C'est combien?

Bad Airlines and Good Furniture

I can't believe we forgot to write a post about this! We bought 2 pieces of antique furniture for ourselves for Christmas, I know silly - right? But the prices for antique Tibetan and Chinese furniture is so much lower here than at home, even after shipping costs it is still cheaper, and there is way more selection here.

Funny thing is that the purchase is now proving useful! For some reason the airlines have one set of baggage rules for to/from the Americas and another set for the rest of the world. So when we came we were allowed 2 pieces of check-in bags each weighing 32kg, now we are only allowed 1 piece each of 20kg! So we have more then double the amount of stuff then we are allowed to take on the plane. Here is where the new-old cabinets come in... since we are going to ship them (and that cost is based on size not weight) we are going to fill them with the things we don't need like scuba gear and hot weather clothes.

But still, I really don't understand the airlines' policies...

posted by Doug and Sarah @ 2:47 AM