amount of luggage, factored in a % of profit and priced the ticket accordingly - excess baggage hits their profit. A restaurant owner isn't going to charge you £10 for a steak and then throw in a couple of pork chops as well !!

In this world you don't get owt for nowt as my dad used to say !!

Regards

Paul

Woodspeckie


Joined: 25/01/2009
Posts: 2263

Message Posted:
01/08/2009 18:35

You check in your luggage 15kg or 20 kg, go through duty free and in the shops there you can buy as many kg of clothes you want to and take them on board free of charge whats the difference.

minertor



Joined: 14/02/2009
Posts: 1238

Message Posted:
01/08/2009 19:18

It's a few years since I flew Thos Cook to Larnaca, The hold luggage was 20kg. 15kg plus 5gbp for extra 5kg. If you only needed 15kg they knocked 5gbp off. Same with the inflight meal. It was included but they knocked 5gbp off if you didn't want it. You couldn't change your mind on the plane. I thought TC were OK, bit pricey with the drinks though.

janjin



Joined: 10/04/2008
Posts: 488

Message Posted:
01/08/2009 19:20

mmmmessage 5&6

Thanks mmmm your a mmmine of info.

Bless you

mmmmmm



Joined: 19/12/2008
Posts: 8398

Message Posted:
01/08/2009 20:11

Dear Janjin re msg 23



Glad to help !

stevie-d



Joined: 13/07/2007
Posts: 1420

Message Posted:
01/08/2009 21:43

I`ve just been on the Thomas Cook website looking for flights from Glasgow, for the end of Sept they are looking for £314 plus £16 per person for 20kg luggage, not cheap but that`s what you have to pay up here in SUNNY SCOTLAND

stevie-d

Aussie


Joined: 17/06/2007
Posts: 657

Message Posted:
02/08/2009 12:05

I always thought airlines charging extra for a kilo or two over the luggage allowance was nitpicking.



When you consider that the individual differences in the weight of passengers can be from say 40 odd kilos for a small woman up to the mid hundred kilo range for a say a large bloke this is a far greater weight and fuel drain than any excess baggage you could carry.



Quality airlines such as Emirates are usually pretty flexible if your baggage is a few kilos over anyway.



Aussie

Fred8


Joined: 15/01/2009
Posts: 253

Message Posted:
02/08/2009 12:19

A quick update as to what transpired this morning at 6am. Luggage over by 4.8 kgs (24.8) and hand luggage was not weighed over by at least 3. No questions asked. No excess luggage payments. .. good so far ..



However, extra leg room seats were for sale at 34 Euros a seat ..... flight still on tarmac .. and expected to take off at 13.15. A delay of 6 hours (so far)

breezyboy


Joined: 14/05/2007
Posts: 1179

Message Posted:
13/08/2009 16:44

Last time the memsahib bought the kitchen sink with her MAN to ECN , KKTC charged about £10 per kilo over.

Luckily eveything is in TRNC now so only need a small cabin bag.