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Excess Baggage Shipping and Its Aspects
One chief possessions of excess baggage shipping is that it cherishes no control over the customs services, local authorities, and agents who basically undertakes searches or duties /tax/quartile/ other fees etc.
The shipping company will send your belongings direct to your lodge. If you are itinerant with possessions that is treated overweight by an airline, it might bring less luxurious to ship your bags than to make certain it with you airline. The cost of the excess baggage shipping depends on the destination or the distance from the city you are going or going to. The extra cost depends on various other factors like the kind of stuff you are moving and the distance that you are traveling.
There is certain fixed amount of free luggage which is allowed to every person moving in and out of South Africa. This amount is fixed for every traveler. Beside the fixed amount there is cost to be paid for the extra luggage shipping. This depends on weight and size of the luggage. The excess baggage shipping to South Africa has some rules according to which it will charge you for your stuff.
The luggage of either 32 kg or less or 100 lbs or not more than that is taken for free charge. But if your package is more than that then the traveler is liable to pay extra charges. In the same way the total weight allowed is 100 kg or 219 lbs. if your total stuff weight overcomes this then you have to pay extra duty on the luggage.
In case of hand baggage some regulations are- each single piece must not weigh more than 8 kg or 18lbs. The dimensions must be under 55cmx4cmx20cm.
Foldable garment bags are as well permissible. Small items like cameras, jackets and small pushchairs are also acceptable in this.
The handicapped or ill persons can enjoy several special rights like allowance of any medical equipment like dialysis equipment and wheelchairs etc. The excess baggage shipping is charged differently for the economy class and the business class travelers. In general the extra cost is charged at the rate of 1.5% of the direct rate of the cost.
Thus it is essential that you make yourself aware of the charges that a company charges you for extra luggage that you are traveling while moving in or out of South Africa.
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Hand Luggage size restrictions..
I’mm going to be travelling to south africa. I will be going from heathrow to frankfurt and then a connecting flight to south africa.
Now the flight to frankfurt will be with Lufthansaa and the flight from frankfurt to cape town with south african airways. Now they both have ever so slightly different bag restrictions..
Lufthansaa allows 55 x 40 x 20 cm
SAA allows 56 cm, width of 45 cm and depth of 25 cm
Now my hand luggage case measurements (when full) slight more depth, 1cm extra, so 26cm.
1cm over on the depth for Saa and 5cm over for the Lufthansa restrictions…
Basically my question is… How likely am I to be stopped and told its too big ? I definitely cant be told that I will have to check it in because it will have all my expensive electronics in it.
In my experience they are sometimes quite fussy about that so I think if might be quite likely that you will be stopped and told it is too big. Check to see if either of those airlines have a Skycheck service and if you are willing to do that, it might take care of it. Otherwise I would buy a new carry on bag that you know will meet the restrictions.
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