Hey folks,
In a couple of weeks, myself and my wife are flying with VA to AUH and then EY to LHR and we're pretty tight on luggage currently. Our check-in allowance combined is 75kg (I'm SG and we're going economy due to severe financial restrictions) as well as the 14kg carry on between us.
Last year I flew from KUL to LON via AUH and I'm nearly sure my carry-on luggage was weighed at check in - are Virgin likely to weigh our carry-on? We're not trying to take the p*ss (both carry-on bags will be far under size limits) but worried about having to cough up $70/kg or throwing stuff away if we're overweight. I'll also have a satchel laptop bag with documents/laptop/ipad/books and she'll have her handbag with all of the usual stuff (no idea why it's always so heavy!) which I believe are counted as personal items and not weighed, is this correct?
Part of the checked luggage weight will be a bike in a bike box which I believe needs to be dealt with in oversize luggage after weighing at check-in, has anyone done this? If we get stung with carry-on, could we throw it in the bike box after it's been weighed at check-in? Again, not trying to take the p*ss but want to know what the limits are...
As far as lounge access goes, I believe that I get access to the Etihad First & Business Class Lounge in Sydney and the Al Dhabi lounge in Abu Dhabi - is that correct?
Thanks in advance!
In a couple of weeks, myself and my wife are flying with VA to AUH and then EY to LHR and we're pretty tight on luggage currently. Our check-in allowance combined is 75kg (I'm SG and we're going economy due to severe financial restrictions) as well as the 14kg carry on between us.
Last year I flew from KUL to LON via AUH and I'm nearly sure my carry-on luggage was weighed at check in - are Virgin likely to weigh our carry-on? We're not trying to take the p*ss (both carry-on bags will be far under size limits) but worried about having to cough up $70/kg or throwing stuff away if we're overweight. I'll also have a satchel laptop bag with documents/laptop/ipad/books and she'll have her handbag with all of the usual stuff (no idea why it's always so heavy!) which I believe are counted as personal items and not weighed, is this correct?
Part of the checked luggage weight will be a bike in a bike box which I believe needs to be dealt with in oversize luggage after weighing at check-in, has anyone done this? If we get stung with carry-on, could we throw it in the bike box after it's been weighed at check-in? Again, not trying to take the p*ss but want to know what the limits are...
As far as lounge access goes, I believe that I get access to the Etihad First & Business Class Lounge in Sydney and the Al Dhabi lounge in Abu Dhabi - is that correct?
Thanks in advance!