Airport check-in desks are starting to be battlegrounds and Twitter streams are plagued by irate rantings. The culprit? Excess baggage charges. Anglo Pacific International believes this struggle will soon be confined to history.
Steve Perry, Founder and Director of Anglo Pacific, says, “High excess baggage charges are gaining plenty of media exposure but actually this is nothing new. We’ve been in business for 35 years and ship around 20,000 consignments of personal and household effects annually. Our customers, whether they be migrants, students, employees on overseas secondment or returning foreigners, recognise that using Anglo Pacific’s door-to-door courier delivery service will cost them around a 3rd of the price of airline excess baggage. Forget about struggling at check-in or getting wound up over excessively high charges.”
The very fact of the matter is that airlines are making it harder and pricier for passengers to check-in baggage for excellent reason. Rising fuel costs, extra taxes and hard-hit economies have conspired against the aviation industry as they quite simply see their profits nosedive. Not only does this mean that they have to find more income from stealth charges including extra legroom seats, priority boarding, in-flight catering and so on, but it also means that they must turn their aircraft round quickly – planes only earn money while they’re in the air. Checked baggage basically gets in the way.
Airlines would like checked baggage to vanish altogether as it decelerates the turnaround about the tarmac and baggage handlers need to be paid regardless of the volume going into the hold. What’s more these handlers have been known to strike causing a lot more financial headaches. The flying public is wising up. Checked baggage has dropped noticeably with 85% of passengers checking in a suitcase five years ago versus less than 20% now, and the boarding process has become dominated by the tedious overhead locker hand baggage jigsaw puzzle. The message is pack light and let a completely independent international shipping company handle the rest.
Steve continues, “According to their websites, for a short flight with easyJet excess baggage is incurred at 11GBP per kilo in the airport, 20GBP per kilo for RyanAir. Analysts have worked out that occasionally it is less expensive to buy a second seat and bring a friend to share your allowance. However this all becomes irrelevant if you utilize Anglo Pacific. We supply, deliver and collect bespoke export strength cartons for owner packing in the convenience of your residence and deliver all of it to your door overseas – for a lot cheaper than any low cost airline. And we’ll log and track the items so you know where it is at all times. As fully bonded members of the British Association of Removers (BAR), your belongings are in safe hands – of course, if you’ve ever observed an airline baggage handler at work, that’s a real comfort.”
Anglo Pacific’s speciality is baggage shipping worldwide via its express courier service to the common long-haul destinations (5 to 7 days transit) for example Australasia, North America, South Africa, South East Asia and China. A typical 15kg suitcase with Anglo Pacific costs £139 door-to-door. For short-haul European destinations, an average 15kg suitcase with Anglo Pacific would cost £77 door-to-door (2 to 3 days transit). Check out Anglo Pacific’s prices and see what you could save or call 0800 783 5322.
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