Flying Air Asia? Do the baggage maths

Kolkata: If you are planning to fly Air Asia, the low-cost carrier that operates between Kolkata and Kuala Lumpur, ensure that you travel light.
For, there is no free baggage on this flight. Passengers are required to pay for the registered luggage booked on its flights.
Not just that, calculating how much passengers have to pay for the baggage requires extensive homework. Charges vary according to different weight slabs and how early or late one declares the expected baggage weight.
While the airline charges Rs 147 for the first 15 kg, the amount increases steeply thereafter. Beyond 15 kg and up to 20 kg, passengers have to pay Rs 805, beyond 20 kg and up to 25 kg, the amount payable is Rs 1,537 and thereafter up to 30 kg the charge is Rs 2,270.
These charges are applicable only if one declares the expected baggage weight at the time of purchasing the ticket. If one chooses to declare the baggage weight during check-in prior to boarding, the passenger has to fork out twice the amount.There's still another situation to consider. If the actual baggage weight at the time of boarding is in a slab higher than the declared one at the time of booking the ticket, passengers have to pay for the excess weight at the rate of Rs 145 per kg.
20/12/09 Arpit Basu/Times of India

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Categories: Airports Dec 2009, Foreign Dec 2009, Low Cost General Dec 2009