Just heard a rather disturbing story from a returning Brit holiday-maker. It appears that about 50 people on his flight from La Romana were weighed in at the check in desk & told they had overweight luggage - 5 - 10 Lbs overweight!!! As they were not taking anything more back with them than they had brought (less sunscreen blockers, some toiletries etc but perhaps PLUS a bottle or two of Rum) they found this quite astonishing! They were harrassed to pay a surcharge of RD $150 per pound & those who did not have the cash, had to pay on the credit card!! Some surcharges reached ?150 (RD $3,750) I am told!!
It appears that the weigh in machines might have been tampered with so that they showed a higher poundage than actually was the case but regrettably, no-one had a set of hand held weighing scales to check this point. Could this be a trend for the tourist airports? Who do you think the surcharge is going to? The Tour Company, the check in clerks, the airport or a mixture of all three???
The Airtours rep was advised but as she had only been here 2 months, she didn't know how to handle the situation. It would appear that Airtours were NOT the recipients of the excesses charged!! Anyone got contacts with the Minister of Tourism??
Grahame Bush.
It appears that the weigh in machines might have been tampered with so that they showed a higher poundage than actually was the case but regrettably, no-one had a set of hand held weighing scales to check this point. Could this be a trend for the tourist airports? Who do you think the surcharge is going to? The Tour Company, the check in clerks, the airport or a mixture of all three???
The Airtours rep was advised but as she had only been here 2 months, she didn't know how to handle the situation. It would appear that Airtours were NOT the recipients of the excesses charged!! Anyone got contacts with the Minister of Tourism??
Grahame Bush.