Archive for August 2010
A question that arises every not-too-experienced passengers: How much luggage can I bring? Airlines differ on baggage allowance is essentially two different concepts. Which applies to you, you learn about your airline ticket – “Piece Concept” or “20 kg baggage allowance.
Piece Concept
The piece concept applies to the vast majority of flights in the U.S. and Canada, rarely to South or Central America. This may means that every adult passenger maximum economy may take two pieces of luggage free of charge, with each bag not exceeding 32kg (70lb) and the sum of length, width and height does not exceed 158cm (62in). You may take two suitcases á 25 kg, but not three á 10kg or a bag á 50kg.
Weight-Concept (weight concept)
It depends on the total weight of the luggage. Refer to your ticket How much you can take. In most cases, these are 20kg for an adult in Economy Class. Passengers of the Business or First Class may be charged accordingly more, children or babies take less luggage.
Hand luggage
Economy Class passengers may take one passengers of the First and Business Class two pieces of hand baggage on board. Airlines dictate the size and weight of the luggage piece. The size is limited to 42 * 25 cm.
Overweight
The rates for overweight are very high and can quickly get to the actual ticket price. It can be 9 EUR but also 42 EUR per kg – just for example.
CHAKKR is the solution
Sometimes it is therefore advisable to send heavy items in advance. In this case you can simply set a request at CHAKKR. You even might find a travel guest on the same flight that can take some extra kg of luggage for you!
A short story of Alan Tan from Malaysia:
Yet more stuff from the Internet. I’m not talking about virtual stuff here, but good physical things you can actually hold in your hand. Ever wanted something unique but can’t get ahold of it? Malaysia’s lelong.com.my and ebay.com.my have been around for ages. More so now, we also have Malaysia’s mudah.com.my as a portal to buy from. However, every time I get a parcel in the mail, the question from my colleagues is mostly the same. Is it safe to buy from the Internet? The simple answer is… get ready for it… NO!! Of course it’s not.
But, you can increase your online safety by knowing what you’re getting yourself into.
Malaysia’s postal service has much improved. But still, the Malaysian mentality of “it can get lost in the mail” is pretty much persistent. For good reason, too. Before I go further, let me say that I have lost items in the mail, and friends of mine who have taken a cue from me to buy from the Internet, have also lost items via the postal service.
This is just ONE man out of many, telling the same story. And here is the alternative to the postal service. Here is CHAKKR – The courier wheel!
Beijing expatriates have been warned not to take risks by flying as on-board couriers to get free traveling opportunities and to collect frequent flyer miles.
Beijing airport customs have warned expats of the risks of taking parcels with unknown contents on board airplanes, and authorities warned Sunday that more than 50 grams of an illegal substance can qualify the carrier for a death sentence, regardless of the traveler’s knowledge of the package’s contents.
“If any illegal substance is found in a bag under your care, you will be charged”, a worker with the Beijing Capital Airport customs department told the “Global Times”.
Source: Global Times
Our lead: always care about what you are taking with you! Do never take unopend packages or goods that are not absolutely secure.
Actor Jeffrey Dean Morgan (“Watchmen”) could be gained for the main role in the thriller “The Courier”. In it, he will be a courier, who specializes in illegal deliveries. His latest job brings him into trouble, because the receiver did not appear and he now is pursued across the country by police and criminals.
Let us hope that it does not happen on CHAKKR. But as long as it is fictitious: enjoy the story.
“Der Kurier Sind Wir” => We are THE Couriers – That’s how some German newspapers titled their report about CHAKKR, in their daily edition today. Ms. Lakermann from WAZ newspaper, was impressed about CHAKKR and wrote a detailed article about CHAKKR together with a large photo of the CHAKKR Development lead, Patrick Schmidt.
For those who can read German, enjoy reading.
For others, what she wrote is what you see on CHAKKR. So, be proud to be a CHAKKR and keep spreading the word!.
