By David Kaye (BonaireTalker - Post #100) on Friday, January 27, 2006 - 12:15 pm: |
I've heard and read lots of complaints about AA/AE bouncing pax on the SJU to BON flight (including my wife and me once, and they tried to bounce one of our two daughters last year, but they fought it off). I don't remember seeing the same complaints about the return flight, BON to SJU. Is this a correct perception, or do pax with valid reservations also get bounced at Flamingo Airport? If so, what does AA do for the bounced pax?
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By pat murphy (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #736) on Friday, January 27, 2006 - 3:52 pm: |
our neighbor almost got bumped from AE last year when she was trying to return to the states. my wife drove her to the airport and they sat there until just before departure time and she was notified that she was going to get a seat. i guess others weren't as lucky. i think it depends on the total weight of passengers and baggage.
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By Tish (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #805) on Friday, January 27, 2006 - 4:03 pm: |
Buying a ticket, getting an assigned seat, and receiving a boarding pass do not guarantee that AE will seat you on the plane. Always arrive as early as possible both at the airport and at the gate to board.
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By David F Pascoe (BonaireTalker - Post #31) on Saturday, January 28, 2006 - 1:54 pm: |
The ATRs cannot physically fly people in every seat when everyone has 2 x 70 pound check ins and at least 40 pounds of carryon. How much weight each person is bringing they do not know until it gets there. Then there are the sensors on the plane that the pilots use to verify weight and balance.
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By Tish (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #809) on Saturday, January 28, 2006 - 2:08 pm: |
David, the AA and AE weight limit is now 50 pounds per bag. Maybe that will reduce the number of bounced passengers and/or bags.
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By David F Pascoe (BonaireTalker - Post #32) on Saturday, January 28, 2006 - 2:19 pm: |
Actually Tish.... that aint so.
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By Tish (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #811) on Saturday, January 28, 2006 - 2:38 pm: |
David, Since they have reduced the max weight (without excess charge) from 70 to 50, I was assuming most of us are reducing the weight of our bags.
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By Dave Bucklin (New BonaireTalk Poster - Post #5) on Tuesday, January 31, 2006 - 11:00 am: |
Baggage info is available on American's website AA.com. There is a menu on the left click travel info then baggage info and then baggage allowance and it will give you the weight rescrictions/limitations for destinations. The allowance is still 70 pounds on international flights for tickets purchased before 10/1/05. Last year on our trip they tried to charge us for over weight bags since I knew the rules and confronted the gate agent they agreed said OK. Might be smart to take a copy of that page with you.
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By pat murphy (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #761) on Wednesday, February 1, 2006 - 3:43 pm: |
i agree dave. we are flying there a week from today. i'm not sure any of our bags will exceed 50# but if they do, i have a copy of the baggage regs as well as our ticket confirmation with the confirmation date hi-lited. looks like i'm going to pay $80 to take my bike but i'd have to pay that regardless of any weight restrictions.
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By Jen Gray (BonaireTalker - Post #34) on Wednesday, February 1, 2006 - 6:01 pm: |
One note to keep in mind about the baggage weight. Our home scale weighed the bags under 50 pounds. At the airport, one weighed 52 and the other 53. Instead of carrying "5" pounds in the backpack, we removed a couple of items from one, put it in the other and paid the $25 fee.
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By Cheryl Ferguson (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #167) on Friday, February 10, 2006 - 12:27 am: |
Just back from Bonaire and had an interesting experience regarding baggage weight. Checked luggage from Bonaire to SJ (Bag #1 66 pounds, #2 < 40 lbs, # 3 ~ 40 pounds (can't recall exact weights)... not a word was said about the 66 pound bag ... we did not realize it until we got to SJ and checked in with US Air ..... had to do some quick re-packing to avoid penalty. At Bon airport the check in procedure was very inefficient ... the person who was checking us in had to walk to another scale as her scale was not working.
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By Tish (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #885) on Friday, February 10, 2006 - 10:27 am: |
Cheryl, so glad you and Aubrey reached home safely.
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