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[cameron_roxburgh]

British Airways is to begin charging passengers if they want to put more than one bag in the airline hold.

The rule comes into effect next Tuesday and will add £240 to the cost of a long haul flight and £120 to the cost of domestic and European journeys, the Daily Telegraph reports.

The paper claims airline staff have been told not to tell customers in advance.


"They will tell people if they ask about our baggage policy, " a spokesman told the paper.

"But is on our website."

The rule means that customers will be able to put a bag with a maximum weight of 23kg into the hold.

But even if two bags weight less than a combined weight of 23kg, customers will still have to pay extra, the paper said.

Budget airline Ryanair charges £7 for each bag that goes into the hold of its planes.

The company's profits rose by £30% last quarter.

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[susanbunny]

What a rip off, when you consider the cost of flights!!!

[raymanuva]

wankers ....

[Svetlana]

I think this will come back to haunt BA! It will net them a few thousand pounds in the early days from those who were not aware of the charges, after that, no-one will take a second case and there will be no additional revenue. However, people with the need for a second case will choose an alternative airline and they will also have bought themselves a whole load of bad publicity.

i would not be suprised if this is dropped very quickly.

Lana

[G.Man]

i will just load up my one suitcase to the limit..

BA are starting to suck ass

Checkins at LHR are a joke, fast bag drop is more like slowest bag drop on the planet..

[Amadeo]

yep, from now one i think i will buy myself a pair of wings and a canoe !