A trip to remember is a trip well spent. Tried hard to leave for this trip of around 2 weeks where i was away from work, family, socializing, etc. etc. I would love to share all the beautiful and thoughful moments with you all but would like to begin with such a suppressive and cheerful moment altogether which saved my 15000+ INR which i would have lost unknowingly.
This weight reduced my weight ;)
Have you ever booked a flight? That too a Cabin Baggage only flight? If yes/no this happening will make you think twice while booking a cabin baggage only flight. (Must read for every flight traveller)
Intro: I am a back packer so din't had a desire to get loaded with much weight in my bags so i purchased 2 small sized (10L capacity) bags from Decathlon and folded them in my backpack. We both had 2 backpacks with total weight of around 16kgs in total. In our first flight to thailand the baggage allowance was 20kg+7kg (i.e. 54kg total) each so we din't have any botheration. But when we were leaving from bangkok, the baggage allowance per person was only 7kg per person (i.e. 14kg total) but due to huge list of shopping from bangkok our total baggage was 30kg around.
Plan: While booking my flight tickets i confirmed from my agent friend that whether i can purchase extra baggage from airport or i should purchase baggage while booking the flight itself. He said there is no difference while booking from airport counter and online.
Shock: But when i reached Bangkok Don Mueang International Airport i got to know that if we book baggage atleast 4 hours before check-in time then the excess baggage charges are around 50 baht per kg but if we book baggage anytime less than 4 hours from check-in time you'll be charged at 500 baht per kg. I was in such suppressive situation because i had to pay for baggage as much i din't even pay for my flights.
Twist: But before purchasing the extra baggage i thought why not take a risk. I asked my partner to get the small bags and put maximum stuff in both of them keeping only 7kg each backpack. I asked my partner to go and get the boarding pass first keeping both small bags with me and then i went for my boarding pass and baggage weight checked. Fortunately, after this trick nobody checked our baggage for weight anywhere and after spending 2 hours around in stress and anxiety we finally got relaxed while we successfully boarded out Thai-Lion flight to Singapore.
Moral: It was such bad time we spent and such a great feeling when we saved our 15000 bucks by just a small trick and confidence.
Tips:
1. Never trust an agent, knock the doors of google
2. Never surrender easily, fight back always and ever jab tak hai jaan, jab tak hai jaan :p
3. Think for saving rather spending :p
4. Big risks often bring bigger profits
To be continued........ Trip hasn't even started yet, will be very interesting, knowledgeable, humorous and inspiring.....
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